Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training (PDF)

By Peter Sturmey, Lindsay Maffei-Almodovar
Handbook for Behavioral Skills Training is a method consisting of multiple treatment components that is effective for training a wide variety of skills, both simple and complex, in people in a wide variety of populations, including children and adults with disabilities. This book is the first comprehensive research-based guide on behavior skills training for practitioners and human service organizations. Behavioral skills training includes instructions, modelling, rehearsal, and feedback, leading to improvement in social and language skills, reduced problem behavior, independence, and autonomy.This book provides a detailed roadmap from beginning (identifying training needs) to end (large scale application across entire organizations).

Features step-by-step guide to implementing Behavioral Skills Training (BST)
Improves client problem behavior, independence, and autonomy
Covers instructions, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback
Includes mastery criteria, online BST, and assessing social validity
Provides chapter summary bullets of key points
Provides a resource that is appropriate for clinical practice and ABA certification review

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press; 1st edition (January 30, 2025)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 310 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 044316066X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0443160660