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Changing Problem Behavior – A Systematic & Comprehensive Approach to Behavior Change Project Management book by James O'Heare is a manual for managing behavior change projects from the functional assessment of problem behaviors, through constructing and implementing a behavior change program and transitioning to the ongoing maintenance of changes. It utilizes a behavior analytic approach with a strong emphasis on positive reinforcement based methods and avoidance of aversive methods. It presents a systematic and natural science based approach to managing problem behavior cases for professional animal behavior technologists. The strategies and procedures are applicable to all species.
Chapters and some subcontent includes:
- Introduction
- Managing Behavioral Projects
- Theoretical Orientation
- Chapter 1: Review of the Basic Principles of Behavior
- Introduction
- Behavior and It's Cause
- Operant Conditioning
- Contingincies
- Law of Effect
- Defensive Aggressive Behavior
- Positive Reinforcement
- Negative Reinforcement
- Contingincies of Punishment
- Positive Punishment
- Negative Punishment
- Contingincies of Extinction
- more…
- Chapter 2: Functional Assessment
- Ethical Considerations of Assessment
- Introduction of the Three Stages of a Functional Assessment
- Fuctional Assessment Stages
- Informant Interview
- Direct Observation
- Endogenous and Exogenous Reinforcement
- Chapter 3: Intervention
- General Characteristics of Behavior Change Programs
- General Principles for Effective Behavior Change Programs
- Constuctional vs Eliminative Strategies
- Antecedent Control Procedures
- Discriminative Stimulus Control
- Antecedent Control of fuction-altering stimuli
- Emotional arousal and behavioral-change procedures
- Postcedent Control Procedures
- Differential Reinforcement
- Differential Reinforcement of incompatible behavior
- Differential Reinforcement of alternative behavior
- Differential Reinforcement of other behavior
- Differential Reinforcement of low rate behavior
- Choosing between DRI, DRA and DRO
- Shaping differential reinforcement of successive approximations to a terminal behavior
- Shaping Procedure
- Determine form of terminal target behavior
- more…
- Positive Reinforcement and Negative Punishment (time out from a positive reinforcement)
- Graded Negative Reinforcement
- Positive Reinforcement and Positive Punishment
- Combined respondent and operant protocols
- Producing a Behavior Change Program Document
- Chapter 4: Maintenance
- Working Toward Maintenance
- Generalization
- Discrimination, and transferring stimulus control to a more "natural" set of controls
- Thinning the schedule of reinforcement and allowing for more natural reinforcers
- Monitoring and re-intervening when necessary
- Summary
- Appendix 1: Behavior Change Project Management Steps
James O’Heare, 2011, 6” x 9”, 140 pgs, softcover.
Canine Training Systems also carries an eBook version of this title in digital format. Changing Problem Behavior – A Systematic & Comprehensive Approach to Behavior Change Project Management
