Problem:
Given that conducting and properly scoring a descriptive assessment can be extremely time consuming and descriptive assessments do not provide any information about causal environment-behavior relations, one might conclude that descriptive assessments do not have a place in clinical work. However, this is not the case. Describe a situation in which the use of a descriptive assessment would be indicated. Include enough detail to support your assertion and explain how the data would be used to inform follow-up assessments or interventions. Need Assignment Help?
Use the following reading resources to provide in-text citation and references.
Read Chapter 12: "Direct Observation" in Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis. (pp. 202-213)
Read part of Chapter 2: "Functional Assessment and Analysis Strategies" (pp. 40-56) in Functional Assessment and Program Development for Problem Behavior-A Practical Handbook
In addition to these readings in your texts, please read the following articles:
A method to integrate descriptive and experimental field studies at the level of data and empirical concepts. Bijou et al. (1968)
Descriptive and experimental analyses of variables maintaining self-injurious behavior. Lerman & Iwata (1993)