A practical guide to functional assessment and treatment for severe problem behavior / Joshua Jessel and Peter Sturmey, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jessel, Joshua, editor.

Sturmey, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behavior therapy.

Behavioral assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2025]

Summary:

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for professionals dealing with severe problem behaviors, focusing on functional assessment and treatment strategies. Edited by Joshua Jessel and Peter Sturmey, it provides an in-depth exploration of behavior analysis, assessment methods, and intervention techniques. The work emphasizes the importance of understanding antecedents and consequences of problem behavior, offering various assessment tools like indirect and descriptive assessments. It also addresses ethical considerations and cultural responsiveness in treatment approaches. Designed for psychologists, therapists, and educators, the book aims to enhance practical skills in managing severe behavior issues, promoting compassionate and effective care. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

A Practical Guide to Functional Assessment and Treatment for Severe Problem Behavior

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Reference

Section A: Introduction to behavioral assessment and intervention

Chapter 1: Problem behavior: Overview and contemporary issues

1. Overview

1.1. Topographies of problem behavior

1.1.1. Aggressive behavior

1.1.2. Destructive behavior

1.1.3. Self-injurious behavior

1.1.4. Other topographies and considerations

2. Contemporary issues

3. Chapter summary

References

Chapter 2: Blueprints of behavior: Unraveling the threads of problem behavior within applied behavior analysis

1. Consequences

2. Antecedents

3. Historical overview of functional analysis

4. Application and overview of functional assessment

5. Functional assessment process and purpose

6. Comparison of function-based vs non-function-based interventions

7. Ethical considerations

8. Conclusion

Chapter 3: Prevention and behavioral hygiene procedures

1. Skill-building programs

1.1. Preschool Life Skills: Building skills via a class wide or response-to-intervention model

1.1.1. Evocative situations

1.1.2. Critical life skills

1.1.3. Teaching procedures

1.1.4. Data collection, mastery criteria, and response-to-intervention models

1.1.5. Extensions and procedural modifications

1.2. The Balance Program: Building skills in a one-to-one format

1.2.1. Evocative situations

1.2.2. Critical life skills

1.2.3. Teaching procedures

1.2.4. Data collection and mastery criteria

1.2.5. Procedural differences

2. Avoiding problem behavior

2.1. Universal Protocols: An adjunct to other programming

2.2. Strategies

2.2.1. Continuously available synthesized reinforcers

2.2.2. Minimizing EOs

2.2.3. Reinforcing problem behavior.

2.2.4. Building rapport

2.3. Personalization

3. Conclusion

Conflict of interest

Section B: Functional assessment of problem behavior

Chapter 4: Indirect assessments: Reliability, validity, and treatment utility

1. Indirect assessments

2. Questionnaires and rating scales

2.1. Questions about Behavioral Function

2.2. Motivation Assessment Scale

2.3. Functional Analysis Screening Tool

2.4. Problem Behavior Questionnaire

2.5. Comparison of questionnaires and rating scales

3. Interviews

3.1. Open-ended functional assessment interview

3.2. Sleep Assessment and Treatment Tool

4. Case example

5. Conclusion

Chapter 5: Descriptive assessments: Observation of behavior and the environment

1. Descriptive assessments: Observation of behavior and the accompanying contingencies

1.1. Importance of functional assessment

1.2. Rapport building

1.3. Informed consent and assent

1.4. Cultural and linguistic diversity

1.5. Providing choices and preference assessments

2. Descriptive assessment

2.1. Antecedent-behavior-consequence (ABC) recording

2.1.1. ABC narrative recording

2.1.2. ABC continuous recording

2.1.3. Time sampling procedures

2.2. The scatterplot

2.3. Data analysis methods

2.3.1. Conditional probabilities

2.3.2. Conditional and background probabilities

2.4. Semi-structured assessments

Chapter 6: Functional analysis: Methodological variations and conceptual considerations

1. From behavior modification to functional analysis

2. Five core components of the standard functional analysis

3. Functional analysis as part of a comprehensive assessment

4. Functional analysis variations

4.1. Brief functional analysis

4.2. Latency-based functional analysis

4.3. Trial-based functional analysis.

4.4. Precursor functional analysis

4.5. Single test condition functional analyses

4.6. Functional analysis based on individual characteristic: The problem with the statement ``The function is ..´´

4.7. Practical functional assessment

4.8. Adaptations of the IISCA

5. Safety concerns and other recommendations during functional analysis

6. Conclusion

Chapter 7: Practical considerations and clinical contributions of different functional assessment methods

