Case Formulation and Design of Behavioral Treatment Programs

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 164-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen N. Haynes ◽  
Andrew E. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Behavior Problems ◽  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Mechanisms Of Action ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Case Formulation ◽  
Functional Relations ◽  
Causal Variables

Summary: We review the rationale for behavioral clinical case formulations and emphasize the role of the functional analysis in the design of individualized treatments. Standardized treatments may not be optimally effective for clients who have multiple behavior problems. These problems can affect each other in complex ways and each behavior problem can be influenced by multiple, interacting causal variables. The mechanisms of action of standardized treatments may not always address the most important causal variables for a client's behavior problems. The functional analysis integrates judgments about the client's behavior problems, important causal variables, and functional relations among variables. The functional analysis aids treatment decisions by helping the clinician estimate the relative magnitude of effect of each causal variable on the client's behavior problems, so that the most effective treatments can be selected. The parameters of, and issues associated with, a functional analysis and Functional Analytic Clinical Case Models (FACCM) are illustrated with a clinical case. The task of selecting the best treatment for a client is complicated because treatments differ in their level of specificity and have unequally weighted mechanisms of action. Further, a treatment's mechanism of action is often unknown.

The Social Order Yields to Functional Analysis

1958 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 158-160
Author(s):  
LAWRENCE SCHLESINGER
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Social Order ◽  
The Social

A Functional Analysis of Reinforcement Within a Social System

1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Leve ◽  
Lydia Burdick ◽  
Patricia Fontaine
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Social System

Column functional analysis and causal cognitive assessment

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella Tamburello ◽  
Paolo Scapellato ◽  
Anna Contardi ◽  
Ettore De Monte ◽  
Loredana Rosiello
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Cognitive Assessment

Functional Analysis: An old method with a new purpose

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole R. Dorey ◽  
Monique A. R. Udell ◽  
Clive D. L. Wynne
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis

Utilizing Brief Functional Analysis of Generalization to Evaluate Acquisition Across Multiplication Facts

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara E. House ◽  
Gary J. Duhon ◽  
Sarah Blackburn-Ellis ◽  
Jennifer Ho ◽  
Kara Branz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Multiplication Facts ◽  
Brief Functional Analysis

A functional analysis of spontaneous trait inference in nonconscious affiliation goals

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
SoYon Rim ◽  
Kate E. Min ◽  
James S. Uleman ◽  
Tanya Chartrand
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis
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