Writing comprehensive behavioral consultation reports: critical elements.
Abstract The accountability movement in psychology has resulted in practitioners increasingly using evidence-based interventions and treatment modalities to treat client problems. Behavioral consultation is one framework that practitioners can utilize in providing empirically supported services. In order to demonstrate the use of effective, evidence-based psychological practices, however,...
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Editorial.
It is important and noteworthy to the field of Psychology and Clinical Behavior Analysis that IJBCT 3.3 includes an independent replication study of Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT). This study elevated MDT to meet the definition and criteria of "Well-Established" treatment with "Best Support" as defined by the American Psychological...
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Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior applied classwide in a child care setting.
Abstract This study investigated the effectiveness of implementing Differential Reinforcement of Other behavior (DRO) at the classwide level to decrease the disruptive behavior of seven typically developing preschool-aged children in a child care setting. After baseline data were collected, a whole interval DRO reinforcement schedule using edible...
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Repeated measures in case studies relating social competence and weight loss in two obese adolescents.
Abstract In individual behavior therapy two clients were evaluated using behavior categories created by the therapist. Both clients were observed to improve in terms of social competence. One demonstrated a significant inverse correlation between improvement of social competence and weight loss during treatment (16 sessions) and lost...
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Effective practices for sexually traumatized girls: implications for counseling and education.
Abstract The sexual traumatization of female adolescents is becoming increasingly visible in the counseling field. This paper will outline the prevalence of sexual abuse on female adolescents with emphasis on effective practices used in the field. In addition, implications for counselors and counselor educators will be discussed....
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Emerging research and theory in the etiology of Oppositional Defiant Disorder: current concerns and future directions.
Abstract A large amount of research has been done on Disruptive Behavior Disorders in general and on Oppositional Defiant Disorder in particular. Although research has examined many facets of Oppositional Defiant Disorder, many questions remain. Further, inconsistencies in terminology and methodological concerns across research studies have made...
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A behavior analytic perspective on victimology.
Abstract The field of victimology has become an area of serious scientific enquiry only recently and now attracts a wide range of theories from within multiple disciplines. In this paper the contribution that the science of behavior analysis can make to the conceptualization of the field is...
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A one year study of Mode Deactivation Therapy: adolescent residential patients with conduct and personality disorders.
Abstract This case study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mode Deactivation Therapy (MDT) implementation in a child and adolescent residential treatment unit and provide preliminary effectiveness data on MDT versus treatment as usual (TAU). This case study compared the efficacy of two treatment methodologies for adolescent...
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Assessing treatment integrity in behavioral consultation.
Abstract The trend in school psychology services is a shift from an emphasis on an assessment-based paradigm to one of consultation problem-solving and behavioral intervention. A critical component of consultation-derived interventions and behavior change is treatment integrity. Treatment integrity (or fidelity) refers to the extent to which...
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Continuation of weight loss treatment is associated with the number of self-selected treatment modalities.
Abstract Behavior therapy is a cornerstone of weight loss treatment and behaviorists help direct patients' treatment. A novel design was used that allowed participants to choose different treatment modalities during behavioral weight loss treatment. The association between the selection of different treatment modalities and program completion was...
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