ERIC Number: EJ735459
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
Pages: 14
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A Comparison of Results and Acceptability of Functional Behavioral Assessment Procedures with a Group of Middle School Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (E/BD)
Murdock, Stephanie G.; O'Neill, Robert E.; Cunningham, Echo
Journal of Behavioral Education, v14 n1 p5-18 Mar 2005
There is currently controversy over the validity and applicability of function behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures with students with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD). A set of FBA procedures, including teacher and student interviews and direct classroom observations, were carried out with eight students with disabilities (7 classified E/BD, one classified LD). Results indicated that when all three methods (teacher/student interviews, classroom observations) yielded a ranking for a function they agreed 64% of those occasions. For those situations in which there was overall disagreement there was agreement between teacher interview and classroom observations most of the time. Social validity data indicated that both students and teachers felt that the assessment procedures were a useful and productive process.
Descriptors: Validity, Evaluation Methods, Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Middle School Students, Interviews, Classroom Observation Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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