Recent procedural updates have been made to the Practical Functional Assessment (PFA) and Skill-based Treatment (SBT) process. The implementation support materials available on this website have been updated accordingly. Head over to Implementation Assistance to access the updated materials. You will find updated: Forms to aid in the design of the IISCA and SBT Tips…
To inquire about scheduling a one-, two-, or three-day interactive seminar to build organizational capacity in the implementation of: (a) the practical functional assessment and skill-based treatment processes for severe problem behavior (self injury, aggression, property destruction), (b) the skill-based treatment processes for interfering stereotypy, (c) the home-based assessment and treatment of sleep problems, (d) home…
Research has indicated that better outcomes are obtained when treatment is informed by a functional assessment process that includes a functional analysis. It is important to recognize, however, that even clear functional analysis outcomes require interpretation of the controlling variables within the analysis and inference as to whether those variables are controlling problem behavior in…
Matt Cicoria has released a number of informative podcasts relevant to practicing behavior analysts on his website: behavioralobservations.com There are podcasts relevant to practical functional assessment of problem behavior and to skill-based treatment of problem behavior. These two podcasts are also linked on the tutorials page noted above. Consider visiting Matt’s website regularly to download…
Practitioners often report that they do not conduct functional analyses because they do not have a therapy room or sufficient staffing to maintain safety during analyses of severe problem behavior. However, when the reinforcers suspected of influencing severe problem behavior are simultaneously and immediately provided following behavior that is reported to precede severe problem behavior, sufficiently…
