Progressing from Initially Ambiguous Functional Analyses: Three Case Examples

Autor/inn/en	Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Fisher, Wayne W.; Toussaint, Karen A.; Kodak, Tiffany
Titel	Progressing from Initially Ambiguous Functional Analyses: Three Case Examples
Quelle	In: Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 30 (2009) 5, S.910-926 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0891-4222
DOI	10.1016/j.ridd.2009.01.005
Schlagwörter	Behavior Problems; Developmental Disabilities; Reinforcement; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Behavioral Science Research; Intervention; Medical Services; Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Positive Verstärkung; Arzt; Anreizsystem
Abstract	Most often functional analyses are initiated using a standard set of test conditions, similar to those described by Iwata, Dorsey, Slifer, Bauman, and Richman [Iwata, B. A., Dorsey, M. F., Slifer, K. J., Bauman, K. E., & Richman, G. S. (1994). "Toward a functional analysis of self-injury." "Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 27", 197-209 (Reprinted from "Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities," 2, 3-20, 1982)]. These test conditions involve the careful manipulation of motivating operations, discriminative stimuli, and reinforcement contingencies to determine the events related to the occurrence and maintenance of problem behavior. Some individuals display problem behavior that is occasioned and reinforced by idiosyncratic or otherwise unique combinations of environmental antecedents and consequences of behavior, which are unlikely to be detected using these standard assessment conditions. For these individuals, modifications to the standard test conditions or the inclusion of novel test conditions may result in clearer assessment outcomes. The current study provides three case examples of individuals whose functional analyses were initially undifferentiated; however, modifications to the standard conditions resulted in the identification of behavioral functions and the implementation of effective function-based treatments. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10