Applied Behavior Analysis Advanced Guidebook

The Applied Behavior Analysis Practice Guidebook: A Manual for Professional Practice gives behavioral practitioners pragmatic advice, direction and recommendations for being an effective clinician, consultant, supervisor and performance manager. The book adopts a how to do it perspective featuring contributions from expert scientist-practitioners. Each chapter introduces the relevance of the topic for practicing professionals, describes and synthesizes the empirical basis of the topic, and then presents practitioner recommendations. With this format, readers can navigate the chapters with familiarity and confidence to facilitate the understanding of content and integration of the many practice areas addressed.

• Focuses on the professional practice areas of board certified behavior analysts
• Includes forms, tables, flowcharts and other visual aids to assist in BCBA work
• Concludes each chapter with a practice guidelines checklist
• Features contributions from notable experts in distinct specialty areas
• Helps readers build skills and competencies as an applied behavior analyst

Clinicians, Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), and other professionals who work directly with children with ASD

Section I: Supervision, Training, and Service Delivery
1. Behavior Analytic Supervision
Laura B. Turner
2. Competency-Based Staff Training
Dennis H. Reid
3. Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
Nathan A. Call, Mindy C. Scheithauer, and Joanna Lomas Mevers
4. Social Validity Assessment
Eric Alan Common and Kathleen Lynne Lane
5. Behavoral Risk Assessment
Joseph N. Ricciardi and Allison Weiss
6. Incentive-Based Performance Improvement
Byron Wine
7. Technology and Telehealth Applications
Aaron J. Fischer, Racheal Clark, Diana Askings, and Erica Lehman

Section II: Consultation Practices
8. Consultation Practices: School-Based Instructional Support
Brian K. Martens and Samantha J. Sallade
9. Consultation Practices: School-Based Behavior Support
Jason Vladescu, Danielle L. Gureghian, April N. Kisamore, and Lauren K. Schnell
10. Consultation Practices: Training to Parents and Families
Kelly M. Schieltz, Jessica E. Graber, and Jennifer McComas
11. Consultaton Practices: Organizations
Heather M. McGee
12. Consultation Practices: Multidisciplinary Settings
Claire St. Peter, Sacha T. Pence, and Kathryn M. Kestner

Section III: Professional Development
13. Continuing Education: Accessing the Peer-Reviewed Literature
Jennifer Gillis
14. Practice Dissemination: Writing for Publication
James K. Luiselli
15. Practice Dissemination: Public Speaking
Patrick C. Friman
16. Licensure and Certification
Willam H. Ahearn
17. Ethical and Competent Practices in Applied Behavior Analysis: Perspective, Requirements, and Dilemmas
Raymond G. Romanczyk