Practical and Ethical Methodologies for Assessing Function of Problematic Behaviors in the Natural Environment
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A presentation by Dr. Robert Ross delivered at the 2018 Michigan Autism Conference
Description
Some current Functional Analysis (FA) methods (Analog and Trial-based) typically rely on two elements that raise ethical concerns: 1. The direct reinforcement of the problem behavior as part of the assessment process (Analog and Trial-based methods) 2. Use of indirect data rather than direct to develop hypotheses that then guide treatment (IISCA). Additionally, many practitioners simply cannot conduct analog FA’s in many if not most applied settings. This session will describe alternative procedures and methods that focus on direct experimental tests that can be conducted in the context of home and school settings. These methods involve direct tests of consequence effects on topographies of behavior similar to the actual problem behavior. This results in the clinician having objective data on the reinforcing effects of stimuli without needing to directly reinforce potentially dangerous/injurious topographies of behavior. An advantage of such procedures is that they involve simultaneous establishment of appropriate alternative behaviors as part of the assessment procedures. Additionally, the collection and use of objective data to develop hypotheses of function enables clinicians to avoid having to test all potential functions, and focus only on those that actually occur. This efficiency may speed access to effective treatment over more laborious subjective methods. The proposed methodology provides a more ethical, conceptually systematic, and practical assessment of function.
About the Speaker
Dr. Ross is the Senior Vice President of Treatment Efficacy and Graduate Education at Beacon ABA Services of Massachusetts and Connecticut. He received his Master’s in Applied Behavior Analysis from Northeastern University and his Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Ross oversees all research activity at Beacon. He also provides direct and consultation services to families, schools and educational programs throughout the U.S. and Canada. He is a founding member and current Past President of the Massachusetts Association for Applied Behavior Analysis. Dr. Ross is also the President of the Autism Special Interest Group (SIG) of ABAI, and has served three terms on the ABAI Practice Board.
Below is the entire open access version of this video. It does not contain embedded questions or interactions like the CEU version of the module.
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Very informative and provided effective examples from the study. Definitely a new way to think of assessing problem behavior that is efficient and safe.
I needed CEUs in Ethics. This offered me one CEU.
Good presentation. Gives suggestions on different alternative assessments to run in a variety of settings.
I really enjoyed this learning module. I never thought about conducting a free operant, force choice, or FCT assessment/training to be helpful in determining the function of a behavior. This will be super helpful for me as I go into client/family homes for behavior evaluations and assessments!
Practical alternative suggestions for FA’s in the school & home settings. I loved hearing more about these effective and efficient ways to identify function of behavior without the extreme time and effort of the traditional FA or the other extreme of only conducting informal interviews.