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Open AccessUtility of a virtual small group cognitive behaviour program for autistic children during the pandemic: evidence from a community-based implementation study
Autistic children often experience socioemotional difficulties relating to emotion regulation and mental health problems. Supports for autistic children involve the use of adapted interventions that target emo...
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Open AccessBehavioral skills training for teaching safety skills to mental health service providers compared to training-as-usual: a pragmatic randomized control trial
Violence in the healthcare workplace has been a global concern for over two decades, with a high prevalence of violence towards healthcare workers reported. Workplace violence has become a healthcare quality i...
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Correction: Using Behavioral Economics to Inform Behavior Analyst Regulation Fees in Ontario
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Using Behavioral Economics to Inform Behavior Analyst Regulation Fees in Ontario
This study applied behavioral economic methods to assess the effects of regulatory cost on demand for the opportunity to practice behavior analysis in Ontario using a hypothetical purchase task. The provincial...
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The Long and Winding Road to Professional Regulation in Ontario Canada
This article describes the long and winding road to regulation of behavior analysts in Ontario, Canada over the past 25 years. It is written from the perspective of some of the many volunteers of the professio...
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Evaluation of Telehealth Training for Behavior Technicians to Implement Common Behavioral Protocols
Behavioral skills training (BST) delivered synchronously via telecommunication (telehealth) has been shown to be effective for training mediators supporting children with autism. A limitation in the literature...
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Publisher Correction to: A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
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A Telecommunication Model to Teach Facilitators to Deliver Acceptance and Commitment Training
Providing mediator training using a telecommunication format increases access to training by reducing geographical and financial barriers, while maintaining or increasing efficiency. Limited research has imple...
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A Brief History of Contributions of Applied Behaviour Analysis to Autism Treatment
Applied behavior analysis, influenced by John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner, embodied a new approach in psychology. Focusing on psychology as the science of behavior rather than the science of consciousness and ...
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Caregivers of Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: a Systematic Review
This systematic review examined research on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for caregivers of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs). Specifically, we examined ACT delivery format, inclus...
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An Evaluation of Behavioral Skills Training for Teaching Caregivers How to Support Social Skill Development in Their Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Limited research has explored how to best train caregivers to support their child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) despite caregivers being well suited to promote generalization and maintenance of their chi...
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Brief Report of Preliminary Outcomes of an Emotion Regulation Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often present with comorbid psychopathology including problems with emotion regulation. The goal of the present research was to investigate the feasibility of a mul...
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The history of behavior analysis in Manitoba: A sparsely populated canadian province with an international influence on behavior analysis
This article examines the convergence of factors that led to behavior analysis taking root, flourishing, and bearing fruit in a prairie province of Canada. In the latter half of the 1960s, Garry Martin and Jos...
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Teaching Adaptive and Social Skills to Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
The purpose of this chapter is to review intervention strategies that have been researched for teaching adaptive and social skills to children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We hope that the chapter wi...
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Overview of Behavioral Sport Psychology
The term behavior analysis refers to the scientific study of laws that govern the behavior of human beings and other animals (Pear, 2001). Behavioral sport psychology involves the use of behavior analysis princip...
