Conclusion: The Paradox of Flexibility and Regulation in Behaviour Therapy

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction: “You Can’t Be Critical of Behaviour Therapies if You Want to Work in Autism”: Piping Hot Pizza and a Culture of Fear 1
6. 1 The Way I Think about and Analyze Autism-Based Behaviour Therapies: Conceptual Framework and Methods 23
7. Part 1: “What Are We Doing? Like with Ourselves?”: Adopting a Behavioural Worldview
8. 2 Juggling Robots and the Coproduction of Self-Discipline: The Components of a Behavioural Worldview 43
9. 3 Instrumentalization, Ethics, and Care: The Calibration of Affect and Relationships with a Behavioural Worldview 66
10. Part 2: Managerial, Institutional, and Professional Governance: Understanding Behaviour Therapy Practice at the Level of Infrastructure
11. 4 Time and Numbers: Behaviour Therapy Programs and the “Human Remains Department” 83
12. 5 Certification and the Clinical Space: Professional Struggle and Remaking through the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board 93
13. 6 Institutional Behaviour Management: The Silent Proliferation of Behaviour Therapies in Adult Residential Settings 109
14. Part 3: Para-Practitioners and the Generosity of Applied Behaviour Therapies: Relationships, Power, and Variability
15. 7 Background and Context: Generosity, Expertise, and the Rise of Applied Behaviour Analysis 125
16. 8 Para-Practitioners: Collaboration, Creativity, and Resistance 134
17. Part 4: Applied Behaviour Analysis and Political Discourse
18. 9 The Recent History of Autism Governance in North America: The Struggle for Credibility and Political Voice 161
19. 10 Advocacy and the Politicization of Scientific Virtues: Where Science Meets Struggle 172
20. 11 Feminine Boys, Extreme Male Brains, and “Coming Out”: How Sexuality and Social Markers Structure Autistic/Autism Communities 186
21. Conclusion: The Paradox of Flexibility and Regulation in Behaviour Therapy 199
22. Notes 213
23. Bibliography 217
24. Index 231