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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...
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123748973 |
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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 techniqu |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
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9780123748973 0123748976 1282381563 9781282381568 |
| Index Number: | BF637 |
| CLC: | B848.4 |
| 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. |