Functional analysis of problem behavior : from effective assessment to effective support

Abstract

1. Introduction. PART I. LINKING FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT TO EFFECTIVE INTERVENTION. 2. Hypotheses-Based Intervention for Severe Problem Behavior. 3. Community-based Functional Assessment. 4. Predicting and Enhancing the Effectiveness of Reinforcers and Punishers. 5. Bio-behavioral Diagnosis and Treatment of Self-Injury. 6. Low Frequency High Intensity Problem Behavior: Toward an Applied Technology of Functional Assessment and Intervention. 7. Assessment and Treatment of Behavior Disorders Maintained by Nonsocial (Automatic) Reinforcement. 8. Threats to Internal and External Validity of Three Functional Assessment Procedures. PART II. FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT IN PRESCHOOL AND SCHOOL. 9. Prevention of Problem Behaviors in Preschool Children. 10. Assessment-based Interventions for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. 11. Analyzing Behavior Disorders in Classrooms. 12. Naturalistic Functional Assessment with Regular and Special Education Students in Classroom Settings. 13. Antecedent Curriculum and Instructional Variables as Classwide Interventions for Preventing or Reducing Problem Behaviors. PART III. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT. 14. Functional Assessment for a Sex Offender Population. 15. Gerontology and Functional Analysis. 16. Two Case Studies of Functional Assessment and Functional Support: Idea Compliance and Capacity Building Issues. 17. Implications of Behavior State for the Assessment and Education of Students with Profound Disabilities. 18. Darwin, Skinner and the Concept of Reinforcement.