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Book SynopsisAbout our authors
John Cooper, Tim Heron and Bill Heward were faculty members at The Ohio State University for a combined 90 years. Together they trained special education classroom teachers and leadership personnel guided by the philosophical, scientific and technological principles of applied behavior analysis. The Ph.D. program in special education and applied behavior analysis that they and their colleagues developed at OSU was the first doctoral program accredited by the Association for Behavior Analysis International. John, Tim and Bill each received the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, OSU's highest honor for teaching excellence. They are joint recipients of the Ellen P. Reese Award for Communication of Behavioral Concepts from the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
John O. Cooper, Ed.D., is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. His research and teaching interests include p
Table of Contents
Brief Contents
PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND BASIC CONCEPTS
- Definition and Characteristics of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Basic Concepts and Principles
PART 2: SELECTING, DEFINING, AND MEASURING BEHAVIOR
- Selecting and Defining Target Behaviors
- Measuring Behavior
- Improving and Assessing the Quality of Behavioral Measurement
PART 3: EVALUATING AND ANALYZING BEHAVIOR CHANGE
- Constructing and Interpreting Graphic Displays of Behavioral Data
- Analyzing Behavior Change: Basic Assumptions and Strategies
- Reversal and Multielement Designs
- Multiple Baseline and Changing Criterion Designs
- Planning and Evaluating Applied Behavior Analysis Research
PART 4: REINFORCEMENT
- Positive Reinforcement
- Negative Reinforcement
- Schedules of Reinforcement
PART 5: PUNISHMENT
- Positive Punishment
- Negative Punishment
PART 6: ANTECEDENT VARIABLES
- Motivating Operations
- Stimulus Control
PART 7: VERBAL BEHAVIOR
- Verbal Behavior
PART 8: DEVELOPING NEW BEHAVIOR
- Equivalence-based Instruction
- Engineering Emergent Learning with Nonequivalence Relations
- Imitation, Modeling, and Observational Learning
- Shaping
- Chaining
PART 9: DECREASING BEHAVIOR WITH NONPUNISHMENT PROCEDURES
- Extinction
- Differential Reinforcement
- Antecedent Interventions
PART 10: FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT
- Functional Behavior Assessment
PART 11: SPECIAL APPLICATIONS
- Token Economy, Group Contingencies, and Contingency Contracting
- Self-Management
PART 12: PROMOTING GENERALIZED BEHAVIOR CHANGE
- Generalization and Maintenance of Behavior Change
PART 13: ETHICS
- Ethical and Professional Responsibilities of Applied Behavior Analysts
