Description
Parents and professionals taking good care of people with autism on occasion encounter baffling, challenging behavior–noncompliance, aggression, or repetitive actions–which they don t understand how to stop. The key to resolving problem behavior is to first decide its purpose by conducting a functional behavior assessment (FBA).
In this second edition up to date with new research, case studies, and anecdotes, the authors give an explanation for how clinicians conduct FBAs: measuring behavior; observing behavior and collecting data; testing the hypothesis about the behavior’s function. And now, there’s new material about do FBAs outdoor of clinical settings–at school, in the neighborhood, and at home–making this strategy more accessible to parents and teachers in day-to-day life.