This user-friendly textbook addresses the relevance of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) within the general education setting. Oftentimes, ABA is thought of as only applicable to those with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disorders. In contrast, the application of ABA principles is appropriate for any socially significant problem, such as those that arise daily in the general education setting. This book will help educators, through individual and group interventions, decrease maladaptive behavior in their classrooms and to increase the focus on the curriculum. This book not only summarizes the basics of ABA technologies and methodologies but provides readers with: • Materials tailored to be used with any student by general education practitioners, teachers, and clinicians• Specific examples to ease the application of these technologies and curriculums• Templates to be individualized to each reader’s needs• A focus on the functionality and applicability of these programs Written in layman’s terms and broken down into categories of basic concepts and school-wide implementation, general educators will not only learn about ABA applications in education but will have clear examples of how to bridge the gap between understanding and application.
The US Dept. of Education, in conjunction with the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, recently unveiled a $50 million effort to expand research on early childhood cognitive development. A key issue identified requiring more information and research was the education and professional development of educators. Along these lines, Doug Greer has prepared a book discussing how best to teach, how to design functional curricula, and how to support teachers in using state-of-the-art science instruction materials. The book provides important information both to trainers of future teachers, current teachers, and to supervisors and policy makers in education. To trainers there is information on how to motivate, mentor, and instruct in-service teachers to use the best scientifically based teaching strategies and tactics. To in-service teachers, there is information on how to provide individualized instruction in classrooms with multiple learning and behavior problems, school interventions to help prevent vandalism and truancy, and how curricula and instruction can be designed to teach functional repetoirs rather than inert ideas. To policy makers and supervisors, the book discusses how to determine the effectiveness of curricular innitiatives toward meeting mandated standards in national assessments.Doug Greer was recently awarded the Fred S. Keller Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education by APA for the research and application of the material covered in this book. School programs incorporating the material used in this book have produced 4-7 times more learning outcomes for students than control and baseline educational programs (see www.cabas.com)The book provides research-based and field-tested procedures for:* Teaching students of all ability levels ranging from preschool to secondary school* How to teach special education students in the context of a regular classroom* Best practices for all teachers to teach more effectively* Means of monitoring and motivating teachers' practices* A comprehensive and system-wide science of teaching—post modern-postmodern!* Tested procedures that result in four to seven times more learning for allstudents* Tested procedures for supervisors to use with teachers that result insignificant student learning* Tested procedures for providing the highest accountability* A systems approach for schooling problems that provide solutions ratherthan blame* Parent approved and parent requested educational practices* Means for psychologists to work with teachers and students to solvebehavior and learning problems* A comprehensive systems science of schooling* An advanced and sophisticated science of pedagogy and curriculum design* Students who are not being served with traditional education can meet orexceed the performance of their more fortunate peers,* Supervisors can mentor teachers and therapists to provide state of thescience instruction* Parent education can create a professional setting for parents, educators,and therapists to work together in the best interests of the student,* Teachers and supervisors who measure as they teach produce significantlybetter outcomes for students,* Systemic solutions to instructional and behavioral problems involvingteachers, parents, supervisors provide means to pursue problems to theirsolution,* A science of teaching, as opposed to an art of teaching, can provide aneducational system that treats the students and the parents as the clients.
Written for professionals in both general and special education, this book is a complete description if applied behavior analysis and how it can be used with students displaying a range of excessive and deficit behaviors.In addition to traditional topics covered in other applied behavior books, this reference devotes substantial attention to preventing problems through anecdotal control, social skill development and emotional learning. Topics include increasing appropriate behavior through related personal characteristics; increasing appropriate behavior through consequence control; positive approaches to decreasing inappropriate behavior; punishment; graphing, and more.
This updated version of the popular textbook bridges the gap between special and general education by integrating knowledge about effective practices for teaching young children 2 to 5 with and without disabilities in center-based settings into one comprehensive approach.
Primary text or supplement for graduate-level courses or seminars on applied behavior analysis, educational reform, and evidence-based curriculum and instruction. The nineteen chapters in this edited volume were developed from presentations given at The Ohio State University's Third Focus on Behavior Analysis in Education Conference. The contributing authors present literature reviews, conceptual analyses, and data from several original studies; they describe advancements in curricula, classroom and schoolwide interventions, and teacher training programs; and they offer personal perspectives on the current status and future directions of behavior analysis in education. This text is an ideal resource for three groups (1) educators seeking information and resources on measurably effective instructional tools; (2) students of behavior analysis wishing to learn about its applications, accomplishments, and future research needs in education; and (3) anyone-pre-service education major, in-service teacher, school administrator, parent, or consumer-who has heard about the "behavioral approach" and wonders what it is all about.
Updated in a new ninth edition, this market-leading book provides comprehensive coverage of behavior management concepts and techniques and presents them in a versatile, practical, and accessible manner for teachers. KEY TOPICS: The ninth edition uses classroom-based examples and practices firmly grounded in research. Content is presented in the order of decision-making by a teacher who has a student exhibiting challenging behavior in class or a college student who needs to execute a behavior-change project. The book covers identifying target behavior, collecting and graphing data, functional assessment, experimental design, arranging antecedents and consequences, and generalizing behavior change. The importance of ethical considerations in using applied behavior analysis in the classroom is now presented at the beginning of the book to highlight the importance of applying principles and practices responsibly. Inservice teachers and special educators.
Modern classrooms face an increasing population of special needs students and 'regular' students who have behavioural problems. The mission of this book is to show teachers and other human service professionals working in school settings how to employ non-aversive, behaviour analysis principles in classrooms and other school settings.
