A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior

A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior discusses how to utilize functional assessment and function-based treatment for patients with severe problem behaviors. The book begins by defining problem behavior, contrasting functional and structural definitions, and clearly reviewing the term “severe”. The second section, Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior, reviews three different assessments in detail, providing sample questionnaires, methods for interviewing and brief bonus videos. The third section, Function-Based Treatments, outlines three main treatment options, including comprehensive and trauma-informed strategies and outline information on collecting, graphing, and analyzing treatment data. The final section, Promoting Sustainability and Compassionate Care will review strategies to implement these assessments and treatments in a culturally relevant and compassionate way. Details various examples of indirect assessments methods, including interviews and questionnairesAddresses the integration and testing of hypotheses from indirect and descriptive assessments into functional analysesReviews treatments based on a trauma-informed frameworkOutlines common ethical issues, including strategies to use when function-based treatments do not work and the management of restrictive practicesIncludes bonus brief vignettes to illustrate procedures and assessments INDICE: Part 1: Introduction to Behavioral Assessment and Intervention 1. Problem Behavior2. Applied Behavior Analysis and Problem Behavior3. A Perspective on Today’s Applied Behavior Analysis4. Prevention and Behavioral Hygiene ProceduresPart 2: Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior 5. Indirect Assessments6. Descriptive Assessments7. Functional Analysis 8. Practical ConsiderationsPart 3: Function-Based Treatments9. Foundational Treatment Components of Function-Based Interventions10. Conemporary Intervention Approaches when Addressing Dangerous Behavior11. Addressing Severe Problem Behavior without Clear Socially Mediated Functions12. ABA Meets Psychopharmacology: The Interaction of Two MethodologiesPart 4: Promoting Sustainability and Compassionate Care 13. Application Considerations for Compassionate, Culturally Responsive and Trauma-Informed Behavioral Practices14. Professionals / Caregiver Training15. Implementation Considerations16. Collaborating with Relevant Stakeholders

• ISBN: 978-0-443-21769-2
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 325
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés