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- Title
BRIEF REPORT: LATENCY FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ELOPEMENT.
- Authors
Davis, Tonya N.; Durand, Shannon; Bankhead, Jenna; Strickland, Erica; Blenden, Kara; Dacus, Sharon; Hannig, Alyssa Pond; Haupert, Megan; Fuentes, Lisa; Machalicek, Wendy
- Abstract
Elopement is a potentially dangerous problem behavior prevalent among individuals with developmental disabilities. However, functional analysis of elopement presents unique challenges including potential confounds because of the need for participant retrieval during functional analysis sessions. In the current study, we implemented a latency functional analysis with an eight-year-old child with an intellectual disability, in which the dependent measure was latency to elopement. Following the latency functional analysis, a functional communication intervention was developed and its effectiveness in decreasing elopement was evaluated using an ABAB design. Findings suggest that a functional analysis of latency may be a suitable methodology to identify the operant function of elopement. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
FUNCTIONAL assessment; COMMUNICATION education; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; INTER-observer reliability; WANDERING behavior; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2013, Vol 28, Issue 3, p251
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.1363