Date of Award:
12-2018
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Department name when degree awarded
Education
Committee Chair(s)
Thomas Higbee
Committee
Thomas Higbee
Committee
Tyra Sellers
Committee
Kimberly Snow
Abstract
This study investigated a process for identifying the reasons why a person with an intellectual disability has problem behaviors. This process is called a trial-based functional analysis (TBFA). The researchers wanted to know if a person who was not an expert behavior analyst could be trained to perform the TBFA and if the results obtained from the TBFA could be used to create a program to reduce the problem behavior of a person with an intellectual disability living in a community-based group home for persons with disabilities. The results of this study show that a person who is not an expert behavior analyst can be trained to perform a TBFA and that the results obtained from the TBFA were useful in creating a program to reduce the problem behavior of an adult male person living in a rural area in Utah.
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Recommended Citation
Millington, Devon S., "Training Non-Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Behavior Specialists to Conduct Trial-Based Functional Analyses in Residential Settings" (2018). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 7404.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7404
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