TY - BOOK TI - Handbook of applied behavior analysis / SN - 9781462513383 AV - LB 3013 .H335 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - The Guilford Press KW - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR KW - HUMAN BEHAVIOR KW - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT N1 - Includes index; Part 1. Introduction -- Part 2. Basic principles and concepts -- Part 3. Measurement, design and methodological issues -- Part 4. Behavioral assessment -- Part 5. Interventions for increasing desirable behavior -- Part 6. Interventions for decreasing problem behavior -- Part 7. Subspecialties -- Part 8. Professional issues N2 - Describing the state of the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA), this handbook provides information about theory, research, and intervention. The contributors present practices in behavioral assessment and demonstrate evidence-based strategies for supporting positive behaviors and reducing problem behaviors. Conceptual, empirical, and procedural building blocks of ABA are reviewed and specific applications described in education, autism treatment, safety skills for children, and other areas. The volume also addresses professional and ethical issues ER -