Article

Assessing the utility of a demand assessment for functional analysis.

New England Center for Children, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (impact factor: 1.19). 01/2009; 42(4):819-25. DOI:10.1901/jaba.2009.42-819 pp.819-25
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ABSTRACT We evaluated the utility of an assessment for identifying tasks for the functional analysis demand condition with 4 individuals who had been diagnosed with autism. During the demand assessment, a therapist presented a variety of tasks, and observers measured problem behavior and compliance to identify demands associated with low levels of compliance or high levels of problem behavior (low-probability demands) and demands associated with high levels of compliance or low levels of problem behavior (high-probability demands). Results showed that clearer functional analysis outcomes were obtained for 3 of the 4 participants when low-probability rather than high-probability demands were used.

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