Article
An Assessment of Treatment Integrity in Behavioral Intervention Studies Conducted with Persons with Mental Retardation
Education in Training in Developmental Disabilities
(2009)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which behavioral intervention studies conducted with persons with mental retardation operationally defined the independent variables and evaluated and reported measures of treatment integrity. The study expands the previous work in this area reported by Gresham, Gansle, and Noell (1993) and Wheeler, Baggett, Fox, and Blevins (2006) by providing an evaluation of empirical investigations published in multiple journals in the fields of applied behavior analysis and mental retardation from 1996 –2006. Results of the review indicated that relatively few of the studies fully reported data on treatment integrity.
Keywords
- treatment integrity,
- behavioral intervention,
- mental retardation,
- applied behavior analysis
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Publisher Statement
© Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities. This document was published with permission from the journal. It was originally published in the Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
Citation Information
John J. Wheeler, Michael R. Mayton, Stacy L. Carter, Anthony L. Menendez, et al.. "An Assessment of Treatment Integrity in Behavioral Intervention Studies Conducted with Persons with Mental Retardation" Education in Training in Developmental Disabilities Vol. 44 Iss. 2 (2009) p. 187 - 195 ISSN: 2154-1647 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-wheeler/30/