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This chapter discusses approaches to functional behavioral assessment (FBA) within applied settings. The chapter begins with an overview of the FBA process as best practice in the assessment and treatment of challenging behavior. The next section provides a review of FBA methods with a focus on indirect and descriptive assessments. Within this section, common FBA procedures are reviewed, considerations in the selection of FBA methods are discussed, and a summary of relevant literature is provided. The chapter ends with practice guidelines for practitioners and future areas of study for researchers.

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    Jill M. Harper, Juliya Krasnopolsky, Melissa C. Theodore, Christen E. Russell & Eris J. Dodds

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Harper, J.M., Krasnopolsky, J., Theodore, M.C., Russell, C.E., Dodds, E.J. (2021). Functional Behavior Assessment. In: Luiselli, J.K. (eds) Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment of Violence and Aggression in Persons with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities . Advances in Preventing and Treating Violence and Aggression . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68549-2_2

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