A Critical Analysis of Functional Assessment: Issues for Researchers and Practitioners.

Gable, Robert A.

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Publication Date: 1996

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A Critical Analysis of Functional Assessment: Issues for Researchers and Practitioners.

Gable, Robert A.

Behavioral Disorders, v22 n1 p36-40 Nov 1996

Addresses the use of functional assessment in making treatment decisions with students having emotional/behavioral disorders. Discussion covers indirect and direct measures of the relationship between the target behavior and variables maintaining the behavior. Strategies for selecting and verifying hypothesis-driven treatment decisions are presented. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Measurement Techniques, Motivation, Student Evaluation, Therapy, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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