The current study was designed to further evaluate the usefulness of anecdotal assessments. The goal of this study was to evaluate the overall agreement between multiple respondents on the primary function of aberrant behavior using the Motivation Assessment Scale (MAS) and the Functional Analysis Screening Tool (FAST) and, if agreement was obtained, to assess the effectiveness of treatment based on the outcome of the assessments. Results showed that anecdotal assessments were able to identify the general type of contingency maintaining two participants' problem behavior. However, for one participant the assessments did not correctly identify the specific form of reinforcement (attention or tangible items) that maintained the aberrant behavior.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc3596 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Wolf, Roxanne |
| Contributors | Smith, Richard, Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla, Ellis, Janet |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Wolf, Roxanne, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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