Functional Behaviour Assessment for People with Autism: Making Sense of Seemingly Senseless Behaviour
by Beth A. Glasberg and Woodbine House
Helps stop unproductive behaviours in your students that interfere with their daily living
It’s not unusual for people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) to exhibit challenging behaviours including noncompliance, aggression, and repetitive actions that interfere with daily life. These behaviours, which appear meaningless, unproductive, or even dangerous, can be changed or stopped.
This guide describes functional behaviour assessment (FBA), a highly regarded strategy that parents and professionals can use to identify the factors contributing to the problem behaviour. As the book explains, children and adults with ASDs are susceptible to unwanted behaviours due to difficulties with communication skills, social skills, and narrow interests. For example, a nonverbal adult engages in head-banging to obtain beads reserved for times when he needs calming; a child with social skills deficits inappropriately seeks attention by hitting classmates; or an adolescent hyper focused on one TV program irritates everyone by constantly talking about it. An FBA helps to determine what purpose the behaviour serves for the individual and the specific circumstances that led to learning the behaviour in the first place. Later on, the assessment is used to develop an intervention plan to help the individual unlearn the behaviour.
Anyone can learn the basics of FBA. The book’s step-by-step explanations, forms, and case studies make it easy for parents and professionals to:
- Decide which challenging behaviour to address
- Select members of an FBA team
- Measure behaviour
- Gather information from other observers
- Establish a baseline
- Observe a problem behaviour
- Test the hypothesis about the function of the behaviour
- Begin to plan for an intervention
- Troubleshoot
With Functional Behaviour Assessment for People with Autism caregivers are well on the way to breaking down the barriers created by challenging behaviour.
Once you’ve conducted your assessment and know the function of the problem behaviour, develop an effective behaviour intervention plan using Stop That (Seemingly) Senseless Behaviour!
2006, 150 pages
ISBN: 978-1-890627-58-4
Table of ContentsexpandClick to collapse
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Problem Behaviours Occur
Chapter 2: How Are Behaviours Learned?
Chapter 3: Getting Started: First Steps for Completing a Functional Behaviour Assessment
Chapter 4: Measuring Behaviour
Chapter 5: Finding Out Who Knows What
Chapter 6: Observation Time
Chapter 7: Test Your Hypothesis
Chapter 8: Putting It All Together: A Summary of the Assessment Process
Chapter 9: You Finally Know the Function of the Behaviour: Now What?
Chapter 10: Special Circumstances and Troubleshooting
References
Appendix A: Frequency Recording Data Sheet
Appendix B: Duration of Behaviour Data Sheet
Appendix C: Latency to Behaviour Data Sheet
Appendix D: Data Sheet for Measuring the Intensity of the Behaviour
Appendix E: Time Sample Data Sheet
Appendix F: Permanent Products Data Sheet
Appendix G: A-B-C Data Sheet
Appendix H: Descriptive Analysis Data Sheet
Appendix I: Antecedent Manipulations Data Sheet
Index
Functional Behaviour Assessment for People with Autism: Making Sense of Seemingly Senseless Behaviour is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Communication
- Resource preparation
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