Behavioral Classification System for Problem Behaviors in Schools: A Diagnostic Manual
About this ebook
This manual presents a unique pioneering classification system, written by the author of a bestselling textbook on functional behavioral assessment, for school psychologists and other personnel who conduct FBAs for problem behaviors. It renovates the idiosyncratic terminology currently used by school psychologists with a standard classification system for selecting a hypothesis about the function of problem behavior for FBAs.
The manual presents a uniform set of functions derived from environment-behavior relations. This includes 13 possible functions within four major categories. For each function, there is a general description, explanation, and illustrative examples of the category. Also included are practice case illustrations to facilitate understanding of how to diagnose the function and its category.
- Key Features:
- Introduces a behavioral classification system for diagnosing the function of problem behaviors
- Provides consistency for selecting a hypothesis about the function of problem behavior for FBAs
- Provides general description, explanation, and examples for each category and subcategory
- An appendix include examples of convergent and divergent validity test procedures for specific functions, with hypothetical data.
- Sample material that can be copied and used with permission for FBA reports and IEPs are provided for the various diagnostic categories.
About the author
Ennio Cipani, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in California since 1983. He has been doing in-home and in-school behavioral consultation for children with problem behaviors for four decades. Dr. Cipani has published numerous articles, chapters, books, and software in the areas of child behavior management and parent and teacher behavioral consultation.
Alessandra Cipani, MA, is currently a fourth-year school psychology doctoral student in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Riverside, where she received her MA in education with an emphasis on school psychology.
