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Chapter Overview Chapter Overview
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Conceptual Foundations of Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis Conceptual Foundations of Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis
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Learning Theories Provide a Sound Framework for Understanding Behavior Disorders and Formulating Interventions Learning Theories Provide a Sound Framework for Understanding Behavior Disorders and Formulating Interventions
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Empiricism Is a Critically Important way to Learn about the Nature of Behavior Problems Empiricism Is a Critically Important way to Learn about the Nature of Behavior Problems
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The Hypothetico-Deductive Method Is an Important and Appropriate Decisional Strategy in Assessment The Hypothetico-Deductive Method Is an Important and Appropriate Decisional Strategy in Assessment
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Multivariate Models of Behavior Disorders and Contextual Variables Are Needed in Assessment Multivariate Models of Behavior Disorders and Contextual Variables Are Needed in Assessment
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Behavior Problems Are Conditional and Vary across Time Behavior Problems Are Conditional and Vary across Time
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The Functional Analysis: A Primary Outcome of Behavioral Assessment The Functional Analysis: A Primary Outcome of Behavioral Assessment
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Topographical Analysis of Behavior Topographical Analysis of Behavior
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Topographical Analysis of Context Topographical Analysis of Context
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Identifying Causal Functional Relationships among Variables in the Functional Analysis Identifying Causal Functional Relationships among Variables in the Functional Analysis
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Evaluating Causal Functional Relationships in the Functional Analysis Evaluating Causal Functional Relationships in the Functional Analysis
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Putting it all Together: Integrating Assessment Information Using Functional Analytic Clinical Case Diagrams Putting it all Together: Integrating Assessment Information Using Functional Analytic Clinical Case Diagrams
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Summary Summary
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References References
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4 Behavioral Assessment and the Functional Analysis
Get accessWilliam O'Brien is Director, Behavioral Medicine Service, Elmwood Healthcare Center in Green Springs, Ohio; and Associate Professor of Psychology at Bowling Green State University.
Stephen N. Haynes is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, University of Hawaii
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Published:02 June 2014
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Abstract
Behavior therapists must often design treatments for individual patients who present with a wide array of behavior disorders. Behavioral assessment is a learning-based, empirically focused, and systematic evaluation approach. The functional analysis, which is an important outcome of a behavioral assessment, is a set of decisional strategies that are used to systematically gather, integrate, and summarize information about the form and function of a client’s behavior problems. The functional analysis is a critically important outcome of assessment because it informs treatment design. The objectives of this chapter are to: (a) present a review of the conceptual foundations of behavioral assessment and the functional analysis; (b) outline steps required to generate a functional analysis; (c) explain simple decisional and statistical procedures that can be used to assist with the assessment and functional analysis and (d) describe how functional analyses can be used to design interventions using graphic causal models.
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