Functional Behavioral Assessment and Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Roots, Now, and the Future.

Davis, Carol; Fox, James

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ERIC Number: EJ639139

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Functional Behavioral Assessment and Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Roots, Now, and the Future.

Davis, Carol; Fox, James

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, v16 n4 p202-04 Win 2001

This article introduces this special issue on functional assessment methods and their application to children and youth with autism. It traces the 30-year history of functional assessment and briefly summarizes each of the following articles, noting the common emphasis on social validity and using the science and technology of functional assessment in real-life situations. (Contains nine references.) (DB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Behavioral Science Research, Children, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Research and Development, Research Utilization, Theory Practice Relationship, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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