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Hastings, Richard P.; Brown, Tony – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2000
This article discusses the successes of behavior analysts in affecting challenging behaviors in persons with developmental disabilities. Three future issues are then addressed: the development of challenging behaviors, the role of rule-governance in challenging behavior, and the behavior of persons who directly apply functional assessment and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns

Pacchiano, Debra Mary – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article describes the advantages a functional assessment of instructional conditions offers to teachers dealing with student problem behavior and discusses teacher instructional practices found to be proximal to student learning and on-task behavior. Reasonable hypotheses are suggested for the function of problem behavior as it relates to…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances