This comprehensive manual provides school-based mental health professionals with a user-friendly resource for conducting effective functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and for creating appropriate behavior intervention plans.
Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention in Schools uses case examples to illustrate the FBA process and offer guidelines on using FBAs for a variety of problems, from academic to behavioral, from mild to severe. They suggest interventions that match common school-based problems and stress that an FBA should be considered whenever negative behavior is impeding a student’s learning or the learning of others.
An accompanying CD provides reproducible assessment forms, student handouts, checklists, and evaluation measures.
Book Reviews
“School counselors should include this book in their reference library. It is without a doubt a valuable tool to supplement work done collaboratively with other support staff. Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention in Schools enhances the idea of a supportive learning environment and assisting students in understanding behavior and consequences as well as making different choices to achieve success.
—Debra Hardy, New York State School Counselor’s Association Newsletter
“All three authors are qualified both academically and professionally to deal with the topic of FBAs and school interventions. The book is well written and takes the reader through an organized process of problem identification, problem analysis, assessment, intervention plan development, and intervention plan evaluation.”
—Cynthia Crosser, Education Book Reviews
“Two psychology professors and an education professor outline the stages in the functional behavioral assessment process for determining how a student’s behavior is influenced and supported by conditions in the environment. The later chapters present example interventions and worksheets for promoting skill development, and motivating positive behavior among both individual students and groups of students.”
—Reference and Research Book News
“Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention in Schools is thorough and includes chapters on influences on behavior; problem identification; problem investigation and analysis; assessment, monitoring, and evaluation strategies; intervention plan development and implementation; intervention plan evaluation; interventions to promote skill development; group interventions; and individual interventions. Case studies provide context for the strategies given. The worksheets are useful, and to help the FBA team better individualize their assessment, the authors provide alternate forms for many of the worksheets.”
—Ellen Davila, Communiqué, National Association of School Psychologists
