Functional Analysis: A Practitioners Guide to Implementation and Training

Functional Analysis: A Practitioner’s Guide to Implementation and Training provides practitioners with the most updated information about applying the wide span of current functional analysis (FA) methodologies geared specifically to applied service settings. The book serves as a self-instructional implementation to a broad-base of trainees and care-providers within schools, clinics, centers and human services organizations.

Adopting a Behavioral Skills Training and competency-based training outcomes approach, the learning materials and activities featured in the book include suggested slideshow presentations, role-play exercises, pre- and post-training quizzes, natural setting evaluation methods, data recording forms, instructional scripts and reproducible handouts.

Covers an historical overview and the ethical considerations of functional analysisExamines FA methodology, measurement methods and experimental designsTeaches how to independently design, conduct and interpret FAsExplains how to formulate FA-informed intervention plansPresents an agile curriculum that can be customized for different providers

1. Introduction to Functional Analysis

2. Conducting Standard Functional Analysis Sessions

3. Conducting Functional Analysis Sessions with Children and Adults

4. Extending Standard Functional Analysis Conditions

5. Measurement, Experimental Design, Methodology

6. Graphing, Graph Interpretation, Managing Undifferentiated Data

7. Supervision and Mentoring