Treatment Integrity
08th December from 15:45 to 17:15
Applied behavior analyses have training and experience in the development of behavior support plans to increase desirable behavior and reduce disruptive behavior. However, many applied behavior analyses have not been trained in how to evaluate the level to which these plans have been implemented as intended (i.e., treatment integrity). Without clear and unambiguous knowledge of whether a treatment has been implemented with integrity, one can not determine if failure to effect a desired behavior change is the result of a treatment plan in need of revision or poor treatment integrity. This paper will describe a simple method for assessing the integrity with which teachers implement behavior support plans in a school serving children and adolescents with neurological impairments. Data will be presented that demonstrate how this method can substantially increase treatment integrity. Additionally the paper will show how these integrity data can be used to help make treatment decisions. Finally data evaluating the role of reactivity in treatment integrity measures will be presented and discussed.