Trial-based functional analysis and functional communication training in an early childhood setting.
Problem behavior is common in early childhood special education classrooms. Functional communication training (FCT; Carr & Durand, 1985) may reduce problem behavior but requires identification of its function. The trial-based functional analysis (FA) is a method that can be used to identify problem behavior function in schools. We conducted trial-based FAs and FCT with 3 children in an early childhood special education setting. All trial-based FAs resulted in identification of behavioral functions, and subsequent FCT led to reductions in problem behavior and increases in communication.
Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
Joseph M
JM
Lambert
Sarah E
SE
Bloom
Jennifer
J
Irvin
D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results