Functional Behavior Assessment for a Person With Intellectual Disability
****** I need you to use the following book: Conducting School-Based Functional Behavioral Assessments: A Practitioner's Guide *************
As you have learned in Unit 2, there is legislation that protects individuals with disabilities and a major part of this protection involves the use of Functional Behavior Assessment, particularly in the school setting. You have also learned that the approach taken to development of behavior intervention was not always function-based.
For this discussion, create a scenario in which you have a client who is exhibiting a target behavior in either a school or work setting. Describe the legislation that applies to your client along with an explanation of your understanding of this legislation and how you can ensure that it is being upheld.
Discuss in detail why the choice of a Functional Behavioral Assessment approach that utilizes principles of Behavior Analysis should be considered superior to previous iterations of assessment for problem behaviors. In your discussion, be sure to include references to at least two of the following "old school" methods of behavior assessment: the diagnostic model, topography based, case based, or team preference-based approaches
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Scenario
A client with an intellectual disability exhibits aggression at the workplace when it gets too noisy. The function of his aggression is to remove the noise. This client requires reasonable accommodation (noise canceling devices) to help him block the noises at work so that he can focus, which prevents his aggression. The legislation that applies to this client is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This legislation will ensure the client, who is qualified to work at his workplace, is not discriminated against due to his disabilities and resulting target behavior. It will also ensure that his employer provides him with reasonable accommodations (US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), n.d.). I would ensure this law is upheld by advocating for my clients and teaching them how to self-advocate when he feels he is being discriminated against.
Superiority of Functional Behavioral Assessment
A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) approach that utilizes th...