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This collection of writings is the most complete resource to date concerning one of the most controversial issues in special education: whether nonaversives alone are sufficient for challenging behavior problems. The authors provide both sides of a variety of topics, including ethics, interventions, functional assessment, basic and applied research, and treatment providers.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER 1: NONAVERSIVE AND AVERSIVE INTERVENTIONS: Introduction. CHAPTER 2: NONAVERSIVE AND AVERSIVE INTERVENTIONS: Overview. PART II: MYTHS, ETHICS, AND SCIENCE. CHAPTER 3: MYTHS ABOUT PUNISHMENT. CHAPTER 4: MYTHIS THAT (MIS)GUIDE OUR PROFESSION. CHAPTER 5: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NONAVERSIVE TREATMENT: A Review of Rationale, Methods, and Recommendations. CHAPTER 6: MORAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE PUNISHMENT CONTROVERSY. CHAPTER 7: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR JUDGING THE HUMANENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF BEHAVIORAL TREATEMENT. CHAPTER 8: THE ROLE OF REINFORCEMENT IN REDUCING INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR: Some Myths and Misconceptions. CHAPTER 9: RE-FRAMING THE DEBATE: Finding Middle Ground and Defining the Role of Social Validity. CHAPTER 10: ONE EDUCATOR'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE USE OF PUNISHMENT OR AVERSIVES: Advocating for Supportive and Protective Systems. CHAPTER 11: TRANSMISSION OF BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES FROM RESEARCHERS TO PRACTITIONERS: A Need for Professional Self-Evaluation. PART III: TREATMENTS: DATA AND DISCUSSION. CHAPTER 12: CLIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENT SELECTION: Legitimate Influences and Misleading Inferences. CHAPTER 13: FLASH BONDING OR COLD FUSION? A CASE ANALYSIS OF GENTLE TEACHING. CHAPTER 14: EFFECTS OF GENTLE TEACHING AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT ON SELF-INJURY. CHAPTER 15: RESPONSIBILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. CHAPTER 16: GENTLE TEACHING AND THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN INTERDEPENDENCE: A Preliminary Group Study of 15 Persons with Severe Behavioral Disorders and Their Caregivers. CHAPTER 17: SERIOUS SELF-INJURY: The Ethics of Treatment and Research. CHAPTER 18: BALANCING FREEDOM FROM HARM AND RIGHT TO TREATMENT FOR PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. CHAPTER 19: PREVENTING SERIOUS BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS THROUGH SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY INTERVENTIONS. CHAPTER 20: WHEN AND WHEN NOT TO CONSIDER THE USE OF AVERSIVE INTERVENTIONS IN THE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF AUTISTIC CHILDREN. PART IV: FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS. CHAPTER 21: THE EXPERIMENTAL (FUNCTIONAL) ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR DISORDERS: Methodology, Applications, and Limitations. CHAPTER 22: A TAXONOMIC APPROACH TO THE NONAVERSIVE TREATMENT OF MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR OF PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. CHAPTER 23: USE OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND ACCEPTABILITY MEASURES TO ASSESS AND TREAT SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS: An Oupatient Clinic Model. CHAPTER 24: THE WRONG ISSUE: Aversive vs. Nonaversive Treatment the Right Issue: Functional vs. Nonfunctional Treatment. CHAPTER 25: DIAGNOSING SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. CHAPTER 26: THE ECLIPSE OF AVERSIVE TECHNOLOGY: A Triadic Approach to Assessment and Treatment. PART V: BASIC AND APPLIED RESEARCH: REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY. CHAPTER 27: MODIFYING THE BEHAVIOR OF BEHAVIOR MODIFIERS: Arguments for Counter-Control Against Aversive Procedures. CHAPTER 28: THE CONTROVERSY OVER AVERSIVES: Basic Operant Research and the Side Effects of Punishment. CHAPTER 29: LABORATLORY TO APPLICATION: An Experimental Analysis of Severe-Problem Behavior. CHAPTER 30: ON THE EMPIRICAL BASIS FOR USING AVERSIVE AND NONAVERSIVE THERAPY. PART VI: TREATMENT PROVIDERS. CHAPTER 31: LEAST RESTRICTIVE USE OF REDUCTIVE PROCEDURES: Guidelines and Competencies. CHAPTER 32: DAMN IT BURRIS, I'M NOT A PRODUCT OF WALDEN TWO, OF WHO'S CONTROLLING THE CONTROLLERS. CHAPTER 33: TREATMENT ACCEPTABILITY: Consumer, Therapist, and Society

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