Videos by Karola Dillenburger
Applied Behaviour Analysis is the application of the science of behaviour analysis to enhance soc... more Applied Behaviour Analysis is the application of the science of behaviour analysis to enhance socially important behaviour. However, it is often misunderstood and misrepresented as 'therapy for autism'.
In this talk I outline the issues that arise when a scientific application is misconstrued and ridiculed. 82 views
Papers by Karola Dillenburger
European Journal of Behavior Analysis
Societies
Since autism was first recognised, prevalence has increased rapidly. The growing economic as well... more Since autism was first recognised, prevalence has increased rapidly. The growing economic as well as social cost to families and society can only be mitigated by effective interventions and supports. It is, therefore, not surprising that there is much heated debate and most governments have developed public policies to address the management of autism. This paper describes how well-known 'propaganda' techniques, that have become prevalent in the helping professions have been used to influence autism policies by spreading 'fake news' about the scientific discipline of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). Over the past 40-50 years, meaningful evidence has accrued showing that interventions based on ABA can help people
European Journal of Behavior Analysis
Behavioral Interventions
The term "education for all" in the context of inclusive schooling describes the aim that childre... more The term "education for all" in the context of inclusive schooling describes the aim that children with identified special/additional needs are fully included in education together with their typically developing peers. However, this is easier said than done as there are few easy-to-use methods that teachers can use while at the same time teaching the approbate curriculum to children with a full range of different abilities. The Good Inclusion Game (GIG) is a group contingency-based tool to create inclusive classrooms that utilizes principles of the applied branch of the science of behavior analysis (applied behavior analysis) and can be used across settings and academic subjects. The GIG was evaluated across nine classrooms including 93 boys and girls aged between 9 and 15 years of age, including 20 children with identified special educational needs. Findings show that the GIG reliably led to a significant increase of inclusive curriculum-focused activities with the collateral effect of decreasing disruptive behaviors for all children. Findings are discussed in the context of inclusive schooling and evidence-based education.
European Journal of Behavior Analysis
Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
People with autism are approximately twice as likely to die from drowning than members of the gen... more People with autism are approximately twice as likely to die from drowning than members of the general population. Drowning can take place in quite small bodies of water. Therefore, acquiring good water safety skills is of the utmost importance. A systematic review of research into effective behavioural interventions for water safety and swim skills was conducted. In total, 11 studies were identified. Findings suggest that behaviourally based interventions can improve a range of water safety and swim skills in individuals with autism.
Research on Social Work Practice
Lack of reliable, nonintrusive disclosure techniques remains an obstacle in child abuse investiga... more Lack of reliable, nonintrusive disclosure techniques remains an obstacle in child abuse investigations. Stimulus equivalence procedures have been used to detect a range of social experiences. This paper explores the role that contextual cues play in the development of these procedures. Eight 6-9-year-olds were exposed to verifiable social experiences and then trained to respond differentially to two arbitrary stimuli. Phases 1-3 of the experiment began with a role-play in the laboratory. In Phase 1, the role-play was followed by conditional discrimination training; selecting arbitrary stimulus (*) in the presence of pictures depicting unusual activities in the role-play was reinforced, while selecting arbitrary stimulus (!) in the presence of other role-play stimuli was reinforced. In Phase 2, the role-play was followed by a testing procedure. In Phase 3, the two arbitrary stimuli were established as contextual cues. Following the role-play, accurate disclosure was reinforced in the presence of (*), while inaccurate disclosure was reinforced in the presence of (!). In Phase 4, a prearranged role-play took place at each child's home. Using the arbitrary stimuli as contextual cues, children were tested for accurate and inaccurate verbal accounts. All subjects achieved 100% correct responses in Phases 1-3. Four of the 8 subjects scored 100% in Phase 4, whereas the remaining subjects scored between 67% and 94%. Findings are discussed in the context of child abuse.
European Journal of Behavior Analysis
... years. Psychological re-search gained momentum with a particular em-phasis on the effects of ... more ... years. Psychological re-search gained momentum with a particular em-phasis on the effects of the Troubles on children (Heskin, 1980; Trew & McWhirter, 1982; Harbison, 1983; McWhirter, 1982; Cairns, 1987). Increasingly ...
Research on Social Work Practice
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2017
Individuals with autism and intellectual disability (ID) have complex learning needs and often ha... more Individuals with autism and intellectual disability (ID) have complex learning needs and often have difficulty in acquiring reading comprehension skills using conventional teaching tools. Evidence based reading interventions for these learners and the use of assistive technology and application of behaviour analysis to develop user-centered teaching is discussed in this paper.
Research on Social Work Practice
ABSTRACT
British Journal of Social Work, Sep 1, 2008
Behavior and Social Issues, 2000
ABSTRACT This paper points to the lack of scientific images, including moving images, for promoti... more ABSTRACT This paper points to the lack of scientific images, including moving images, for promoting behavior analysis. Examples of what could be done to rectify this situation are contained in two teaching gambits that address practical and philosophical issues in the analysis of behavior. The first gambit is an elaboration of the shaping game that highlights issues associated with discriminative control and the role of private events in the analysis of behavior. The second gambit uses specially designed graphics, both 2-D and 3-D, to show how an understanding of the behavioral stream underpins every aspect of the analysis of behavior.
Behavior and Social Issues, Oct 1, 2005
... Mickey Keenan University of Ulster at Coleraine ... Appropriately then, human behaviour is co... more ... Mickey Keenan University of Ulster at Coleraine ... Appropriately then, human behaviour is considered to be anything that people do, including what they say and what they think and feel (Reese, 1978, p. 2). This is an important point because all too often critics who have not ...
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Videos by Karola Dillenburger
In this talk I outline the issues that arise when a scientific application is misconstrued and ridiculed.
Papers by Karola Dillenburger
In this talk I outline the issues that arise when a scientific application is misconstrued and ridiculed.