For Elementary and Secondary General Education and Special Education Teachers

Functional Analysis Assessment: A Practical Manual

by Paul Beare

This book will help the special education teacher, school psychologist, or the special education teacher to:

• Carry out a functional analysis of behavior as required in the 1998 reauthorization of IDEA.
• Identify the antecedents and consequences of behaviors which disrupt classrooms and programs of learning.
• Identify instructional and classroom variables which are conducive to appropriate behavior and learning or which are disrupting a classroom setting.
• Systematically use diagnostic teaching to identify effective instructional techniques.
• Conduct an effective interview leading to improved educational diagnosis.
• Interpreting behavior change and behavioral data.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Analyzing Behavior Problems
3. Measuring Behavior
4. Interpreting Data
5. Functional Assessment Interview
6. Observations of Behavior
7. Functional Analysis-Manipulation of Environment
8. Program/Intervention Planning
9. References
10. Appendix: Reproduceable Forms for Inteviews, Observation, and Instructional Variable Analysis