Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments A Practitioner's Guide

by Watson, T. Steuart; Steege, Mark W.

• ISBN13: 9781572308541
• ISBN10: 1572308540
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-28
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This indispensable manual takes school practitioners step by step through conducting functional behavioral assessments and using them to plan effective interventions. The authors present a cogent rationale for the use of functional behavioral assessment (FBA), clearly explaining its advantages over traditional approaches to dealing with problem behavior. Basic terms and procedures are defined and the process of working with individual students is described in depth. Bringing concepts to life with realistic case examples, the authors also include a variety of sample FBA reports and corresponding positive behavior support plans. A Q&A chapter offers straightforward answers to practitioners' frequently asked questions. Perhaps most important, the volume provides all of the tools needed to complete a reliable and valid FBA, including forms, questionnaires, and worksheets, with a large-size format and lay-flat binding for ease of photocopying.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessment	1	(15)
The ``Good Old Days,''	2	(1)
The Shifting Sands of Treatment Approaches	3	(2)
What Is Functional Behavioral Assessment?	5	(1)
The Need for Objective and Individualized Behavioral Assessments (or, The Common Errors Committed during Functional Behavioral Assessments)	5	(5)
The ``Not So Good Old Days'': Intervention Momentum and Premature Implementation	10	(1)
Empirical Support for Functional Behavioral Assessment	11	(1)
Brief Overview of Functional Behavioral Assessment Procedures	12	(4)
Genesis of Functional Behavioral Assessment	16	(8)
A Look Ahead	23	(1)
Legal Aspects of Functional Behavioral Assessment	24	(10)
Summary	33	(1)
Basic Principles of Functional Behavioral Assessment	34	(17)
Antecedents and Consequences	34	(1)
The Functions of Behavior	35	(4)
FBA Decision Trees	39	(1)
Key Elements of Functional Behavioral Assessment	39	(9)
Treatment Validity of Functional Behavioral Assessment	48	(1)
Summary	48	(3)
Observing and Recording Behavior	51	(14)
Defining and Recording Behavior	51	(1)
Stage 1: The Interview	52	(3)
Stage 2: The Direct Observation	55	(9)
Summary	64	(1)
Indirect Functional Behavioral Assessment	65	(31)
The Need for a Game Plan	65	(2)
Guiding Conceptual Framework	67	(1)
Indirect Functional Behavioral Assessment	68	(23)
Summary	91	(5)
Direct Descriptive Functional Behavioral Assessment	96	(29)
Task Difficulty Antecedent Analysis Form	97	(3)
The Conditional Probability Record	100	(1)
The Functional Behavioral Assessment Observation Form	100	(6)
The Interval Recording Procedure	106	(7)
Comparing and Contrasting the FBAOF and the IRP	113	(2)
Summary	115	(1)
Case Example: Indirect and Direct Descriptive FBA	115	(10)
Supporting Documentation	125	(18)
Components of a Functional Behavioral Assessment Report	125	(1)
Functional Behavioral Assessment Documentation Form	126	(1)
Functional Behavioral Assessment Report---Brief Version	126	(2)
Example 1: Functional Behavioral Assessment Report	128	(3)
Example 2: Functional Behavioral Assessment Report	131	(2)
Example 3: Functional Behavioral Assessment Report	133	(9)
Summary	142	(1)
Putting It All Together... Where Science Meets Art: Or, Linking Assessment to Intervention	143	(30)
Positive Behavioral Support Interventions	145	(1)
Components of Positive Behavioral Support Plans	146	(1)
Selecting Interventions	147	(4)
Case Examples	151	(1)
Example of a Psychological Evaluation Report (Extended Report Version)	152	(9)
Example of a Functional Behavioral Assessment Report (Brief Version)	161	(3)
Example of a Positive Behavioral Support Plan	164	(3)
Example of a Consultation Summary Report	167	(5)
Summary	172	(1)
Extraenvironmental Variables That Influence Function	173	(10)
Establishing Operations	174	(3)
Setting Events	177	(2)
Temporally Distant Events	179	(2)
Process for Identifying and Measuring Temporally Distant Events	181	(1)
Summary	182	(1)
Training School/Agency Personnel to Implement Functional Behavioral Assessments	183	(46)
Guidelines	184	(1)
Training School/Agency Personnel	185	(1)
Section I: Overview and Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessment	186	(6)
Sample Test: Basic Concepts of FBA	192	(1)
Section II: Methods of Functional Behavioral Assessment	193	(8)
Section III: Writing the FBA Report	201	(1)
Section IV: Linking Assessment to Intervention	202	(4)
Conclusion	206	(23)
A Baker's Dozen Plus One: The Authors' Responses to 14 Frequently Asked Questions about Functional Behavioral Assessment	229	(8)
References	237	(6)
Author Index	243	(2)
Subject Index	245