Functional Assessment Flashcards
What is Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA)?
gathering information about the antecedents and consequences that are related to a problem behaviour, to figure out why it is happening in the first place
What are the categories of information you can get for FBA
- Description of the antecedents
- Description on the problem behaviour
- Description of the consequences
- Potential reinforcers
- Potential alternative behaviours
- Motivational variables
What are the types of POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT for an undesired behaviour (4)
- Social = reinforcement provided by another person
- Automatic = target behaviour automatically results in reinforcement
- Tangibles = reinforcer is a physical item
- Activity = access to an activity
What would Negative Reinforcement of undesired behaviour be
an escape
What are “indirect methods” of assessment
data on antecedents, behaviours, and consequences collected from then person or people who know the person
eg. interviews, questionnaires, rating scales
What are pros and cons on indirect methods of assessment
Pros = fast and easy to do
Cons = less accurate, and only provides correlation, not cause
What are “direct methods” of assessment
observing the data as the behaviour occurs in its natural environment
What is an UNSTRUCTURED direct method and what is a STRUCTURED direct method
unstructured = observations are made without altering or manipulating anything
structured = antecedents are manipulated, but consequences are not altered
What is scatterplot analysis (direct method)
recording a behaviour in intervals (if the behaviour occurs during the interval, that point in the grid is shaded in)
What are ABC observations
recording antecedents, behaviours, and consequences under normal conditions as they occur
What are the pros and cons on direct methods
Pro = more accurate
Cons = time consuming and more work, only provides correlation swell
What are Experimental Methods of Functional Assessment
When an experimenter systematically manipulates antecedents and consequences to determine their effect on the target behaviour
What are pros and cons of experimental methods
Pros = can establish cause and effect, not just correlation
Cons = requires more time
After competing a functional assessment, the next step is to develop a _________________________.
Behaviour Support Plan (intervention)
