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Table des matières
Part I: Foundations for Understanding. Introduction. Background of Behavioral Therapies and the Evolution of Contingency Management. Empirical Evidence of the Efficacy of Contingency Management. Applications of Contingency Management in Novel Settings and with Special Populations. Part II: Designing a Contingency Management Intervention. Selecting a Behavior to Reinforce. Choosing a Population. Determining a Behavior Monitoring Schedule. Reinforcers to Use. Designing a Reinforcement Schedule. Calculating Costs. Raising Funds to Support Contingency Management Interventions. Part III: Implementing Contingency Management in Practice. Getting Started: Stocking a Prize Cabinet and Obtaining Other Needed Supplies. Implementation Guide for Reinforcing Abstinence Using Prize Contingency Management. Implementation Guide for Name-in-the-hat Prize CM for Reinforcing Group Attendance. Monitoring and Supervising Adherence and Competence in Contingency Management Delivery. Part IV: Conclusions. Conclusion.
A propos de l'auteur
Nancy M. Petry, PhD, is Professor of Medicine in the Calhoun Cardiology Center at the University of Connecticut and serves as a consultant and advisor for the National Institutes of Health.
Résumé
This is a clinician-oriented text that focuses on contingency management protocol development and implementation, and provides everything clinicians require to successfully apply this novel treatment in practice.