Social Validity

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General Information

Instructor: Dr. Jaime Flowers, Ph.D, BCBA, NCSP Title: Social Validity: Creating Change that Matters CEs: 3 Learning CEUs in the area of ethics Location: Online

Social validity is often an overlooked concept in ABA. Many social validity measurements are considered subjective, but it is still important to measure social validity to ensure client satisfaction. Social validity ensures behavior change has real world significance. This course will look at social validity in research, social validity in practice and review common problems affecting social validity. After completion of this course you will be awarded 3 CEUs in the area of ethics.

Learning Objectives

1. Learn the definition of social validity 2. Learn how research measure social validity 3. Learn how to measure social validity during treatment 4. Learn lessons of social validity from clinical therapy 5. Learn the common pitfalls when assessing social validity

Course Assignments, activities, and technology

? 5 Videos ? 4 Discussion Boards ? 2 Polls ? 5 Quizzes ? Final Exam

Evaluation and Assessment

Participants must score 80% or better on all quizzes and exams. Participant also must turn in all assignments and respond to all discussion boards. Participants will have multiple opportunities to complete these activities if the first attempt is not satisfactory.

References

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Finney, J.W. (1991). On further development of the concept of social validity. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(2), 245-249.

Hanley, G.P. (2010). Toward effective and preferred programming: A case for the objective measurement of social validity with recipients of behavior-change programs. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 3(1), 13-21.

Hawkins, R.P. (1991). Is social validity what we are interested in? An argument for a functional approach. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(2), 205-213.

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Kennedy, C.H. (1992). Trends in the measurement of social validity. The Behavior Analyst, 15(2), 147-156.

Kennedy, C.H. (2002). The maintenance of behavior change as an indicator of social validity. Behavior Modification, 26(5), 594-604.

Miller, S. D., Duncan, B. L., & Hubble, M. A. (1997). Escape from Babel: Toward a unifying language for psychotherapy practice. New York: Norton

Schwartz, I.S. & Baer, D.M. (1991). Social validity assessments: Is current practice state of the art? Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 24(2), 189-204.

Wolf, M.M. (1978). Social validity: The case for subjective measurement or how applied behavior analysis is finding its heart. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 11(2), 203214.

Luiselli J.K., Reed D.D. (2011) Social Validity. In: Goldstein S., Naglieri J.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Child Behavior and Development. Springer, Boston, MA

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