1. Types of functional assessments

1.1. Indirect assessments

1.2. Descriptive assessments

1.3. Experimental functional analyses

2. Functional assessment processes

2.1. Indirect assessments or descriptive assessments alone

2.2. Indirect and descriptive assessments together

2.3. Experimental functional analyses alone

2.4. Indirect assessments, descriptive assessments, and experimental FAs together

2.5. Other considerations

3. Conclusions

Section C: Function-based treatments

Chapter 8: Foundational treatment components of function-based interventions

1. Antecedent-based interventions

1.1. Noncontingent reinforcement

1.2. Choice-making

2. Consequence-based interventions

2.1. Extinction

2.2. Differential reinforcement

2.2.1. Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior

2.2.2. Differential reinforcement of other behavior

2.3. Applications of differential reinforcement interventions

2.3.1. Functional communication training

2.3.2. Token economies

2.3.3. Self-monitoring and contingency management

2.4. Reinforcement-schedule thinning approaches

2.4.1. Delay and demand fading

2.4.2. Multiple schedules

2.4.3. Chained schedules

2.4.4. Contingency-based progressive delay fading

2.4.5. Decision making and considerations for reinforcement-schedule thinning.

2.4.5.1. Pace of criteria

2.4.5.2. Competing items or alternative activities

2.4.5.3. Setting criteria for schedule thinning

2.4.5.4. Considerations for challenges

3. Collecting, graphing, and analyzing treatment data

4. Conclusion

Chapter 9: Contemporary intervention approaches when addressing dangerous behavior

1. The conventional approach

2. A shift in commitments

3. A contemporary process for addressing dangerous behavior

3.1. Skill-based treatment

3.1.1. Teaching functional communication

3.1.2. Teaching toleration of delays and denials

3.1.3. Teaching cooperation with meaningful activities

4. Progress toward effectiveness

5. Promoting choice and assent

6. Indices of happiness

7. Social validity and acceptability

Chapter 10: Addressing severe problem behavior without clear socially mediated functions

1. Conceptual issues related to automatically reinforced behavior

2. Topography of automatically reinforced problem behavior as an aspect of assessment

3. Modifications of functional assessment methodology for automatically reinforced problem behavior

4. Treatment of automatically reinforced problem behavior

4.1. Matched antecedent stimulation

4.2. Unmatched antecedent stimulation

4.3. Schedule thinning and noncontingent reinforcement

4.4. Response prevention

4.5. Consequent interventions targeting problem behavior

4.6. Interventions targeting appropriate behavior

4.7. Punishment-based interventions

5. Functional analysis, pattern analysis, and treatment of problem behavior

6. Compassionate and trauma-informed care

7. Conclusions

Chapter 11: ABA meets psychopharmacology: The interaction of two methodologies

1. Introduction to behavioral pharmacology.

1.1. Mechanisms of psychotropic medications

1.2. Mechanism of antipsychotics

1.3. Mechanism of antidepressants

1.4. Mechanism of stimulants

1.5. Mechanism of anticonvulsants

1.6. Mechanism of benzodiazepines

1.7. Mechanism of naltrexone

2. Independent and interactive effects of psychotropic medication and severe problem behavior

2.1. Independent and interactive effects of antipsychotics

2.2. Independent and interactive effects of antidepressants

2.3. Independent and interactive effects of stimulants

2.4. Independent and interactive effects of mood stabilizers

2.5. Independent and interactive effects of benzodiazepines

2.6. Independent and interactive effects of naltrexone

2.7. Independent and interactive effects of polypharmacy

3. Concluding thoughts

Section D: Promoting sustainability and compassionate care

Chapter 12: Application considerations for compassionate, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed behavioral practices

1. Consideration 1: Use a posture of cultural humility

2. Consideration 2: Practice counter-modification tactics to disrupt your biases

2.1. Tactics to disrupt prejudice

2.2. Microaffirmations

2.3. Social validity assessments

2.4. Disrupting microaggressions

2.5. Implementation support

2.6. Abstain-from-controlling skills

3. Consideration 3: Using a collaborative service delivery model

3.1. Learn about your clients cultures and incorporate cultural adaptions

3.2. Social validity

3.3. Assent and informed consent

4. Consideration 4: Teaching replacement skills related to challenging behavior

5. Consideration 5: Enriching the environment

5.1. Design an environment with abundant safety signals

5.2. Incorporate choice

5.3. Reserve physical management for emergency procedures

6. Summary

References.

Chapter 13: Preparation for the training of professionals and caregivers in behavioral programs.

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ISBN:

9780443217685

0443217688