Contents

**Preface XI**


Preface

The current text combines the areas of applied behavior analysis and the more broadly used term of behavior analysis. Applied behavior analysis is the specialization in psychology that relates to the direct alignment and application of behavioral principles to affect socially im‐ portant behavior change. One chapter relates to the professionalization and credentialing processes related to service delivery for service providers in applied behavior analysis.

The other area of the text targets the more broadly used term of behavior analysis or behav‐ ioral pattern analysis. Innovative methods are used to analyze different human behaviors as well as to understand behavioral patterns. These methods may serve as theoretical methods and strategies to assist in understanding behavior. The following relevant research fields us‐ ing behavior analysis may include education, human-mechanism interaction, learning sci‐ ence, psychology, sociology, guidance and counseling, and marketing and management. The research outcomes and analysis methods assist readers in better understanding the the‐

**Huei-Tse Hou**

Taipei, Taiwan

New York, USA

Distinguished Professor

Licensed Behavior Analyst Ryan Psychological, PC

Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Licensed Psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst

**Carolyn S. Ryan, Ph.D., Lic., BCBA-D, LBA**

ories and practices of behavioral pattern analysis.
