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Toward a Behavior Analytic Approach to Consultation

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Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy

Part of the book series: Issues in Clinical Child Psychology ((ICCP))

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Of the developments in psychology and education over the last 50 years, those in behavioral psychology have been among the most important. Behavioral psychology has amassed an impressive technology for responding effectively to many problems with important social and pragmatic implications. Many volumes such as this one and entire scholarly journals have been devoted exclusively to descriptions of the effectiveness of behavioral technology for a wide array of problems. The application of behavioral technologies through a problem-solving process serves as the foundation for this volume. The efficacy of the application of behavioral technologies in a wide range of settings, targeting an array of problems, and incorporating a diversity of treatment agents is evident in the continuing stream of publications in this area. Unquestionably, the technology has been invented and validated.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70803-5501, USA

    George H. Noell & Joseph C. Witt

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  1. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, USA

    T. Steuart Watson

  2. University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA

    Frank M. Gresham

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Noell, G.H., Witt, J.C. (1998). Toward a Behavior Analytic Approach to Consultation. In: Watson, T.S., Gresham, F.M. (eds) Handbook of Child Behavior Therapy. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5323-6_3

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