Description
Incorporates several articles by experts in the fields of special education and psychology. Each and every article explores the issues, theories, and practices of assessing problem behavior and determining the way to use this information. Together, the articles of this text present current advances in the usage of functional assessment technology: taking the techniques and strategies of traditional functional analysis and the usage of this information to construct clinical interventions. Three sections focal point at the following topics: how functional assessment can be utilized to intervene effectively and change problem behavior, common procedures for the usage of functional assessment in the preschool and school classroom, and new directions and trends in the field of functional assessment. A thorough and well-researched base of knowledge on problem behavior is provided, and the student learns the many ways by which this behavior is also diagnosed, intervened, and ideally changed.