Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioural Assessments: A Practitioner's Guide

Widely recognized as a gold-standard resource, this authoritative book has been revised and expanded with 50% new material. It provides a complete introduction to functional behavioral assessment (FBA), complete with procedures, forms, and tools that have been piloted and refined in both general and special education settings. Numerous vivid examples illustrate how to use the authors' behavior-analytic problem-solving model (BAPS) to synthesize assessment results and guide the design of individually tailored interventions. Practitioners and students enjoy the engaging, conversational tone. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 17 reproducible checklists and forms. Purchasers get access to a companion Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition

• Revised BAPS model reflects the latest research and offers a more comprehensive approach to FBA.
• Chapters on professional and ethical standards; analyzing how biological/medical conditions, thoughts, and emotions influence behavior; and analyzing how executive skills deficits influence behavior.
• Chapters on testing hypotheses about the functions of problem behavior; testing reinforcer effectiveness; and evaluating function-based interventions.
• Chapter providing applied learning experiences for professionals and students.
• Most of the reproducible tools are new or revised.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Functional Behavioral Assessment sample
2. Professional Standards and Ethical Considerations
3. Conceptual Foundations of Functional Behavioral Assessment
4. Behavior Analysis of Medical Conditions, Emotions, and Thoughts
5. Executive Skills
6. Behavior-Analytic Problem-Solving Model
7. Indirect Functional Behavioral Assessment
8. Descriptive Functional Behavioral Assessment
9. Experimental Functional Behavioral Assessment
10. Preference Assessment and Experimental Analysis of Reinforcer Effectiveness
11. Function-Based Interventions
12. Treatment Analysis
13. Functional Behavioral Assessment Report Templates and Examples
14. Applied Learning Experiences
15. It’s the Final Chapter

Appendix. Functional Behavioral Assessment Rating Scale (FuBARS)