Treatment integrity — the accuracy with which an intervention is implemented as designed — is one of the most consequential and most underaddressed variables in ABA clinical practice. The empirical relationship between treatment integrity and client outcomes is consistent across populations, behavior targets, and intervention types: higher fidelity is associated with better outcomes, and lower fidelity is associated with slower progress, inconsistent results, and in some cases inadvertent reinforcement of the behaviors we are trying to reduce.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Behavior Science Tech
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Join Free →Treatment integrity is the accuracy with which interventions are implemented as designed. Although the literature tells us that higher levels of treatment integrity correlate with better client outcomes, unfortunately, it isn't always reported in the research and is often not measured in clinical practice. Join Behavior Science Technology's Co-Founder and CSO, Dr. Kerry Ann Conde, BCBA-D, and Advisor, Dr. Florence DiGennaro Reed, BCBA-D, as they discuss why treatment integrity matters and how to utilize treatment integrity to manage clinical teams, barriers to measuring treatment integrity with solutions to combat those barriers, and systems to help measure treatment integrity across an ABA organization to ensure high clinical outcomes. Learning Objectives: Attendees will define treatment integrity. Attendees will be able to explain why treatment integrity relates to clinical outcomes Attendees will learn how to utilize treatment integrity to manage their teams. Attendees will learn barriers to measuring treatment integrity and solutions to combat those barriers. Attendees will be able to identify systems to help with measuring treatment integrity in an ABA services organization.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | Supervision |
Dr. Kerry Ann Conde is Co-founder and Clinical Advisor at Behavior Science Technology and an Assistant Teaching Professor and Verified Course Sequence Coordinator at St. Joseph’s University in their ABA graduate programs. Kerry Ann also serves as the Social Media Coordinator for the Association for Science in Autism Treatment (ASAT) and as the President of the Board of Directors for Panhandle Behavioral Services, LLC. Kerry Ann’s almost 20-year career in the field began as a Behavior Technician before it was called that. She attended Florida State University for her Master’s in ABA, earned her Ph.D. in Behavior Analysis under the advisement of Dr. Amanda Karsten at Western New England University, and completed her pre- and postdoctoral internships through Trumpet Behavioral Health in Colorado and Arizona under the direction of Dr. Linda LeBlanc. Kerry Ann has served as a guest reviewer for some of the top peer-reviewed behavior analytic journals and has co-authored several projects.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.