APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis, Volume 2 Translating Principles Into Practice

Over the last 50 years the field of behavior analysis has grown substantially both in the number of practicing behavior analysts and the range of behavior to which behavioral principles have been applied. Today the laboratory study of basic principles of behavior continues to expand our understanding of behavior and to inform the treatment of disorders ranging from autism to substance abuse. The APA Handbook of Behavior Analysis, Volume 1, continues this inductive translational approach to the science of behavior analysis by providing overview and in-depth chapters. In Volume 2, Translating Principles Into Practice, 10 chapters illustrate how principles of behavior discovered in basic-science laboratories have provided insights on socially significant human behavior ranging from the complex discriminations that underlie human language to disorders treated by clinical psychologists. The second section of Volume II includes 12 chapters, each devoted to a particular behavioral/developmental disorder (e.g., behavioral treatments of ADHD, autism) or to behavior of societal importance (e.g., effective college teaching, effective treatment of substance abuse). Each of these chapters provides a review of what works and where additional research is needed.