Nonlinear Contingency Analysis

T. V. Joe Layng, PhD, partner at Generategy, LLC. Paul Thomas Andronis, PhD, Professor Emeritus of psychological sciences at Northern Michigan University. R. Trent Codd III, EdS, executive director at the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Center of Western North Carolina. Awab Abdel-Jalil, MS, constructional coach at Eastern Florida Autism Center/Great Leaps Academy and graduate student in clinical behavioral psychology.

1. Our Purpose 2. Fundamentals of Consequential Contingency Analysis 3. What is a Consequential Contingency? 4. What Does It Mean to be Constructional? 5.NCA as a Constructional Approach 6.Within the NCA Session 7.NCA and Patterns Arising from Organic or Medical Issues 8.Distinguishing Between NCA and Other Approaches 9. Measuring NCA Outcomes: Avoiding Response Bias 10. Topical and Systemic NCA Interventions: A Case Study Appendix A . A Users Guide to Goldiamond’s Constructional Questionnaire Appendix B. Modified Goldiamond Case Presentation Guide Appendix C. The Smith Case Appendix D. The Behavioral Contingency Analysis Paradigm: A Brief Tutorial Appendix E. Comparison of Topical Direct, Topical Functional, Topical Nonlinear, and Systemic Nonlinear Interventions