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Discovering the causes of behaviour: A workshop on functional assessment
Citation
Rose, D. (2000, November/December). Discovering the causes of behaviour: A workshop on functional assessment [Paper presentation]. MINDS Millenium Symposium on Intellectual Disability, Singapore.
Author
Rose, Dennis
Abstract
Functional assessment is a process of understanding the factors that influence, or cause, a person's problem behaviours. The purpose of functional assessment is to gain information that will improve the effectiveness of interventions to change problem behaviour. It is not like providing a medical diagnosis where there is often a simple match between a problem and a clinical intervention. Functional assessment is a process to redesign environments so that people with problem behaviours are able to meet their needs and wants by using appropriate behaviour.
Workshop participants will first be introduced to a general framework for understanding behaviour. They will then learn how to gather information using informants, direct observation methods and functional analysis. Finally they will learn to generate explanations for behaviour and begin to plan ways to change it.
Date Issued
November 2000
Description
This paper was presented at the MINDS Millenium Symposium on Intellectual Disability held in Singapore from 28 Nov to 2 Dec 2000