Full Description
Explaining the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of functional behavioral assessment, this practical and engaging book is packed with real-world tools and examples. Effective procedures are presented for evaluating challenging behavior in K-12 students, organizing assessment data, and using the results to craft individualized behavior support plans. The authors draw on extensive school-based experience to provide sample reports, decision trees, and reproducible checklists and forms-all in a large-size format with lay-flat binding to facilitate photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.New to This Edition*Revised throughout to reflect significant advances in the field.*Provides an updated conceptual model for understanding behavior.*Three new chapters cover brief functional analysis, behavior-analytic problem solving, and direct behavioral consultation.*Fully updated coverage of legal issues under IDEIA.*Includes revised forms and sample reports.
Contents
1. Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessment2. Genesis of Functional Behavioral Assessment3. Legal Aspects of Functional Behavioral Assessment4. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about the Conceptual Foundations of Functional Behavioral Assessments...but Were Afraid to Ask: Or, Basic Principles of Functional Behavioral Assessment 5. Key Elements of Functional Behavioral Assessment6. Observing and Recording Behavior7. Indirect Functional Behavioral Assessment8. Direct Descriptive Functional Behavioral Assessment9. Brief Functional Analysis of Behavior10. Behavior-Analytic Problem-Solving Model11. Function-Based Interventions12. Sample Functional Behavioral Assessment Reports13. Direct Behavioral Consultation: Or, "How Do We Get People to Implement Interventions Accurately and Consistently?"
