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Sharkey, Jill; You, Sukkyung; Morrison, Gale; Griffiths, Amy – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
Youth strengths are as important to consider as deficits in understanding developmental outcomes and thus are an important component of psychoeducational assessment. Latino/as are understudied with regard to strength-based constructs, although cultural and socioeconomic factors may be related to differences in Latino/a parents' views of their…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mental Health, Rating Scales, Parents
Scott, Terrance M.; Kamps, Debra M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2007
Although FBA has been a familiar term to those in special education for over 30 years, its formal inclusion into IDEA is relatively recent. Currently, agreement as to the nature, context, and application of the FBA process is, at best, confusing and, at worst, inadequate to direct elective practice in schools. An analysis of the issues that define…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Special Education, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods

Gable, Robert A. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Discusses the challenges of functional behavioral assessments and the need to establish and support valid and effective methods for conducting functional behavioral assessments that are practical in school settings and that adequately address the multifarious relationships between problem behavior and its social/environmental contexts. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances

Prieto, Alfonso G.; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr. – Behavioral Disorders, 1977
Described is an ecological assessment technique which combines an ecological philosophy with a teacher centered method of data collection for assessing and intervening with the learning disabled or behaviorally disordered child and his environment. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances

Penno, Douglas A.; Frank, Alan R.; Wacker, David P. – Behavioral Disorders, 2000
A three-phase functional assessment was conducted to develop and test hypotheses about the relation between instructional accommodations in academic areas and behavior problems for three adolescents with severe behavioral disorders. Implementation of one or more of the instructional accommodations resulted in improved academic productivity and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification

Gable, Robert A. – Behavioral Disorders, 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…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education

Behavioral Disorders, 1989
This "White Paper" examines issues surrounding the assessment of culturally diverse learners for behavioral disorders, and argues for use of a more functional assessment approach. The paper also points out that many facets of the functional assessment perspective already exist in two recent educational movements--pre-referral…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cultural Differences, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education

Walker, Hill M.; Sprague, Jeffrey R. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
The role of functional behavioral assessment is contrasted with a longitudinal risk-factors exposure model for understanding and predicting maladaptive behavioral outcomes in applied settings. The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are discussed and the need for integration of the two approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children, Evaluation Methods

Epstein, Michael H.; Hertzog, Melody A.; Reid, Robert – Behavioral Disorders, 2001
Data are reported on the long-term (6-month) test-retest reliability of the Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scale (BERS), which is a strength-based assessment instrument. Participants included 95 typical elementary students and 26 children at risk of having or having emotional or behavioral disorders. Moderate to high test-retest correlations were…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification

Gresham, Frank M. – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
This article discusses evidence for functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures in terms of the meaning and interpretation of different forms of reliability and validity in FBA. It concludes that additional research needs to be conducted with various target behaviors across different settings to support the continued use of FBA. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Functional Behavioral Assessment

Scott, Terrance M.; Nelson, C. Michael – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Discusses some difficulties that may be anticipated in facilitating teachers' use of functional-assessment procedures. Strategies are suggested for promoting acceptance of the functional-assessment process and for providing training and technical assistance to support its appropriate implementation. (CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods

Epstein, Michael H.; Cullinan, Douglas; Ryser, Gail; Pearson, Nils – Behavioral Disorders, 2002
This study reports on the standardization of the Scale for Assessing Emotional Disturbance. Data collected on 2,266 typical students (ages 5- 18) and 1,371 students with emotional disturbances led to the identification of six behavioral problem factors that correspond to the federal definition of emotional disturbance and were highly internally…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education

Sugai, George; Sprague, Jeffrey R.; Horner, Robert H. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Describes functional assessment, discusses the need to translate research findings into formats and processes that can be used efficiently in applied settings, and stresses the need for research to continue to build a technology of functional assessment that meets the range of situations faced in schools and communities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances

Howell, Kenneth W.; Nelson, Karna L. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Addresses functional behavioral assessment (FA) concerns within the context of speculation about the possible functions served by mandating the use of FA in 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Suggests that the nature of public policy may deserve as much attention as research findings. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Disorders, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education

Fox, James; Conroy, Maureen; Heckaman, Kelly – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Twenty-four studies involving functional assessment of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) or those at risk for E/BD are reviewed in three main areas: (1) characteristics of participants; (2) types of functional assessment procedures and instruments employed; and (3) the reliability and validity of these instruments and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
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