Pub Date : 2023-12-15DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00890-1
Anna M. Linnehan, Awab Abdel-Jalil, Sheila Klick, Jonathan Amey, Richele Yeich, Kyle Hetzel
The recent changes to the Behavior Analysis Certification Board Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts along with the calls to action for compassionate care have highlighted the need for a reevaluation of behavior research and clinical programs. We propose a behavior analytic definition of compassion where the relieving or prevention of distress is the reinforcer for the professional. One way of minimizing distress may be to require that assent be provided by a participant in an intervention. The definition of assent typically includes reference to willingness to participate in an intervention or activity. We provide a framework that goes beyond simple willingness to participate and distinguishes between apparent/implicit coercion and genuine assent by considering the alternatives described as degrees of freedom available to the participant. We distinguish between compulsion/explicit coercion, consent, and assent. Additionally, we will differentiate genuine consent and assent from apparent consent and assent in the design of compassionate behavioral programs.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-08DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00872-3
Angela Mann, L. Michelle Grimes, Erin Leichman
Behavior analysts can be found in a variety of settings including homes, schools, hospitals, workplaces, residential group homes, nursing homes, and universities (Association for Professional Behavior Analysts [APBA], 2019). As the field expands, behavior analysts find themselves performing a variety of tasks outside of traditional service delivery. A role of significant importance is that of the consultant. This article examines the status of training for behavior analysts. Our work finds that relatively few (11% of board certified behavior analyst programs and 3% of board certified associate behavior analyst programs) verified course sequences (VCSs) in behavior analysis include courses devoted specifically to consultation. Compared to other allied professions, there appears to be a disconnect between training and practice, especially when considering that behavior analysts are increasingly engaged in indirect service delivery through consultees. Finally, we discuss the benefits of consultation and why further devotion to and consistent requirements for training in consultation are needed. Several models of consultation appropriate for training behavior analysts are suggested, as well as information regarding how we might examine the effectiveness of consultation training.
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Pub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00888-9
Ashley M. Penney, Katherine J. Bateman, Yev Veverka, Adriana Luna, Ilene S. Schwartz
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is rooted in the conviction that behavior change can lead to improved quality of life. The goal of ABA has always been to help our consumers achieve outcomes and milestones that are important to them and improve their lives in ways that they choose. For more than half a century, this approach has proven successful. But we are now hearing increasing concerns about problematic application of behavioral principles, suggesting that as our field has grown, we may have lost sight of client-centered interventions and outcomes. In this article, we propose a reconceptualization of the practice of ABA, adding compassion to the current dimensions that have represented our field since 1968. Adding compassion as a definitional dimension of ABA will help behavior analysts find their way back to implementing interventions in a responsive, collaborative, and humble manner that includes working with our consumers and our critics, and listening to perspectives that can help us improve our practice.
应用行为分析(ABA)植根于这样一个信念:行为改变可以提高生活质量。应用行为分析的目标始终是帮助我们的消费者实现对他们来说重要的成果和里程碑,并以他们自己选择的方式改善生活。半个多世纪以来,事实证明这种方法是成功的。但是,我们现在听到越来越多关于行为原则应用问题的担忧,这表明随着我们领域的发展,我们可能已经忽略了以客户为中心的干预和结果。在这篇文章中,我们建议重新认识 ABA 的实践,在自 1968 年以来一直代表我们领域的现有维度中加入同情心。将 "同情 "作为 ABA 的一个定义维度,将有助于行为分析师重新找到以积极响应、协作和谦逊的方式实施干预的方法,包括与我们的消费者和批评者合作,倾听有助于我们改进实践的观点。
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Pub Date : 2023-12-07DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00889-8
Bethany P. Contreras, Matthew Lewon, Caitlyn Peal, Nicholas L. Vitale
Professional organizations that oversee the accreditation of graduate training programs in behavior analysis have increased didactic training requirements for programs in various domains across the years. One of the areas in which this has occurred concerns training in philosophy within behavior science. Although content-hour requirements for didactic philosophical training have increased, the contents of this training are not prescribed and are left to the discretion of individual programs. We conducted a survey of verified course sequence programs to assess the current state of training in philosophy in behavior analysis graduate training programs. The results provided a list of common topics and readings in philosophy courses, and indicated an emphasis on radical behaviorism and the works of B. F. Skinner. The list of topics and readings obtained provides a resource for course design, and we suggest that exposing students to a broader range of behavioristic and nonbehavioristic topics and readings may enhance students’ orientation to philosophical issues in behavior analysis.
