A Teacher's Guide to Applied Behavior Analysis: Classroom Solutions for Maladaptive Behavior - Softcover

Kernoff BCBA, Bret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1505732131 ISBN 13: 9781505732139

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

This book introduces teachers to the science of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Written by a consulting special educator and board-certified behavior analyst, it is designed to help educators like you strengthen classroom management skills.

Following the Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s training requirement list, the text provides a fundamental understanding of the following content areas:

• Ethical considerations
• Definitions and characteristics of ABA
• Principle processes and concepts
• Behavioral assessment
• Experimental evaluation of interventions
• Measurement of behavior
• Displaying and interpreting data
• Selecting intervention outcomes and strategies
• Behavior change procedures

In addition to the fundamental principles, this book offers teaching techniques and advice for their use, as well as instructions on how to become a board-certified behavior analyst.

With this book in hand, teachers will discover more effective methods for solving behavior challenges, leaving you with more time and energy to focus on what they do best—educating students.

About this title

About the Author:

Bret Kernoff, MEd, CAGS, BCBA, is a consulting special educator and board-certified behavior analyst with over ten years of experience managing and teaching in alternative self-contained therapeutic classrooms.

He is a managing member of Behavior Institute LLC, and works as a consulting special educator. Married for thirty years, Kernoff has two grown children and one granddaughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1505732131
• ISBN 13: 9781505732139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 117