Unit 5 Flashcards
used to develop hypothesis on target behavior; need for behavioral services; on-going
descriptive assessment
current and past, environmental and medical
records review
questions to be asked within pre-selected topics; open-ended questions, follow up questions, take notes
functional interview
build rapport, informal observation
beginning interview
ID, define and describe appropriate and inappropriate bxs, ecological events, predict occurrence of bx, and potential function
functional interview
review and summarize findings; decide to continue with services or not
after interview
ABC, sequence analysis, scatter plot, pattern analysis
data collection procedures
get hypothesis, locus of intervention, fx relations, not internally valid, needed to determine an intervention
descriptive assessment
systematic manipulations of environmental factors, time and resource intensive, most reliable regarding hypothesis, measure bx dimensions
functional analysis
Functions of direct descriptive assessment
- generate hypothesis regarding functional relations
- evaluate and revise existing intervention plans
data collection methods used during direct descriptive assessment
- ABC narrative recording
- ABC continuous recording
- scatter plot
ABC narrative recording (anecdotal observation)
“Observer produces a written narrative of an individual’s behaviors through a specific period of time and a description of the environmental conditions under which the behaviors were emitted. ”
ABC continuous recording
“Observer records occurrences of the target behaviors and selective environmental events in the natural routine.”
“Targeted environmental events are recorded whenever they occur, regardless of whether the problem behavior occurred with it.”
ABCD descriptive analysis
IDs antecedent variables, topography of target problem bx, socially-mediated consequent event(s), and direct (natural) result of behavior (non-social environmental effects)
Sequence analysis
“A systematic presentation and examination of information or data regarding target behavior and its stimulus conditions in an A-B-C format, done after doing narrative recording and/or ABC data collection. ”
