Assignment: After watching the Functional Analysis of Problem Behavior video discusses the following:
- Importance of conducting a functional analysis.
- How functional analysis will support your work with clients.
- What challenges you might foresee in conducting a FA.
- Why do we want to evoke a response?
In addition, ask one question you have from the video that your peers can answer. Need Assignment Help?
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Functional Analysis
Functional analysis is defined by Cooper, Heron, & Heward (2007) as an analysis of the purposes (i.e., functions) of problem behavior, wherein antecedents and consequences representing those in the person's natural routines are arranged within an experimental design so that their separate effects on problem behavior can be observed and measured. A functional analysis typically consists of four conditions:
- Contingent attention,
- Contingent escape,
- Alone, and
- A control condition.
Also review: The Significance And Future Of Functional Analysis Methodologies By F. Charles Mace