Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior

For podcast episodes featuring Dr. Greg Hanley and host Matt Cicoria on Behavioral Observations regarding practical functional assessment procedures, click here (2015), here (2016), here (2017), and here (2019).

Click here to access practical functional assessment presentations developed by BCBAs in a Behavioral Assessment course at Western New England University.

Click here to access practical functional assessment and skill-based treatment presentations developed by BCBA practitioners.

2020

For an hour presentation on conducting PFA and SBT with adults, click here.

2018

For a 2.5-hour updated presentation by Dr. Hanley on why and how to conduct practical functional assessments, click here.

For the associated presentation slides, click here.

2014

For a 1.5-hour video presentation by Dr. Hanley on why and how to conduct practical functional assessment procedures (interview-informed, synthesized contingency analyses [IISCAs]) with persons with autism or intellectual disabilities, click here.

For the associated presentation slides, click here.

For the associated presentation workbook, click here.

Skill-based Treatment of Problem Behavior

2018

For a 2-hour updated presentation on how to conduct a skill-based treatment with a focus on how to strengthen socially appropriate behavior, click here.

For the associated presentation slides, click here.

2014

• For a 45-minute video presentation on why and how to implement skill-based treatment of problem behavior following an IISCA, click here   (note: about 15 additional minutes are spent on the rationale for IISCAs prior to the discussion of treatment).
• For the associated presentation slides, click  here.
• For the associated presentation workbook, click here.
• For a podcast regarding skill-based treatment procedures, click here.

Preventing Problem Behavior

• For a 25-min video on preventing severe problem behavior by teaching skills in  small groups or on a class-wide basis, click here    (note: about 15 additional minutes are spent on a Q&A relevant to function-based treatment).
• For the associated presentation slides, click here.
• For the associated presentation workbook, click here.

Functional Assessment and Treatment of Sleep Problems

• For two videos, lasting about 1.5 hours, on why and how to functionally assess and treat sleep problems  click here, then here.
• For the associated presentation slides, click here.
• For the associated presentation workbook, click here.

*Many thanks to DataFinch Technologies for producing these videos.