Assessment of Behavior

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Assessment of Behavior

• Chapter Eleven

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

• The purpose of a behavioral assessment
• Observational techniques
• Recording behaviors
• Interviews
• A students behavior during testing
• Psychological tests

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

• Projective drawing tests
• Appreciation tests
• Sentence completion tests
• Adaptive behavior
• Functional behavior assessment
• Behavioral intervention plans

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ASSESSING PROBLEM BEHAVIOR
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• OBSERVATION

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TARGET BEHAVIORS

• The four most common types of recording
• done when doing an observation are
• Anecdotal Latency recordings
• Event recording Duration recordings

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INTERVIEWS

• Structured Interview
• Unstructured Interview

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Understanding a Students Behavior During
Assessment
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Assessing Emotional Social Development
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• Psychological Tests
• Projective Tests

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Projective Drawing Tests

• Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test (GHDT)
• Draw-A-Person Screening Procedure for Emotional
  Disturbance (DAPSPED)

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Apperception Tests

• Childrens Apperception Test (CAT)
• Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

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Sentence Completion Tests

• Politte Sentence Completion Test (PSCT)

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Rating Scales

• Conners Parent and Teacher Rating Scales
  (CPRS/CTRS)
• Attention Deficit Disorders Evaluation Scale-
  Revised (ADDES)

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Adaptive Behavior Assessments

• AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale- Residential and
  Community-2 (ABS-RC2)
• AAMR Adaptive Behavior Scale- School (ABS-S2)
• The Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale- Revised
  (ABES-R)
• Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale (VABS)
• Developmental Assessment for the Severely
  Handicapped- Second Edition (DASH-2)

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Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavioral
Intervention Plans
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Requirements of the IDEA

• Evaluation
• IEP Team (Eligibility Committee)
• IEP Contents and Considerations
• Discipline
• Writing Functional Behavioral Assessments and
  Intervention Plans
• Role of the Eligibility Committee in the FBA
• Behavioral Intervention Plans

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

• The purpose of a behavioral assessment
• Observational techniques
• Recording behaviors
• Interviews
• A students behavior during testing
• Psychological tests

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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
UNDERSTAND

• Projective drawing tests
• Appreciation tests
• Sentence completion tests
• Adaptive behavior
• Functional behavior assessment
• Behavioral intervention plans

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THE END