Behavioral Detectives Analysis

Behavioral Detectives was writing by Drs. Bobby Newman and Dana R. Reinecke. Together the two have written several books in the field of ABA. Bobby Newman, PhD works as an author, psychologist, a certified personal trainer, as well as being a certified behavior analyst (BCBA) (“Bobby Newman”, 2012). His focus is primarily on children who are on the Autism spectrum. Dr. Newman has been working in these fields for over 25 years. He offers a variety of services including: diagnostics & evaluations, home programs, crisis intervention training, etc (“Bobby Newman”, 2012). Bobby Newman, PhD works around the world to provide treatment, training, and consultation. Dana R. Reinecke, PhD is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst like
Understanding the vocabulary used in applied behavior analysis would just make the reading process easier. The structure might make more sense to someone who is already a certified analyst or someone who is almost there. It did not make much sense to me why the authors presented all of the case studies first and then presented the solutions at the end. The readers will finish case study one and be told to “flip to page 131 for an interpretation…” rather than just reading what went wrong and the solution right after (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.14). This might be the structure for most ABA books and I am just unaware. The length was not difficult to go through at all. The constant flipping is what increased the total reading time. Overall, the length, language, and structure was accessible to the obvious audience whereas a general audience may struggle
It was typically involving a student with developmental disabilities, like nonverbal or autistic students, and their school caretakers. Often times, these children were aggressive and the teachers/aides could not get them to calm down no matter what was tried. There was a case involving two non-verbal students, one report and one unreported, taking part in self-injurious behavior as a means of getting their way (Newman & Reinecke, 2007, p.25). The authors used the concepts of positive and negative reinforcement to explain to the caretakers why the behavior has continued for so long and how they can fix it. The use of behavior analytic principles is justified by the need to return to a “normal” set of behavior. In most of the cases presented, the inappropriate behaviors demonstrated were disruptive and/or harmful to the other students in the class. Certain behaviors were harmful to the student himself/herself or they were slowing down the learning process. The authors and their colleagues went in and did what they were trained to do in order to help these students and caretakers get on the right