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 techniques used and the outcomes achieved are acceptable, relevant, and useful to the individual in treatment. This book provides background on the development of social validity, an overview of current research in social validity, and guidelines for expanding the practice of social validation within numerous specialized fields of expertise. The book offers detailed information on scales and methods for measuring social validity across the goals, procedures, and effects of treatments utilized in various fields. This second edition incorporates recent research findings and offers two new chapters on the use of social validity in the health sciences and how social validity plays an important role in increasing cultural awareness. Defines and conceptualizes social validitySummarizes recent research findings in social validityIdentifies instruments and methods for measuring social validityCompares and contrasts social validity measuresIncludes use of social validity in multiple disciplinesReviews how to organize social validity dataTwo new chapters on SV for cultural awareness and in the health professions INDICE: 1. Background of Social Validity 2. Conceptualizations of Social Validity 3. Instruments and Methods for Evaluating Social Validity 4. Research on Social Validity 5. Enhancing the Appropriateness of Treatment Procedures 6. Improving the Importance of Treatment Effects 7. Ethics and Social Validity 8. Use of Social Validity for Enhancing Cultural Awareness 9. Social Validity in Health Sciences 10. Organization of Social Validity Data 11. The Future of Social Validity
- ISBN: 978-0-12-816004-6
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 366
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés
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