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| Expanding Behavioral Assessment and Treatment in Autism and Developmental Disabilities |
| Saturday, May 29, 2004 |
| 4:00 PM–5:20 PM |
| Back Bay A |
| Area: AUT/DDA; Domain: Applied Research |
| Chair: June Groden (The Groden Center) |
| GRACE BARON (Wheaton College) |
| MATTHEW S. GOODWIN (The Groden Center) |
| COOPER R. WOODARD (The Groden Center) |
| CORI SHANOWER (The Groden Center) |
| Abstract: Panelists will describe innovative behavioral evaluation procedures in use at the Groden Center that link behavioral assessment to individualized 'whole child' treatment services for children with autism and developmental disabilities. A 6-wk multidisciplinary assessment (including education, communication, psychiatry, OT/PT colleagues) provides a full picture of a child's behavioral needs and strengths, and prescribes intervention and educational strategies to maximize the child's functioning. The panel will present research and practice on a foundational functional analysis that includes: 1) an assessment of the role of stress as antecedent and consequence to problem behavior, 2) the integration of physiological data into a functional behavioral assessment, 3) a consideration of the role in a child's behavioral repertoire of private events such as thinking, feeling, and imaging, and 4) a focus on teaching the child to make self-controlling responses.
This panel invites a conversation about key topics in behavioral assessment, including strategies for assessing both challenging and adaptive behavior that can enrich the basic ABA assessment procedures and provide a basis for prescriptive 'whole child' behavioral, educational, and clinical programs. |
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