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Slowing Down the Bandwagon: The Misapplication of Functional Assessment for Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders.
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Sasso, Gary M.; Conroy, Maureen A.; Stichter, Janine Peck; Fox, James J. – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
This article discusses the promise and practice of functional assessment, provides a critical review of the existing experimental literature in the area of emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD), and presents a research agenda that will lead to more informed decisions regarding the use of functional assessment in the schools. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Observational Methods in Functional Behavioral Assessment: Practical Techniques for Practitioners.
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Fox, James J.; Gunter, Philip; Davis, Carol Ann; Brall, Samantha – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article discusses three major purposes of observation in functional behavioral assessment: to describe and help analyze the classroom events leading to challenging behaviors, to develop and evaluate the accuracy of hypotheses about these triggers, and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions for challenging behavior developed from the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Functional Behavioral Assessment: The Letter and the Spirit of the Law.
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Quinn, Mary Magee – Preventing School Failure, 2000
This article addresses two types of issues related to policy decisions. First, it examines policy as it relates to the logistics of conducting an FBA. Second, it discusses issues related to proactively preventing serious behavior from occurring in schools. (Contains 13 references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation
Including the Functional Behavioral Assessment Technology in Schools.
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Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptionality, 2000
This introductory article to a special series discusses requirements under the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to base behavioral intervention planning and positive behavioral support on information obtained through a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) process. The lack of guidance on FBAs and strategies for…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Behavioral Issues and IDEA: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and the Functional Behavioral Assessment in the Disciplinary Context.
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Wilcox, Brennan L.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Turnbull, Ann P. – Exceptionality, 2000
This article describes the ramifications of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act's positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBS) requirements in the context of disciplinary situations, including the interplay of PBS issues with functional behavioral assessment and behavioral intervention plans. The roles of the general educator…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Replication and Extension of Behavioral Treatment of Autistic Disorder.
Kazdin, Alan E. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
This commentary on EC 605 442, which indicated long-term gains for children with autism who experienced intensive behavioral intervention as preschoolers, emphasizes the need for replication. The replication study should use random assignment to experimental and control groups, a larger sample of cases, standard diagnostic instruments to delineate…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Modification, Control Groups, Diagnostic Tests
Contextual, Conceptual, and Empirical Foundations of Functional Behavioral Assessment in Schools.
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Crone, Deanne A.; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptionality, 2000
This article examines the contextual, conceptual, and empirical foundations of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) in general educational settings. The need for schools to design effective responses to increases in individual problem behavior and the need to be compliant with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Talks with Teachers of Young Children: A Collection.
Katz, Lilian G. – 1995
Expanding on previous collections, this book compiles 16 essays on pedagogical and child development issues stimulated by interaction with teachers, child caregivers, and early childhood teacher educators during the preceding 20 years. The essays were written in response and reaction to particular educational events or contexts that were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Behavior, Child Caregivers, Child Development