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Using multimodal functional behavioral assessment to inform treatment selection for children with either emotional disturbance or social maladjustment
Author(s) -
Miller Jeffrey A.,
Williams Shelagh J.,
McCoy Erika L.B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.20043
Subject(s) - psychology , disturbance (geology) , developmental psychology , emotional and behavioral disorders , functional analysis , clinical psychology , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , reading (process) , political science , gene , law , biology , dyslexia
Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is an assessment procedure used to identify the reasons for children's misbehavior. In this article we provide an overview of one approach to FBA known as multimodal functional behavioral assessment (MFBA) that provides a comprehensive examination of the causes of children's disruptive behavior. The literature for the causes (functions) of behavior identified in MFBA is reviewed as applied to children with the educational classifications of emotional disturbance and social maladjustment. Differences between educational classifications for each function are highlighted with the purpose of informing treatment selection in school settings. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Psychol Schs 41: 867–877, 2004.