Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition : Core Concepts and Principles for Practitioners.

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition -- Chapter 2: Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3: Basic Verbal Operants -- Chapter 4: Complex Verbal Behavior -- Chapter 5: Identification and Establishment of Bidirectional Verbal Operants -- Chapter 6: The Scope and Significance of Referential Behavior -- Chapter 7: Human Behavior Is Referential Behavior -- Chapter 8: Observational Learning -- Chapter 9: Generative Responding Through Contingency Adduction -- Chapter 10: Equivalence-Based Instruction: Designing Instruction Using Stimulus Equivalence -- Chapter 11: Relational Frame Theory: Basic Relational Operants -- Chapter 12: Assessing and Teaching Complex Relational Operants: Analogy and Hierarchy -- Chapter 13: Rule-Governed Behavior and Verbal Regulation -- Chapter 14: Problem Solving -- Chapter 15: Second- and Third-Wave Behavior Therapy -- Chapter 16: Implicit Cognition and Social Behavior -- Chapter 17: Perspective Taking, Empathy, and Compassion -- Glossary of Acronyms -- References -- About Author -- Index.

Applied behavior analysis is an evidence-based mental health approach that focuses on the principles of learning and applying what is learned to change client behavior. Written by leading experts in language and cognition, this is the first applied behavior analysis textbook to bring the study of language and verbal behavior into the 21st century with the latest research. Students and clinicians in the burgeoning field of applied behavior analysis will find the theoretical foundation they need to effectively serve the increasingly diverse clients seeking their services.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.