Procedural Integrity
When interventions are implemented they may at first appear to be working well. However, these interventions sometimes stop working after just a few weeks or months. While it is possible that a new intervention may be necessary, often the solution is to revisit the original intervention to identify potential problems of procedural integrity that may be hampering the treatment.
For this Discussion, you will consider the measures of integrity in single-case research. You will examine the role of procedural integrity in intervention research and practice. You will also consider the impact of systematic approaches to treatment integrity on the success of intervention implementation.
To Prepare
- Review the Learning Resources for this week as well as the required weekly media programs to gain an understanding of the measures of integrity in research. Note: It is mandatory for you to review all media for this week prior to completing this Discussion.
- Consider why integrity is important to research, including measures of integrity.
Resources
- Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., & Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied behavior analysis (3rd ed.). Pearson.
- Chapter 10, “Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Research in Applied Behavior Analysis” (pp. 216–250)
- Kazdin, A. E. (2021). Single-case research designs: Methods for clinical and applied settings (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
- Chapter 5, “Ensuring the Quality of Measurement” (pp. 128–155)
- Fallon, L. M., Collier-Meek, M. A., Sanetti, L. M. H., Feinberg, A. B., & Kratochwill, T. R. (2016). Implementation planning to promote parents’ treatment integrity of behavioral interventions for children with autismLinks to an external site.. Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 26, 87-109. doi: 10.1080/10474412.2015.1039124
- Kupzyk, S., & Shriver, M. D. (2016). A systematic framework for addressing treatment integrity in school settingsLinks to an external site.. Psychology in the Schools, 53 , 954–970. doi: 10.1002/pits.21955
- McIntyre, L. L., Gresham, F. M., DiGennaro, F. D. & Reed, D. D. (2016). Treatment integrity of school-based interventions with children in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 1991-2005Links to an external site.. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40 , 659- 672. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.659-672
- Document: Case Study Performance Tasks Download Case Study Performance Tasks(Word document)