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Considerable debate has occurred in recent years over what constitutes effective treatment. Furthermore, many have argued about what psychologically based procedures should be allowed as treatments for problem behaviors. A number of authors have laid out the various techniques, policy procedures, and potential for interventions. But after one has determined techniques one considers appropriate, if and how these methods should be put into practice is still in question. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss some of these pragmatic issues. Specifically, we discuss how to coordinate various disciplines in the treatment process and the implication of these administrative issues on selecting treatments.
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Swiezy, N.B., Matson, J.L. (1993). Coordinating the Treatment Process among Various Disciplines. In: Van Houten, R., Axelrod, S. (eds) Behavior Analysis and Treatment. Applied Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9374-1_9
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