Treatment integrity of school-based interventions with children in the journal of applied behavior analysis 1991-2005.

We reviewed all school-based experimental studies with individuals 0 to 18 years published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (JABA) between 1991 and 2005. A total of 142 articles (152 studies) that met review criteria were included. Nearly all (95%) of these experiments provided an operational definition of the independent variable, but only 30% of the studies provided treatment integrity data. Nearly half of studies (45%) were judged to be at high risk for treatment inaccuracies. Treatment integrity data were more likely to be included in studies that used teachers, multiple treatment agents, or both. Although there was a substantial increase in reporting operational definitions of independent variables, results suggest that there was only a modest improvement in reported integrity over the past 30 years of JABA studies. Recommendations for research and practice are discussed.

[1]  États-Unis.  No child left behind act of 2001 , 2001 .

[2]  Barbara Resnick,et al.  Enhancing treatment fidelity in health behavior change studies: best practices and recommendations from the NIH Behavior Change Consortium. , 2004, Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association.

[3]  James M. Johnston,et al.  Strategies and tactics of behavioral research , 1993 .

[4]  A. Kazdin,et al.  Methodological and assessment considerations in evaluating reinforcement programs in applied settings. , 1973, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[5]  J. Witt,et al.  Increasing intervention implementation in general education following consultation: a comparison of two follow-up strategies. , 2000, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[6]  D. A. Wilder,et al.  The effects of varying levels of treatment integrity on child compliance during treatment with a three-step prompting procedure. , 2006, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[7]  John J. Wheeler,et al.  Treatment Integrity , 2006, Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

[8]  Ava E. Kleinmann,et al.  A comparison of performance feedback procedures on teachers' treatment implementation integrity and students' inappropriate behavior in special education classrooms. , 2007, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[9]  M. B. Kelly,et al.  A review of the observational data-collection and reliability procedures reported in The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. , 1977, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[10]  Gene V. Glass,et al.  The benefits of psychotherapy , 1980 .

[11]  J. Witt,et al.  TEACHER USE OF INTERVENTIONS IN GENERAL EDUCATION SETTINGS: MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE , 1997 .

[12]  M. Wolery,et al.  The Use of Single-Subject Research to Identify Evidence-Based Practice in Special Education , 2005 .

[13]  B. Skinner,et al.  Science and human behavior , 1953 .

[14]  R. Prinz,et al.  Treatment fidelity in outcome studies , 1991 .

[15]  R. Harrell,et al.  An Assessment of the Necessary Strength of Behavioral Treatments for Severe Behavior Problems , 1997 .

[16]  H. Sterling-Turner,et al.  Investigating the Relationship between Training Type and Treatment Integrity. , 2001 .

[17]  B. Martens,et al.  Increasing Treatment Integrity Through Negative Reinforcement: Effects on Teacher and Student Behavior , 2005 .

[18]  D. Gilbertson,et al.  Increasing teacher intervention implementation in general education settings through consultation and performance feedback. , 1997 .

[19]  L. Sechrest,et al.  Critical dimensions in the choice and maintenance of successful treatments: strength, integrity, and effectiveness. , 1981, Journal of consulting and clinical psychology.

[20]  Frank M. Gresham,et al.  Treatment integrity of school-based behavioral intervention studies: 1980–1990. , 1993 .

[21]  K. Gansle,et al.  Treatment integrity in applied behavior analysis with children. , 1993, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[22]  H. Sterling-Turner,et al.  An Analog Investigation of the Relationship Between Treatment Acceptability and Treatment Integrity , 2002 .

[23]  J. Witt,et al.  The Use of Weekly Performance Feedback to Increase Teacher Implementation of a Prereferral Academic Intervention. , 1998 .

[24]  S A Wonderlich,et al.  The integrity of independent variables in behavior analysis. , 1982, Journal of applied behavior analysis.

[25]  T. Vollmer,et al.  EVALUATING TREATMENT CHALLENGES WITH DIFFERENTIAL REINFORCEMENT OF ALTERNATIVE BEHAVIOR , 1999 .

[26]  Frank M. Gresham,et al.  Assessment of Treatment Integrity in School Consultation and Prereferral Intervention. , 1989 .

[27]  Craig H. Kennedy,et al.  Single-Case Designs for Educational Research , 2004 .

[28]  D M Baer,et al.  Some current dimensions of applied behavior analysis. , 1968, Journal of applied behavior analysis.