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|a 1. Introduction (1. Introduction, 2. How to use this book), 2. How to select a target behavior (1. Ethical considerations and preliminary information gathering, 2. Criteria for target behavior and informal cost-benefit analysis,3. Preliminary observations and functional analysis), 3. Developing a procedure for collecting data (1. Response definitions, 2. Developing a measuring procedure, 3. Determining the time and context of data collection), 4. Demonstration of experimental control (1. Introduction and threats to internal validity, 2. Within-subjects designs: ABAB designs, 3. Within-Subject Designs: Multiple baseline designs, 4. Within-Subject Designs: Multiple treatment designs, 5. Within-Subject Designs: The changing criterion design and selecting a design), 5. Increasing deficit behavior (1. General considerations in initiating a treatment program, 2. Modeling and guided participation, 3. Identifying or establishing reinforcing events, 4. Shaping and strengthening low-rate performances, 5. Verbal instructions and physical prompts, 6. Contingency contracting and preparing a treatment program script), 6. Reducing excess behavior (1. Considerations in selecting deceleration techniques: The Least Coercive Method, 2. Extinction and DRO, 3. Physical punishment and reprimands: ethics and precausions, 4. Response cost, 5. Time-out from positive reinforcement, 6. Overcorrection), 7. Extending treatment-induced gains (1. Generalization and maintenance of treatment effects, 2. Self-regulation training), 8. Reliability (1. Introduction and preliminaries, 2. Trial reliability, 3. Observer effects), 9. Formal data collection (1. Collecting baseline data, 2. Collecting data during treatment and follow-up), 10. Assessing the effects of your treatment program (1. Summarizing reliability and target behavior data and constructing graphs, 2. Assessing changes in the target behavior, 3. Writing a final report and promoting good will), Appendix A. Initial Interview of Caretaker, Appendix B. Reinforcer Identification List, Appendix C. Sample Project Paper.
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