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Progressing from identification and functional analysis of precursor behavior to treatment of self-injury.

An evaluation of the utility of assessing and treating severe problem behavior through precursor functional analysis was completed. Ongoing measurement of problem behavior in two settings in the participant's natural environment was conducted for the duration of the study. A precursor to self-injurious behavior was identified using descriptive assessment and conditional probability analyses. A precursor functional analysis was then conducted. Subsequently, a treatment, in which precursor behavior produced the maintaining variable identified in the precursor functional analysis, was implemented in the natural environment. Treatment resulted in increases in the precursor behavior and decreases in self-injury in both the treatment setting and the second setting in which observations occurred. Implications of the assessment and treatment procedures are discussed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc12117
Date12 1900
CreatorsDracobly, Joseph Daniel
ContributorsSmith, Richard G. (Richard Gordon), 1956-, Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-, Vaidya, Manish
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Dracobly, Joseph Daniel, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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