Based on the article by Miltenberger (1990) Assessment of Treatment Acceptability: A Review of the Literature

1. Define social validity.

2. Why is treatment acceptability important?

3. Define analogue and clinical methodology and describe advantages and disadvantages of each

Based on the article by Hansford et al. (2010) Practical Issues in Effective Behavioral Intervention Development

1. What is the purpose of conducting a functional assessment?

1. Discuss the challenges of linking treatment to function in applied settings

2. Describe what is meant by socially mediated problem behavior. Give examples of social positive and social negative reinforcement contingencies

3. Describe what is meant by non-socially mediated problem behavior. Give examples of both automatic positive and automatic negative reinforcement contingencies

4. Describe one treatment strategy for behavior maintained by social attention

5. Describe one treatment strategy that is not recommended for a behavior that is maintained by escape from demands