Introduces the concepts and methods of applied behavior analysis based on solid theory and research. Provides strategies for developing and implementing solutions to problem situations. Emphasizes a systems approach as a means of initiating more effective and durable change.
G. Roy Mayer, BCBA-D, is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles. He also has taught at Indiana University, Southern Illinois University and Namseoul University in South Korea. He is one of the founders of the California Association for Behavior Analysis, and assisted in bringing Certification in Behavior Analysis to California.
Beth Sulzer-Azaroff, Ph.D. has been active in the field of applied behavior analysis from its earliest beginning. She has taught the subject at several major universities and conducted extensive behavior analytic research. The results of over a hundred studies have been published by her and her collaborators. She has authored over a dozen books, several in collaboration with G. Roy Mayer, on behavior analysis in education and in general applications.
Michele D. Wallace, BCBA-D graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with her doctorate in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. She is currently an Associate Professor at California State University, Los Angeles and Program Coordinator.