Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior!: FBA-based Interventions for People with Autism

by Beth A. Glasberg

Once you've determined the purpose of a child's or student's seemingly senseless behavior by doing a functional behavior assessment (FBA), the next step is to work on changing or modifying the behavior. Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior! follows-up on Dr. Glasberg's previous book, Functional Behavior Assessment for People with Autism, with a guide to developing an effective behavior intervention plan to stop undesirable behaviors such as hitting, screaming, or repetitive questioning. Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior! outlines an educational approach for parents, teachers, adult service providers, and aides that not only quickly reduces the problem behavior but also teaches the individual with autism new skills to get his needs met. It Review of what an FBA isHow behavior is learned and unlearnedPreventing challenging behaviorReplacement behaviorsReinforcement techniques Pros & cons of reinforcement vs. punishmentInterventions tailored to the function of the problem behaviorCollecting and graphing dataWriting behavior intervention plansTroubleshootingPositive Behavior SupportsFull of case studies and "Keep it Simple" tips, plus forms, figures, and graphs, Stop That Seemingly Senseless Behavior! offers families and professionals proven strategies to change a person's challenging behavior, helping him to have a more productive and inclusive future.

Genres: Nonfiction, Autistic Spectrum Disorder

152 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 21, 2008