**Meet the editors**

Prof. Huei-Tse Hou is a distinguished professor of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and the director of e-Learning Research Center and Mini-Educational Game Development Group of NTUST. His research interests include learning behavioral pattern analysis and game-based learning. He specializes in integrating and applying multidimensional analysis to

students' learning behavioral patterns. Dr. Hou has published more than 100 research papers. He serves as the editorial board member or reviewer for more than 20 international educational journals and he received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan in 2017. Dr. Hou published more than 20 SSCI journal papers related to the empirical studies of learning behavioral patterns, thus being internationally influential in this field.

Dr. Carolyn Ryan is a licensed psychologist, licensed behavior analyst, and board certified behavior analyst (doctoral). Dr. Ryan has served the field of behavior analysis, including the areas of experimental and applied behavior analysis, service delivery, direct instruction, staff training, counseling, cognitive behavior therapy, college and graduate instruction, autism,

learning and developmental disabilities, and in areas of many disorders and disabilities for over 25 years. Dr. Ryan earned her PhD, as well as her undergraduate and two master's degrees, at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). She owns her own company and has consulted through a variety of private and public situations while serving others. She is the author and coauthor of several research articles, book chapters and books in behavior analysis. She recently edited the text published through IntechOpen *Learning Disabilities: An International Perspective*. Her articles appear in *Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis*, *Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders*, *The Behavior Analyst Today*, *The Psychological Record*, *Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders*, *Behavioral Intervention*, *and Perceptual and Motor Skills.* Dr. Ryan made numerous presentations at local, invited addresses and state, national, and international conferences. She has served others by designing and directing programs, providing trainings, designing curriculum for students, supporting staff and students in educational and home settings, teaching undergraduate- and graduate-level coursework, supervising those pursuing the BCBA, assisting on boards, volunteering in the field, and providing behavior analytic services.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Behavior Analysis 3**

**Section 2 Cases and Studies of Behavior Analysis 7**

Brian Fennell and Karola Dillenburger

Huei-Tse Hou

**and Practice 9**

**Applied Field 23**

Patricio Pacheco Hernández

**Section 1 Introduction: Trend and Applications in Behavior Analysis 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: The Research Trend and Applications in**

Chapter 2 **Applied Behaviour Analysis and Autism: Science, Profession,**

Chapter 3 **Contingential Analysis: Interbehavioral Methodology for the**

Rodríguez and Norma Yolanda Rodríguez Soriano

Chapter 4 **Initial Condition and Behavior Patterns in Learning Dynamics:**

Chapter 5 **Assessing Perspective-Taking in Children through Different**

**Formats of Deictic Framing Protocol 71**

María de Lourdes Rodríguez Campuzano, Antonia Rentería

**Study of Complexity and Sustainability from Time Series 43**

María M. Montoya-Rodríguez and Francisco J. Molina Cobos
