A Progressive Approach to Applied Behavior Analysis

The Autism Partnership Method

Justin B Leaf, Joseph H Cihon, Julia L Ferguson, Ronald Leaf, John Mceachin, Toby Mountjoy, Jeremy Leaf, Amanda Rogue

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780323957427
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

Approximately 1 in 54 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and that number is expected to rise, according to the CDC. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is one of the most common interventions for those with ASD. One of the biggest problems facing the field of ABA-based interventions is ineffectiveness of intervention approaches due to the rigid application of ABA-based interventions. A Progressive Approach to Applied Behavior Analysis provides practicing behavior analysts (e.g., BCBA, BCaBA, RBTs) and other clinicians with an in-depth introduction to a Progressive Approach to ABA and how it applies to common teaching methods within ABA-based interventions. This includes research and guidelines for implementing a Progressive Approach to ABA potentially increasing the likelihood of meaningful outcomes for the individuals with ASD. This will become the guide for practitioners on how to implement clinical judgement using in-the-moment assessment across various procedures.A comprehensive clinical guide to a Progressive Approach for Applied Behavior Analysis

• Summarizes Autism Partnership Method and Progressive ABA
• Explores how to use ABA for teaching and behavioral intervention
• Discusses reinforcement conditioning, punishment, and token economies

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the authors
• Chapter 1: Applied behavior analysis
• Chapter 2: An overview and history of the Autism Partnership Method
• Chapter 3: Respondent and operant behavior
• Chapter 4: Stimulus control and generalization
• Chapter 5: Reinforcement: Overview, identification, conditioning
• Chapter 6: Punishment: Overview, concerns, and use
• Chapter 7: Token economies and other contingency systems
• Chapter 8: Respondent conditioning procedures
• Chapter 9: Task analysis and chaining
• Chapter 10: Shaping
• Chapter 11: Prompting
• Chapter 12: Discrete trial teaching
• Chapter 13: Naturalistic instruction
• Chapter 14: The teaching interaction procedure
• Chapter 15: Cool versus Not Cool procedure
• Chapter 16: Social skills groups
• Chapter 17: Functional behavior assessment and functional analysis
• Chapter 18: Differential reinforcement
• Chapter 19: Extinction and response cost
• Chapter 20: Time out from positive reinforcement and the time-in ribbon
• Chapter 21: Measurement systems
• Chapter 22: Formal assessments
• Chapter 23: Curriculum assessment
• Chapter 24: Learning-how-to-learn curriculum
• Chapter 25: Social skills curriculum
• Chapter 26: Language curriculum
• Chapter 27: Self-help and adaptive behaviors
• Chapter 28: Working with parents of autistic children
• Chapter 29: Siblings
• Chapter 30: Staff and staff training
• Index