Unit 8 Flashcards
A well planned and comprehensive functional assessment should lead directly to….
An individual behavior intervention plan that is highly likely to be effective.
Functional assessment
A type of behavioral assessment used to determine functional relations between challenging behaviors and environmental events.
Functional Assessment Methods
3 General Methodologies
- Preliminary Indirect Assessment
- Descriptive Assessment
- –Direct Naturalistic Observation - Functional Analysis
- –Systematic Manipulations
Functional assessment is also known as
Functional behavioral assessment
- Abbreviated: FBA
Descriptive assessment is also known
as
Direct descriptive functional
assessment and as descriptive analysis
Functional analysis is also known as
Experimental analysis
Abbreviated: FA
Preliminary Indirect Assessment
Review Consists of
Interviews and rating scales
Preliminary Indirect Assessment
Review: ___ band focus and ___ fidelity.
Broad band focus, but low fidelity
Preliminary Indirect Assessment
Review helps with the decision of…
Whether or not to continue with case and helps in planning further assessment.
Descriptive Assessment Consists of…
Direct observation of
behavior and environmental events
in real-life contexts
Descriptive Assessment: ___ band focus and ___ fidelity.
Medium band focus and medium fidelity.
Descriptive Assessment leads to…
Hypotheses regarding
functional relations and how, where,
and with whom to intervene.
Structured Assessment: Also called….
An A-B functional analysis
Structured Assessment consists of
Manipulation of antecedent events in natural settings.
Structured Assessment: ___ band focus and ___ fidelity.
Mid-Narrow band focus and medium fidelity.
Structured Assessments may identify
Antecedent that evoke the challenging target behavior.
Functional Analysis consists of…
Systematic manipulations
of environmental events and
observation of target behavior in a
controlled setting.
Functional Analysis: ___ band focus and ___ fidelity.
Narrow band focus and high fidelity.
Functional Analysis may determine
Actual functional relations and lead to effective treatment.
Reasons for Descriptive Assessment: Generate….
Hypothesis about functional relations.
Reasons for Descriptive Assessment: Identify…
Idiosyncratic forms of motivating and reinforcing events.
Reasons for Descriptive Assessment: Design…
Experimental FA conditions that more closely represent natural conditions.
Reasons for Descriptive Assessment: Estimate…
Natural schedules of reinforcement maintaining problem behavior.
Reasons for Descriptive Assessment: Interpret…
The results of experimental FA methods.
Descriptive Assessment Procedures
- Scatterplot analysis
- Narrative recording
- ABC data collection
- Data collection of target behavior under different contexts/conditions.
Identify the reason for the development of Scatterplot
Touchette, MacDonald, & Langer
(1985) developed scatterplot as a practical
means for direct-care staff to collect
data across an entire day or shift