ERIC EJ804041: Resistance Is Not Futile: An pdf

ERIC EJ804041: Resistance Is Not Futile: An

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In the school system, school psychologist serves a role as consultant to teachers in regard to children’s behavioral problems (Bergan & Kratochwill, 1990). The defining feature of children’s success is plan implementation (Bergan & Kratochwill, 1990). For school psychologists, ensuring consistent and accurate implementation of behavior strategies and tactics is the defining feature of successful treatment (Piersel & Gutkin, 1983). Failure to implement is commonly referred to as treatment integrity. Based on our previous review of the research (Cautilli, Tillman, Axelrod, & Hineline, 2005), we concluded that treatment integrity goes beyond successful training procedures to the need for a behavioral analysis of the consulting relationship- in particular the area referred to as resistance. We propose that effective consultation consists of a repertoire of skills based on principles of behavior analysis for promoting effective action within the consultation relationship. However, this model is seriously hindered by the lack of such a functional analysis.

This study presents an experimental analogue of resistance in the consultation process. Using an ABAB reversal design, the experimenter measured the ecological effects of teacher resistant behaviors on consultant therapeutic behavior. The results of the study found that participants decreased therapeutic questioning in response to consultee’s resistance. In addition, teacher resistance also led to increased missed sessions by the consultant and greater negative perceptions of the consultee by the consultant. (Contains 4 figures and 4 tables

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2006
• Year: 2006
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, School Psychologists, Behavior Modification, Integrity, Therapy, Consultants, Counselor Role, Intervention, Resistance to Change, Teacher Behavior, Negative Attitudes, Graduate Students, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Student Behavior, Cautilli, Joseph, Tillman, T. Chris, Axelrod, Saul, Dziewolska, Halina, Hineline, Philip

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