Evidence-based practice in psychology and behavior analysis.

O’Donohue, William; Ferguson, Kyle

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“…Similar statements appear regularly in traditional media (e.g., Smith, 2012). Despite this refrain, many behavior analysts express misgivings about published operational definitions of the term evidence based (Green, 2008;O'Donohue & Ferguson, 2006). Such definitions usually include guidelines for rating the quality of individual studies, aggregating findings across studies, and classifying the overall level of empirical support for an intervention.…”

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What is evidence-based behavior analysis?

Smith

2013

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Although applied behavior analysts often say they engage in evidence-based practice, they express differing views on what constitutes "evidence" and "practice." This article describes a practice as a service offered by a provider to help solve a problem presented by a consumer. Solving most problems (e.g., increasing or decreasing a behavior and maintaining this change) requires multiple intervention procedures (i.e., a package). Single-subject studies are invaluable in investigating individual procedures, but researchers still need to integrate the procedures into a package. The package must be standardized enough for independent providers to replicate yet flexible enough to allow individualization; intervention manuals are the primary technology for achieving this balance. To test whether the package is effective in solving consumers' problems, researchers must evaluate outcomes of the package as a whole, usually in group studies such as randomized controlled trials. From this perspective, establishing an evidence-based practice involves more than analyzing the effects of discrete intervention procedures on behavior; it requires synthesizing information so as to offer thorough solutions to problems. Recognizing the need for synthesis offers behavior analysts many promising opportunities to build on their existing research to increase the quality and quantity of evidence-based practices.

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What is evidence-based behavior analysis?

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2013

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“…The principles of operant conditioning have been utilized in a number of behavioral modification therapies for such problems as addictions (Kazdin 2000;O'Donohue and Ferguson 2006;Schultz 1998), or teaching social skills to persons with developmental disabilities (Kazdin 2000;O'Donohue and Ferguson 2006;Tucker et al 1998). The principles of operant conditioning have also been adopted by many businesses in their organizational management strategies (Ivancevich et al 2007;Martin and Pear 2003;Wagner and Hollenbeck 1995), linking raises, bonuses, and promotions to sales goals or productivity quotas.…”

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Patrol Officer Perceptions of Agency Rewards and Punishments: A Research Note

Johnson

2009

J Police Crim Psych

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The theory of operant conditioning is based on the premise that people are motivated to engage in, or refrain from, certain behaviors because of the rewards and punishments they may receive (Honig 1966;Skinner 1974). While managers within law enforcement agencies frequently use both rewards and punishments to try to guide the behavior of their officers, little information exists about how police officers perceive the rewards and punishments they utilize. This study surveyed a sample of patrol officers to determine how they ranked the value of several specific rewards, and the severity of several specific punishments. The findings suggested that a hierarchy of rewards and punishments exists in the minds of law enforcement officers, the ranking seemed to be associated with how they could impact the officer's off-duty quality of life, and significant variation existed between officer responses. Interesting differences were also found by officer gender, tenure, and education.

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Instrumentos de avaliação na pesquisa e na prática clínica: questões relevantes para a produção de evidências na TAC

Bolsoni-Silva¹,

Josua²

2019

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Resumo: O presente artigo configura uma reflexão teórica sobre potencialidades de instrumentos de avaliação de processo e de resultados na Terapia Analítico Comportamental (TAC). Para exemplificar o uso desses instrumentos, dois formatos de programas, conduzidos em uma universidade do estado de São Paulo, são apresentados. O primeiro envolve programas semiestruturados que utilizam protocolos e análises funcionais individuais para cada cliente. O segundo é um programa de pesquisa em atendimentos de TAC não protocolados. Como ambos os programas fazem uso consistente de ferramentas psicométricas, eles oferecem dados importantes para discutir como a realização de uma análise funcional em conjunção com o uso de instrumentos de processo e de resultados, ainda que de maneira incipiente, pode ser útil em intervenções em TAC, tendo por parâmetro conceitos da prática baseada em evidências.Palavras-chave: avaliação, prática baseada em evidência, terapia analítico comportamental. www.revistaperspectivas.org Instrumentos de avaliação na pesquisa e na prática clínica: questões relevantes para a produção de evidências na TACAssessment instruments in clinical practice and research: relevant issues to the production of evidences in TAC Instrumentos de evaluación en la investigación y en la práctica clínica: cuestiones relevantes para la producción de evidencias en la TAC [1] UNESP Bauru [2] Paradigma -Centro de Ciências e Tecnologia do Comportamento | Título abreviado: Instrumentos de avaliação na pesquisa e na prática clínica | Endereço para correspondência: | Email:bolsoni.silva@unesp.br | Abstract:The present article is a theoretical examination on the potentialities of the use of instruments with psychometric properties in the Brazilian model of clinical behavior analysis (commonly known as TAC). To exemplify the use of such instruments, two different programs, based in a University in the state of São Paulo, are presented. The first is a semi structured program that uses protocols and functional analysis to inform treatment. The second is a non-protocolized treatment as usual in the TAC model. As both programs make consistent use of psychometric tools they offer a good parameter to the final discussion -that is, how the link between a consistent function analysis of the behavior and the use of instruments may be useful to a TAC intervention, having as parameter evidence based practice principles.Keywords: assessment, evidence-based practice, behavior analytic therapy Resumen: El presente artículo es una reflexión teórica sobre las potencialidades del uso de instrumentos con propiedades psicométricas en el modelo brasileño de la terapia conductual (comúnmente conocido como TAC). Para ejemplificar el uso de tales instrumentos, se presentan dos programas distintos, con sede en un universidad del estado de São Paulo. El primero es un programa semiestructurado que utiliza protocolos y análisis funcionales para informar el tratamiento. El segundo es un tratamiento no protocolizado, como es habitual en el modelo TAC. Como ambos los...

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Evidence-based practice in psychology and behavior analysis.

Cited by 21 publications

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What is evidence-based behavior analysis?

What is evidence-based behavior analysis?

Patrol Officer Perceptions of Agency Rewards and Punishments: A Research Note

Instrumentos de avaliação na pesquisa e na prática clínica: questões relevantes para a produção de evidências na TAC

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