多年来,负责监督行为分析研究生培训项目认证的专业组织提高了对不同领域项目的教学培训要求。其中一个领域涉及行为科学中的哲学培训。虽然哲学说教培训的学时要求有所提高,但培训内容并没有规定,而是由各个项目自行决定。我们对经过验证的课程序列项目进行了调查,以评估行为分析研究生培训项目中哲学培训的现状。调查结果提供了一份哲学课程中常见主题和读物的清单,并显示了对激进行为主义和 B. F. Skinner 作品的重视。我们建议,让学生接触更广泛的行为主义和非行为主义主题和读物,可以提高学生对行为分析哲学问题的认识。
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Pub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00887-w
Amber L. Valentino, Jessica F. Juanico, Ashley M. Fuhrman, Aakshan Kaur Lidhar
Incorporating literature into practice can help behavior analysts provide better services and achieve better outcomes. In addition, behavior analysts have an ethical obligation to remain current with the scholarly literature and to use it to inform services. Despite the merits of maintaining regular contact with the published literature, barriers exist to doing so. In this tutorial, we present a system that was created for a human service agency to increase practitioner access to the scholarly literature. The system consisted of an electronic search request form, a literature team, and a liaison. We present 7 years of data including the frequency of use, topics of interest, and other noteworthy patterns of submitter responding. We discuss the value of this type of system, limitations of its design, and considerations for practitioners who may wish to implement a similar system in their agency. We discuss modifications that could be made to fit organizations of diverse sizes and with different resources, while presenting ideas for improvement and expansion of the system.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00883-0
Cheryl Light-Shriner, Dani Pizzella, James B. Schreiber, Charis L. Wahman
Based on the most recent Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts Behavior Analyst Certification Board, (2020), board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) are required to engage in collaborative practices with other related service professionals. However, the extent to which BCBAs are trained in collaborative practices and have opportunities to implement such practices is unknown. We examined training experiences in collaborative practice, and the frequency of collaborative practices for behavior analysts who have been associated with school environments. Using latent class analysis (LCA), three profile models emerged within our results that describe the frequency of collaborative practices. Participating BCBAs reported little to no training in collaborative practices. It should be noted that BCBAs employed by public school districts report engaging in high-level collaborative practices. Future research is needed to determine the quality of training in collaborative practices for behavior analysts and ways to support implementation efforts in accordance with the Ethics Code.
{"title":"Collaborative Practices of Behavior Analysts in School Settings: Evidence from the Field","authors":"Cheryl Light-Shriner, Dani Pizzella, James B. Schreiber, Charis L. Wahman","doi":"10.1007/s40617-023-00883-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00883-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on the most recent <i>Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts</i> Behavior Analyst Certification Board, (2020), board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) are required to engage in collaborative practices with other related service professionals. However, the extent to which BCBAs are trained in collaborative practices and have opportunities to implement such practices is unknown. We examined training experiences in collaborative practice, and the frequency of collaborative practices for behavior analysts who have been associated with school environments. Using latent class analysis (LCA), three profile models emerged within our results that describe the frequency of collaborative practices. Participating BCBAs reported little to no training in collaborative practices. It should be noted that BCBAs employed by public school districts report engaging in high-level collaborative practices. Future research is needed to determine the quality of training in collaborative practices for behavior analysts and ways to support implementation efforts in accordance with the <i>Ethics Code</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":47310,"journal":{"name":"Behavior Analysis in Practice","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138492510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-30DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00885-y
Kacey R. Finch, Rebecca L. Chalmé, Kathryn M. Kestner, Brianna G. Sarno
