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Direct linkLaVigna, Gary W.; Willis, Thomas J.; Koegel, Robert L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2005
Although applied behavior analysis has made a significant contribution in the area of challenging behavior, to date, researchers have not systematically investigated the episodic severity of behavior as a dependent variable. "Episodic severity" is defined as the measure of intensity or gravity of a behavioral incident. Research up to now has…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Behavior Modification, Severity (of Disability), Behavioral Science Research
Dunlap, Glen; Horner, Robert H., Ed. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2006
In the past two decades, positive behavior support (PBS) has emerged from applied behavior analysis (ABA) as a newly fashioned approach to problems of behavioral adaptation. ABA was established in the 1960s as a science in which learning principles are systematically applied to produce socially important changes in behavior, whereas PBS was…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Intellectual Disciplines, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention
