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ERIC Number: EJ1083434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Dec
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
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A Survey of Functional Behavior Assessment Methods Used by Behavior Analysts in Practice
Oliver, Anthony C.; Pratt, Leigh A.; Normand, Matthew P.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v48 n4 p817-829 Dec 2015
To gather information about the functional behavior assessment (FBA) methods behavior analysts use in practice, we sent a web-based survey to 12,431 behavior analysts certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. Ultimately, 724 surveys were returned, with the results suggesting that most respondents regularly use FBA methods, especially descriptive assessments. Moreover, the data suggest that the majority of students are being formally taught about the various FBA methods and that educators are emphasizing the range of FBA methods in their teaching. However, less than half of the respondents reported using functional analyses in practice, although many considered descriptive assessments and functional analyses to be the most useful FBA methods. Most respondents reported using informant and descriptive assessments more frequently than functional analyses, and a majority of respondents indicated that they "never" or "almost never" used functional analyses to identify the function of behavior.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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