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Ostryn, Cheryl; Wolfe, Pamela S.; Wertalik, Jennifer L. – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2023
A functional behavior assessment is an evidence-based process that identifies the function of challenging behaviors in order for educators to develop behavior intervention plans for students with disabilities. All behaviors are under stimulus control and research indicates that behaviors typically serve four functions: tangible, escape, attention,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Sexuality, Behavior Problems
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Durand, V. Mark – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021
Over the past several decades, we have developed quality behavioral assessments and interventions for challenging behaviors among individuals with a variety of severe developmental and cognitive disorders. These assessments and interventions have been used to educate family members on how to understand and intervene with these behaviors at home…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Disorders, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Developmental Disabilities
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Bloom, Sarah E.; Lambert, Joseph M.; Dayton, Elizabeth; Samaha, Andrew L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2013
Previous studies have focused on whether a trial-based functional analysis (FA) yields the same outcomes as more traditional FAs, and whether interventions based on trial-based FAs can reduce socially maintained problem behavior. We included a full range of behavior functions and taught 3 teachers to conduct a trial-based FA with 3 boys with…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
Athens, Elizabeth S.; Vollmer, Timothy R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
We manipulated relative reinforcement for problem behavior and appropriate behavior using differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) without an extinction component. Seven children with developmental disabilities participated. We manipulated duration (Experiment 1), quality (Experiment 2), delay (Experiment 3), or a combination of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
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Horner, Robert H. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This discussion of positive behavior support for people with disabilities identifies four themes: (1) behavior support should reduce problem behavior and affect how a person lives; (2) functional assessment is the foundation for understanding patterns of problem behavior; (3) behavior support should be comprehensive in structure and scope; and (4)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Disabilities
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Hastings, Richard P.; Noone, Stephen J. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2005
Ethical guidelines for behavior analysts state that functional assessment should be used before implementing treatment plans. In this paper, we discuss the ethical implications of this position using self-injurious behavior in people with developmental disabilities as a focus. Evidence is reviewed that suggests that treatment based on results of a…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Ethics, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Change
Schaal, David W.; Hackenberg, Timothy – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1994
A review of the use of psychotropic medications for people with developmental disabilities is presented. Results suggest that prescribing drugs based on topographical features of the problem behavior, without considering the function the behavior serves for the individual, contributes to variability in clinical response. Functional analysis of a…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2000
This article discusses the successes of behavior analysts in affecting challenging behaviors in persons with developmental disabilities. Three future issues are then addressed: the development of challenging behaviors, the role of rule-governance in challenging behavior, and the behavior of persons who directly apply functional assessment and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns