Using Functional Assessment to Support a Student with Severe Disabilities in the Community.

Redmond, Nancy Barnhart; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ459592

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Publication Date: 1993

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Using Functional Assessment to Support a Student with Severe Disabilities in the Community.

Redmond, Nancy Barnhart; And Others

Teaching Exceptional Children, v25 n3 p51-52 Spr 1993

This case study demonstrates the effective use of functional assessment, with a 13-year-old student with autism functioning at a level of severe retardation. The process involved identifying and defining target behaviors (clothes touching and tearing), gathering information, forming and verifying the hypothesis, and implementing an intervention. (DB)

Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Individualized Programs, Intervention, Junior High Schools, Program Development, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Student Evaluation

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Language: English

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