Functions of Behavior Analysis

Functions of Behavior Analysis

1. Indirect Methods (second hand)

   • What we do
     • Active listening Posture
     • eye contact
     • remember your face
     • nonverbal encouragments
     • take notes
   • what we say
     • Encouragements
     • quality of verbal statements
   • What we observe
     • Kind of information
       • motor movements
         • eye contact
         • Facial expressions
         • fidgeting
       • Circumstances
         • Who, what, when, where, outcome of behavior
       • Verbal Behavior
         • content and paralanguage
     • Identify content/substance
     • identify client's feelings
     • what are they saying and how are they saying it.

2. Direct Methods (First Hand) - the systematic observation of behavior in the natural environment.

   • Observation with no manipulations
   • Observation with slight manipulation
   • Two Steps
     • Oserv circumstance around behavior
       • who was present?
       • what set up occasion
       • when and where
       • wha are others saying/doing
     • outcomes of behavior
       • consequences
       • any physical environmental change
       • what maintains behavior
       • how do other's respond to behavior

3. ABC's of Behavior Analysis

   • Antecedent - getting info right before behavior occurd
     • Observing
     • child
     • environment
     • Adults
     • interaction effects
   • Behavior
     • clear operational deffenition
     • scoring multiple behaviors simultainiously
     • deciding number of behaviors
     • level of intensity
     • replicability
     • grandmother test
   • Consequences
     • what occured immedietly after behavior?
     • feedback
     • given access to prefered items
     • consistent response to behavior?
     • Observe
     • Date, time, environment