How to Use Response Cost, Third Edition is intended as a guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals as they work to shape and improve the behavior of children, students, or other individuals. In this book readers will learn the sequence of steps to follow to use response cost in an effective, ethical, and responsible manner. The examples provided are culled from the body of research in applied behavior analysis and educator experiences. Tasks are placed throughout the book to guide readers in understanding and applying response cost in home, work, or community environments.
The revision of this series is highly timely and contemporary. The need for effective behavior management in children, youth, and adults is as important as ever given various events in todays society such as the increases in the numbers of children identified with autism, of bullying incidences both cyber and physical, and of school and workplace violence.
The How To Manage Behavior Series (Third Edition) contains 16 newly revised titles for practitioners and parents. These texts include effective, research-based strategies for use in increasing appropriate behaviors of children, students, and other persons whose behavior may be lacking or be creating problems at home, at school, or on the job. The books are nontechnical, step-by-step instructional manuals that define the procedures, provide numerous examples, and allow the reader to make oral or written responses. The books may be purchased individually or in the set of 16 titles.