The Social Relevance of Applied Behavior Analysis and Psychological Intervention Strategies

Social comparison is an applied behavior analysis evaluation procedure that may help educators evaluate whether or not an improvement in classroom functioning has practical value to the treated pupil. This paper describes how to use the social comparison procedure. As an illustration, a case is presented in which the effects of a reading program on the performance of a behaviorally disordered pupil was evaluated through social comparison. Practical implications are offered pertaining to the use of social comparison in education programs for such pupils.

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Mitchell Taubman, Ron Leaf, and John McEachin: Crafting Connections: Contemporary Applied Behavior Analysis for Enriching the Social Lives of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ◽

10.1007/s10803-011-1396-5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 42 (9) ◽

pp. 2025-2025

Author(s):

Ernst VanBergeijk

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Behavior Analysis ◽

Applied Behavior Analysis ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Social Lives ◽

The Social

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Pengembangan Interaksi Sosial Anak Autis melalui Terapi Applied Behavior Analysis

Irsyad : Jurnal Bimbingan, Penyuluhan, Konseling, dan Psikoterapi Islam ◽

10.15575/irsyad.v8i3.1977 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 271-288

Author(s):

Ai Siti ◽

Elly Marlina ◽

Dudy Imanuddin Effendy

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Behavior Analysis ◽

Applied Behavior Analysis ◽

Initial Conditions ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Eye Contact ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Verbal Language ◽

The Social ◽

Social Interaction Skills

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kondisi awal kemampuan interaksi sosial anak autis, proses pelaksanaan dan hasil dari bimbingan dengan metode terapi Applied Behavior Analysis. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: kondisi awal kemampuan interaksi sosial anak autis masih belum memiliki kontak mata yang fokus dan bahasa verbal yang bagus. Proses pelaksanaan bimbingan kepada anak autis usia SDLB dilakukan oleh terapis; Bimbingan kepada anak autis usia kelas vokasional oleh konselor;Bbimbingan oleh semua pegawai SLB Autisma Bunda Bening Selakshahati selama 24 jam penuh. Hasil bimbingan menunjukkan bahwa anak autis mampu memiliki kontak mata yang fokus dan bahasa verbal yang bagus. This study aims to describe the initial conditions of social interaction skills of children with autism, the implementation process, and the results of guidance using the Applied Behavior Analysis method. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that: the initial condition of the social interaction ability of children with autism still did not have focused eye contact and acceptable verbal language. Therapists carry out implementing guidance for children with autism at SDLB age; Guidance for children with autism in a vocational class by counselors; Guidance by all employees of SLB Autism Bunda Bening Selakshahati for 24 hours straight. The guidance results show that children with autism can have focused on eye contact and acceptable verbal language.

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How can experiments play a greater role in public policy? Three notions from behavioral psychology

Behavioural Public Policy ◽

10.1017/bpp.2020.18 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 50-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SCOTT McCONNELL

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Behavior Analysis ◽

Applied Behavior Analysis ◽

Scale Up ◽

Scaling Up ◽

Behavioral Research ◽

Social Value ◽

Current Paper ◽

Behavioral Psychology ◽

The Social

AbstractAl-Ubaydli et al. provide a far-reaching, insightful and directly actionable analysis of how social-behavioral research may exert more influence over the development and implementation of public policy. Their paper offers a sophisticated understanding of the ‘scale-up effect’, or factors that influence the extent to which positive experimental effects replicate as an intervention is implemented more broadly. Using economic principles, models and analyses, they offer 12 proposals for improving the process of scaling up effective and policy-relevant interventions. The current paper outlines how their proposals share a number of complementary features with behavioral psychology and applied behavior analysis. This response considers three possible points of intersection: (1) perspectives on the importance and challenges of studying and controlling our own behavior; (2) approaches to determining the social value of intervention outcomes and the procedures for achieving them; and (3) recommendations for deploying meaningful, common measures across phases of research.

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Social Validation: Use of Normative Peer Data to Evaluate LD Interventions

Learning Disability Quarterly ◽

10.2307/1510830 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 93-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michael H. Epstein ◽

Douglas Cullinan

Keyword(s):

Learning Disabilities ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Social Comparison ◽

Behavior Analysis ◽

Applied Behavior Analysis ◽

Subjective Evaluation ◽

Comparison Method ◽

Treatment Programs ◽

Social Validation ◽

The Social

Social validation is an applied behavior analysis evaluation strategy that may help educators determine whether a change in academic performance has practical value for pupils with learning disabilities. This paper describes two methods of social validation: social comparison and subjective evaluation. Applied examples of the social comparison method with LD pupils are offered. Several implications and areas for further study are described relating to the use of the social comparison method in evaluating treatment programs for LD pupils.

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