CiNii Books - Functional behavioral assessment, diagnosis, and treatment : a complete system for education and mental health settings

Professionals who work in mental health and educational settings are frequently faced with clients (children, adolescents, adults) who engage in serious problem behaviors. Such behaviors often impact the client's welfare and ability to live, work, and be educated in mainstream environments. Children and adolescents who manifest these behaviors are particularly vulnerable to these disruptions, which can have a far-reaching impact on their development and future prospects. This practical book, written both for clinician/educators and high-level students, creates a function-based behavioral diagnostic classification system, the first of its kind, as well as treatment protocols that fit such a diagnostic system. Heavily "practitioner-oriented," the book will address the full range of behaviors - ranging from aggression, self-injury, stereotypic behavior (repetitive body movements), tantrums, and non-compliance - with real life and hypothetical cases to help clinicians think through the full range of treatment options. Unique in moving beyond functional assessment to assessment diagnosis and treatment, this book will be highly useful for mental health clinicians, students of Advanced Behavior Analysis, and special education practitioners among others.

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Chapter 1: Basic Concepts and Principles
Why does he do that?
The Cornerstone for Understanding Why
Maintaining contingencies involving positive reinforcement
Maintaining Contingencies involving Negative Reinforcement
Contrasting the two types of maintaining contingencies
Direct vs. socially mediated contingencies
What makes a reinforcer a reinforcer?
Changing behavior by altering the client's motivational condition
Summary
Chapter 2: Functional behavioral assessment of problem behavior
Determining the need for Intervention
Baseline measurement of observable problem behaviors
Conducting a functional target behavior assessment.

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