Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG

Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG

Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG (CBA SIG)

Affiliated 2019

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Contact Information

President: Emily Sandoz
Secretary: Troy DuFrene

SIG Mission/Objectives

Applications of CBS (e.g., ACT and FAP) have historically been referred to as specific forms of Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA). Over time, however, they have developed as treatment packages in their own right, sometimes implemented and described in ways consistent with a behavior analytic perspectives (e.g., philosophical, theoretical, strategic) and sometimes not. The ACBS Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA) SIG explores the ways in which behavior analysis can be applied to understanding, designing, and evaluating interventions that are primarily language-based (i.e., "talk therapies”) with limited appeal to middle-level terms or treatment packages. In short, the CBA SIG aims to support clinical work that focuses the systematic establishment of functional relations between context and behavior.

Applications of CBS (e.g., ACT and FAP) have historically been referred to as specific forms of Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA). Over time, however, they have developed as treatment packages in their own right, sometimes implemented and described in ways consistent with a behavior analytic perspectives (e.g., philosophical, theoretical, strategic), and sometimes not. The ACBS Clinical Behavior Analysis (CBA) SIG explores the ways in which behavior analysis can be applied to understanding, designing, and evaluating interventions that are primarily language-based (i.e., "talk therapies”) with limited appeal to middle-level terms or treatment packages. In short, the CBA SIG aims to support clinical work that focuses the systematic establishment of functional relations between context and behavior.

The CBA SIG serves as a nexus for psychotherapist, counselors, behavior analysts, and other professionals (or aspiring professionals) invested in developing CBA as a basis for clinical conceptualization, intervention, and evaluation independent of particular treatment packages. The CBA SIG connects individuals with this common interest, supports the synergy of research projects in this area, and strengthens our common commitment to CBA as a progressive and important part of the behavioral health profession.

Description of SIG membership:

CBA SIG membership consists of behavior analysts, counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other behavioral health professionals and students training for these fields who share a common commitment to behavior analysis as a primary clinical intervention for language-able individuals. Members will be connected through the website clinicalbehavioranalysis.com.

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Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG Resources

Clinical Behavior Analysis SIG Resources

Books

  • Mindfulness for Two: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Approach to Mindfulness in Psychotherapy by Kelly Wilson (There is explicit Behavior Analysis terminology included in Chapter 2)
  • Clinical Behavior Analysis Edited by Michael J. Dougher (2000). Oakland, CA: Context Press / New Harbinger Publications.

 

Articles

  • Törneke, N. (2021). Clinical functional analysis and the process of change. Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento. http://doi.org/10.18761/PAC.2021.v12.RFT.01 
  • Assaz, D., Roche, B., Kanter, J. & Oshiro, C. (2018). Cognitive Defusion in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: What Are the Basic Processes of Change?. The Psychological Record, 68(4).  http://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-017-0254-z 
  • Ramnerö, J. & Törneke, N. (2015). On Having a Goal: Goals as Representations or Behavior. Psychol Rec, 65, 89–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40732-014-0093-0
  • Harvey, M., Luiselli, J. & Wong, S. (2009). Application of Applied Behavior Analysis to Mental Health Issues. Psychological Services, 6. http://doi.org/212-222. 10.1037/a0016495 
  • Special Issue on Clinical Behavior Analysis: Perspectives on Behavior Science, Volume 32, Issue 1, April 2009
    • Kanter, J.W., Woods, D.W. Introduction. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 1–5 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392172
    • Waltz, T.J., Follette, W.C. Molar functional relations and clinical behavior analysis: Implications for assessment and treatment. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 51–68 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392175
    • Bonow, J.T., Follette, W.C. Beyond values clarification: Addressing client values in clinical behavior analysis. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 69–84 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392176
    • Plumb, J.C., Stewart, I., Dahl, J. et al. In search of meaning: Values in modern clinical behavior analysis. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 85–103 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392177
    • Follette, W.C., Bonow, J.T. The challenge of understanding process in clinical behavior analysis: The case of functional analytic psychotherapy. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 135–148 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392179
    • Layng, T.V.J. The search for an effective clinical behavior analysis: The nonlinear thinking of Israel Goldiamond. BEHAV ANALYST 32, 163–184 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007
  • Special Section on Clinical Behavior Analysis: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Volume 39, Issue 4, Winter 2006
  • Kanter, J.W., Callaghan, G.M., Landes, S.J., Busch, A.M., Brown, K.R. (2004) Behavior Analytic Conceptualization and Treatment of Depression: Traditional Models and Recent Advances. The Behavior Analyst Today, Volume 5, Issue Number 3, pages 255-274.
  • Robert J. Kohlenberg, Mavis Tsai, Michael J. Dougher (1993) The Dimensions of Clinical Behavior Analysis. The Behavior Analyst, 16, 271-282.

 

Podcasts

 

Single-Case Experimental Design (SCED) and Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Design (MASCD) Resources

  • Allison, D. B., & Gorman, B. S. (1993). Calculating effect sizes for meta-analysis: The case of the single case. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 31(6), 621–631. https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(93)90115-B
  • Barlow, D. H., & Hersen, M. (1988). Single case experimental designs: strategies for studying behavior change. New York: Pergamon Press.
  • Franklin, R. D. (2014). Design and analysis of single-case research. Retrieved from http://site.ebrary.com/id/10828888
  • Hayes, S. C. (1981). Single case experimental design and empirical clinical practice. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 49(2), 193–211. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.49.2.193
  • Hersen, M. (1990). Single-case experimental designs. In A. S. Bellack, M. Hersen, & A. E. Kazdin (Eds.), International Handbook of Behavior Modification and Therapy (pp. 175–210). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0523-1_9
  • Holmann, G., Koerner, K. (2014) Single case designs in clinical practice: A contemporary CBS perspective on why and how to. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 3 (2), 138-147.
  • Jacobson, N. S., Follette, W. C., & Revenstorf, D. (1984). Psychotherapy outcome research: Methods for reporting variability and evaluating clinical significance. Behavior Therapy, 15(4), 336–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7894(84)80002-7
  • Kazdin, A. E. (1982). Single-case research designs: methods for clinical and applied settings. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Perdices, M., & Tate, R. L. (2009). Single-subject designs as a tool for evidence-based clinical practice: Are they unrecognised and undervalued? Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 19(6), 904–927. https://doi.org/10.1080/09602010903040691
  • Rapoff, M., & Stark, L. (2008). Editorial: Journal of Pediatric Psychology statement of purpose: Section on single-subject studies. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 33(1), 16–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsm101
  • Shadish, W. R., Hedges, L. V., & Pustejovsky, J. E. (2014). Analysis and meta-analysis of single-case designs with a standardized mean difference statistic: A primer and applications. Journal of School Psychology, 52(2), 123–147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2013.11.005
  • Shadish, W. R., Rindskopf, D. M., & Hedges, L. V. (2008). The state of the science in the meta-analysis of single-case experimental designs. Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 2(3), 188–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/17489530802581603
  • Wilson, B. (1987). Single-case experimental designs in neuropsychological rehabilitation. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 9(5), 527–544. https://doi.org/10.1080/01688638708410767
     
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