Functional assessment and intervention in community settings

摘要: Functional assessment has emerged as an important strategy for designing effective interventions serious problem behavior. A comprehensive functional identifies the behavior of concern, stimuli correlated with onset and maintenance behavior, features setting in which occurs, behaviors (typically communication) that may serve to replace We present a historical modern context and, juxtaposition this, discuss purposes tool researchers practitioners. review current range applications, emphasizing strengths limitations each; propose needed extensions existing methods; critical role community-based behavioral interventions. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.