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Michelle A. Frank-Crawford; Drew E. Piersma; Nathalie Fernandez; Savannah A. Tate; Erik A. Bustamante – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2024
Despite the efficacy of functional analyses in identifying the function of challenging behavior, clinicians report not always using them, partly due to safety concerns. Understanding how researchers employ safeguards to mitigate risks, particularly with dangerous topographies like self-injurious behavior (SIB), is important to guide research and…
Descriptors: Self Destructive Behavior, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Safety
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Foster, Sharon L.; Ritchey, Wendy L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1979
To date, the assessment methodology in the area has moved in two directions: sociometric measures (peer nomination and peer rating scales), which have provided the major means of identifying the socially competent child; and direct observation, principally employed in the specification of socially competent behaviors. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Observation