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A Guide to Subjective Evaluation of Behavior Interventions
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By
Stacy Carter, Assistant Professor Department of Educational Psychology & Leadership College of Education, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX, USA
Description
Applied Behavior Analysis is the science of applying experimentally derived principles of behavior to improve socially significant behavior.
The research and application of ABA contributes to a wide range of practical areas, including AIDS prevention, education, gerontology,
language acquisition and parenting, and ABA-based interventions have gained particular popularity in the last 20 years related to teaching
students with autism spectrum disorders. Social Validity, a concept used in such behavioral intervention research, focuses on whether
the goals of treatment, the intervention techniques used and the outcomes achieved are acceptable, relevant, and useful to the individual
in treatment. Judgments are made (often via clinical trials) about the effects of the intervention based on statistical significance
and magnitude of effect. Essentially, social validity alerts us as to whether or not the ABA-based intervention has had a palpable impact
and actually helped people in ways that are evident in everyday life.
This clinical research volume offers a detailed evaluation of
the extant findings on Social Validity, as well as discussion of newly emerging factors which reemphasize the need for well-developed
methods of examining SV. Basic conceptualizations, measurement, research findings, applications, ethics, and future implications are
discussed in full, and novel recommendations relating back to clinical treatment are provided. The volume will give readers a firm understanding
of the general concept of SV, help them become familiar with the research methods and findings, and teach them how to establish and evaluate
the Social Validity of individual interventions and treatment programs.
Audience
Researchers investigating the clinical applications of applied behavioral analysis; advanced undergraduate/graduate students in clinical
psychology programs taking applied behavioral analysis courses; clinical practitioners pursuing Behavior Analysis certification; school
psychologists and social workers seeking to improve behavioral assessment skills.
Contents
Chapter 1: Background of Social Validity
Chapter 2: Conceptualization of Social Validity
Chapter 3: Instruments for Evaluating Social
Validity
Chapter 4: Research on Social Validity
Chapter 5: Enhancing Social Validity
Chapter 6: Ethics of Social Validity
Chapter 7:
The Future of Social Validity
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Hardbound, 312 pages, publication date: SEP-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374897-3
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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