Synopses & Reviews
As a teaching and instructional guide, Functional Behavior Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment is a first-rate resource for students and young professionals new to the field of ABA or looking to expand their knowledge and practice competencies.--New England Psychologist
This book provides] the practicing behavior analyst with] a well-grounded tool in completing the process from analysis to treatment. I highly recommend the book for all practicing behavior analysts as well as for graduate students entering the field.
Michael F. Dorsey, Ph.D., BCBA
Professor of Program in Applied Behavior Analysis, Endicott College
...one of the most detailed, practical, and useful textbooks geared for behavioral graduate students who are also concurrent practitioners....I learned a lot in one semester with the use of this textbook. Albee Ongsuco
Doctoral Student, Pediatric School Psychology, East Carolina University
Now in its second edition, this popular text provides a comprehensive approach to functional behavioral assessment, a function-based diagnostic classification system of the target problem, and functional behavioral treatment. This new edition also provides a wealth of new case studies, some drawn from the authors' own clinical experiences, in addition to a greater analysis of the role of establishing operations (EO) and abolishing operations (AO).
An ideal textbook for courses in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), this book helps students cultivate an in-depth understanding of assessing, diagnosing, and treating problem behaviors in a functional perspective.Key features:
- Provides a methodology for functional behavioral assessment, including indirect as well as direct measurement techniques such as analogue and in-situ methods
- Includes innovative recommendations for conducting descriptive and trigger analyses and discusses how to use them in assessment and treatment evaluation
- Presents a function-based, diagnostic classification system for diagnosing problem behaviors, as well as functional diagnostic system for assessing the current strength of potential replacement behaviors
- Includes integrated online ancillary materials for students-brief narrated PowerPoint presentations and video lectures-ideal for generating class discussions
- Features an online instructor's manual, including test items and PowerPoint slides for use in lectures
Synopsis
Cipani and Schock present this comprehensive guide for mental health practitioners working with clients with problem-behaviors. Aggression, self-injury, stereotypic behavior, tantrums, and non-compliance are just 5 of the broad spectrum of topics discussed. In this book, the editors demonstrate how functional behavioral analytic treatment (FBAT) is the most effective therapeutic method to treat these problem behaviors.
They emphasize the use of FBAT in special and general education, in institutions serving clients with developmental and mental disabilities, brain trauma, residential facilities for children with behavior and conduct disorders, and in parent and day care facilities with younger children.
This new edition features online resources for both students and instructors, including powerpoint slides, videos, and an instructor's guide.