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Shriver, Mark D.; Anderson, Cynthia M.; Proctor, Briley – School Psychology Review, 2001
Provides a brief overview of functional behavior assessment and contrasts functional behavior assessment and traditional psychological assessment. Messick's (1995) theory of construct validity is presented and then applied to the evaluation of the validity of functional behavior assessment measures. Finally, implications and guidelines of current…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Measures (Individuals), Psychological Evaluation
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Cunningham, Echo; O'Neill, Robert E. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This study examined the comparative validity of rating scale, structured interview, descriptive observation, and experimental functional analysis approaches to the assessment of the problem behaviors of three young children with autism. The results indicated good agreement across indirect and direct methods. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Rooker, Griffin W.; Roscoe, Eileen M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
Some individuals who engage in self-injurious behavior (SIB) also exhibit self-restraint. In the present study, a series of three functional analyses were conducted to determine the variables that maintained a participant's SIB, one without restraint items available, one with a preferred and effective form of self-restraint (an airplane pillow)…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Self Control, Social Reinforcement
Austin, John; Weatherly, Nic L.; Gravina, Nicole E. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
An informant functional assessment was used to evaluate closing-task completion by servers and dishwashers at a restaurant. Based on the functional assessment results, an intervention consisting of task clarification, posted graphic feedback, and verbal feedback was implemented and evaluated with a multiple baseline design across two groups of…
Descriptors: Feedback, Dining Facilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Hagopian, Louis P.; Kuhn, Stephanie A. Contrucci; Long, Ethan S.; Rush, Karena S. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2005
Functional communication training (FCT) is a widely used treatment for individuals with developmental disabilities who exhibit severe behavior problems. One inherent challenge of employing FCT as a treatment in the community is that reinforcement for appropriate communication cannot always be immediate or even possible in some circumstances. Of…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Reinforcement, Developmental Disabilities, Behavior Problems
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Neilsen, Shelley; McEvoy, Mary – Journal of Early Intervention, 2004
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is the process of identifying the events in the environment that consistently precede and follow challenging behavior. The use of FBA has increased significantly following the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1997, which mandated FBAs be conducted when children with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Federal Legislation
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Gresham, Frank M. – School Psychology Review, 2004
This article describes the current status and future directions for school-based behavioral interventions. The article is centered on four themes that are considered critical for future research and practice in school-based behavioral intervention work. First, conceptual interventions based on intensity level and purpose (universal, selected, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
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Roffman, Andrew E. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2005
With the emergence of postmodern models and critiques, the concept of symptom functionality has lost favor in the family therapy field. To be reconsidered as clinically valuable it must both demonstrate pragmatic utility and meet ethical and conceptual criteria. Functional hypotheses cannot be believed too strongly, used to blame, or employed…
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Therapy, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Effectiveness
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Eckert, Tanya L.; Martens, Brian K.; DiGennaro, Florence D. – School Psychology Review, 2005
Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (A-B-C) recordings are often used in school settings as part of a functional assessment. A number of limitations are associated with A-B-C recordings, and a novel approach for describing data from A-B-C recordings is to compute conditional probabilities that can be graphed in the general operant contingency space to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Investigations, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Probability
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Mildon, Robyn L.; Moore, Dennis W.; Dixon, Robyn S. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2004
Research has shown that noncontingent escape (NCE) and functional communication training (FCT) can be effective treatments for challenging behavior. One limitation of the NCE procedure is the failure to provide explicit contingencies for learning an alternative adaptive behavior. Additionally, problems can arise with a FCT procedure. In this…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Intervention
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Turton, Amina M.; Umbreit, John; Liaupsin, Carl J.; Bartley, Judith – Behavioral Disorders, 2007
Saida, a 16-year-old girl in Bermuda, attended a special alternative high school program for students with serious behavior problems. She had been receiving special education for her behavioral problems since the age of 5. Saida regularly used profanity in response to teacher directives, particularly in social studies class. A functional…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Humphries, Marisha L.; Keenan, Kate E. – Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 2006
Schools are the primary environment in which to conduct prevention programs for school-age children. Educators, policy makers, and psychologist argue that prevention efforts should begin as early as possible to maximize their effectiveness. Surprisingly, there are relatively few school-based prevention programs targeted for preschoolers. Given the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Prevention, Literature Reviews, Bibliometrics
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Koehler, Nancy – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2006
Professionals and parents need effective systems of teamwork for planning restorative outcomes with troubled children and youth. This article taps the resilient problem-solving process C*L*E*A*R, which is drawn from the Response Ability Pathways (RAP) curriculum. Participants examine the timeline of Challenges, Logic, Emotions, Actions, and…
Descriptors: Coping, Problem Solving, Cooperation, Check Lists
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Anderson, Cynthia M.; English, Carie L.; Hedrick, Theresa M. – Behavior Modification, 2006
To date, only a limited number of studies have focused on functional assessment with typically developing populations. The most commonly reported method of functional assessment with this population seems to be descriptive assessment; however, the methods used in the descriptive assessment often are unclear. This is unfortunate as researchers and…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Children, Intervention
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Beidel, Deborah C.; Turner, Samuel M.; Young, Brennan J. – Behavior Therapy, 2006
Social Effectiveness Therapy for Children (SET-C) is a comprehensive behavioral treatment combining social skills training, peer generalization experiences, and individualized in vivo exposure for the treatment of social phobia in youth. SET-C results in positive treatment outcome and its effects are maintained at least 3 years later. In this…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Treatment, Adolescents, Therapy, Behavior Modification
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