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Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
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Decisions Regarding Functions of Behavior

Scientific Versus Informal Analyses

Carie J. Calloway

Carie J. Calloway, MS, is a graduate student in the combined Autism/Early Childhood Program in the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas. She also serves as a consultant to a statewide program that provides support services to students with autism and their families. Address: Carie J. Calloway, Department of Special Education, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160–7735.

Richard L. Simpson

Richard L. Simpson, EdD, is a professor of special education and school psychology at the University of Kansas. He is the author of numerous books and articles on autism, as well as the senior editor of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.

This study examines the role of functional analysis as the basis for development of management programs for preschool children with disabilities. Behavior management programs based on scientific analyses of the functions of behavior were designed for three children with developmental disabilities. Staff associated with the children who were uninvolved with the functional analysis were asked to informally identify the functions of behavior for each of the participants' respective target responses. Results of comparisons of scientific and informal functions of behavior are presented, along with a discussion and recommendations for functional analysis decision making and practices.

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 13, No. 3, 167-175 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/108835769801300305
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