We conducted a scoping review of the behavior analytic self-control training (SCT) literature. To identify included articles, we searched key terms in six databases for articles published between 1988 and 2021. We included empirical articles that used a behavioral approach to self-control training with human participants for whom increasing self-control choice was a clinically significant goal and measured self-control and impulsive choice as dependent variables. Twenty-five experiments from 24 articles with a total of 79 participants were included in the review. This review aims to summarize the characteristics of SCT procedures and outcomes, provide recommendations for future research directions, and offer practical suggestions to clinicians incorporating SCT into practice. We examined similarities across studies regarding the independent variables manipulated in SCT, dependent variables measured, metrics of successful interventions, and assessment of generalization and maintenance of self-control choice. Twenty-one experiments arranged concurrent self-control- and impulsive-choice options with positive reinforcement, and four experiments arranged self-control training with negative-reinforcement contingencies. Variations of SCT included progressively increasing delays, intervening activities, signaled delays, antecedent rules, and commitment responses. Providing an intervening activity during the delay was largely successful at increasing self-control choice. Maintenance and generalization of increased self-control choice were assessed in two and three experiments, respectively. Future research should focus on improving the generality of SCT procedures in clinical settings by increasing terminal delays, fading out intervening activities, including probabilistic outcomes, and combining appetitive and aversive outcomes.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00886-x
Albert Malkin, Karl F. Gunnarsson, Kendra Thomson, Promise O. Tewogbola, Eric A. Jacobs
This study applied behavioral economic methods to assess the effects of regulatory cost on demand for the opportunity to practice behavior analysis in Ontario using a hypothetical purchase task. The provincial government of Ontario recently passed legislation to expand the psychology regulatory body to include behavior analysts. Professional regulation has been a key longstanding priority for many professionals in the province and the Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA, 2021) alike. This is an important step in public protection policy, the professionalization of the practice of applied behavior analysis (ABA), and standards of practice in the province. This study aimed to inform part of the process using an operant demand framework because fees are required to operate regulatory bodies, which implies that professionals interested in becoming regulated health professionals must pay initial and ongoing fees. Demand was analyzed using the exponentiated model of demand. Participants included 60 practitioners, who indicated they were board certified behavior analysts and Ontario residents. The findings indicated that participants’ mean Pmax value (the price at which consumption becomes elastic) was $624.65 at the aggregate level. These results may indicate Ontario behavior analysts’ perceptions of the acceptability of varying costs associated with regulation. Further, the study demonstrates the applied utility of behavioral economic methods to assess demand for commodities within behavior analysis.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00884-z
Brighid Fronapfel, Ken MacAleese, Nina McCartney, Molly Halligan, Diana Wilson
In recent decades, behavior analysts have become involved in public policy and legislative efforts to protect the practice of the profession at state and national levels, as well as to support and protect the consumers of behavior analytic services. In the state of Nevada, these efforts have been ongoing since the introduction and passage of Nevada Assembly Bill (NAB) 162, establishing insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorder, in 2009. As a result, legislation establishing the regulation of the profession of behavior analysis was passed and subsequently amended over multiple legislative sessions. This article discusses various lessons learned throughout the ongoing licensing and regulatory process in Nevada, with hope of providing a resource for behavior analysts that are involved in public policy.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00880-3
Kendra Thomson, Rosemary Condillac, Kim Trudeau-Craig, Louis Busch, Julie Koudys, Evangelo Boutsis, Joan Broto
This article describes the long and winding road to regulation of behavior analysts in Ontario, Canada over the past 25 years. It is written from the perspective of some of the many volunteers of the professional association (Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis) who have contributed to this goal. The information has been corroborated by historical records and publicly available information. The need for public protection and oversight of behavior analysis was noted in our field more than 50 years ago and continues to be relevant. With changes to international certification and concerns raised by some constituents about ABA practices, many jurisdictions continue to seek support for regulatory oversight. The goal of this article is to inspire behavior analysts in other jurisdictions to advocate for protection of the public and for recognition and oversight of the profession through policy reform. To this end, we have documented our collective efforts and experiences and suggested strategies that worked in our context that may generalize to other jurisdictions. In the end, efforts to promote ethical, effective, and socially valid ABA services will advance our field and enhance the benefits for those we support.
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