Functional Analysis of Communicative Behaviors

Author:

Brady Nancy C.1,Halle James W.2

Affiliation:

1. Nancy C. Brady, PhD, is an assistant research professor at the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas, where she is an investigator on a program project grant studying communication in persons with mental retardation. She has authored and coauthored many articles on communication development in people with severe disabilities. Address: Nancy C. Brady, University of Kansas Parsons Research Center, 2601 Gabriel, PO Box 738, Parsons, KS 67357.

2. James W. Halle, PhD, is professor of special education at the University of Illinois, Urbana—Champaign. He has written numerous articles and chapters about communication by people with severe disabilities. He is past editor of the Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps and is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Abstract

Functional analysis is a methodology that has been used to assess the functions of aberrant or disruptive behaviors. The current article discusses how functional analysis may be useful for determining the functions of all communicative behaviors, whether they are aberrant or not. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the implementation of the three components of functional analysis: interviews, direct observation, and analog probes. Information from each of these three assessment sources contributes to the development of intervention plans addressing the unique communication needs of individuals with severe disabilities.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Cognitive Neuroscience,Clinical Neurology,Neurology,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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