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Mace, F. Charles; Pratt, Jamie L.; Prager, Kevin L.; Pritchard, Duncan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
We evaluated the effects of three different methods of denying access to requested high-preference activities on escalating problem behavior. Functional analysis and response class hierarchy (RCH) assessment results indicated that 4 topographies of problem behaviors displayed by a 13-year-old boy with high-functioning autism constituted an RCH…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Access to Computers, Methods
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Thompson, Stacy D.; Bruns, Deborah A.; Rains, Kari W. – Young Exceptional Children, 2010
For infants and toddlers demonstrating feeding problems, it is critical to find the basis for the problems to create more pleasurable mealtimes for the child, his or her family members, and caregivers. Feeding difficulties can affect general health, developmental gains, and emotional well-being. Understanding the cause of feeding problems and…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Toddlers, Infants, Family Relationship
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Follette, William C.; Bonow, Jordan T. – Behavior Analyst, 2009
Whether explicitly acknowledged or not, behavior-analytic principles are at the heart of most, if not all, empirically supported therapies. However, the change process in psychotherapy is only now being rigorously studied. Functional analytic psychotherapy (FAP; Kohlenberg & Tsai, 1991; Tsai et al., 2009) explicitly identifies behavioral-change…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Psychotherapy, Behavioral Science Research, Counselor Client Relationship
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Cunningham, Echo M.; O'Neill, Robert E. – Behavioral Disorders, 2007
Recent years have seen a steady increase in empirical studies of the application of functional behavioral assessment procedures with students with EBD. However, many questions remain concerning efficacy and validity with this population. The present study involves the application of several indirect and direct functional behavioral assessment…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Methods, Questionnaires, Observation
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Floyd, Randy G.; Phaneuf, Robin L.; Wilczynski, Susan M. – School Psychology Review, 2005
Indirect assessment instruments used during functional behavioral assessment, such as rating scales, interviews, and self-report instruments, represent the least intrusive techniques for acquiring information about the function of problem behavior. This article provides criteria for examining the measurement properties of these instruments…
Descriptors: Methods, Rating Scales, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Evaluation
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Newcomer, Lori L.; Lewis, Timothy J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2004
This study investigated (a) the efficacy of using descriptive and experimental assessment methodologies to generate hypotheses regarding the function of problem behavior and (b) the efficiency and efficacy of function-based interventions compared to traditional intervention approaches that focus on the topography of behavior. Functional…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Topography, Methods, Intervention
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Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Eckert, Tanya L. – School Psychology Review, 2003
This investigation compared the acceptability of three methods for assessing reading (i.e., norm-referenced assessment, curriculum-based assessment, brief experimental analysis), and explored how a new assessment methodology can gain acceptance as a useful and appropriate approach. Given that brief experimental analysis is a relatively new…
Descriptors: Intervention, Curriculum Based Assessment, Psychologists, School Psychologists