Answer the questions below using your own words. There is no specific required length for each answer; however, make sure you answer each part of every question. Please make sure to paraphrase your responses as much as possible, as you may have to resubmit the assignment if your submission has a high similarity score through TurnItIn. For more information about ABA formatting, please visit:
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For each answer, you must:
1) provide correct information and
2) cite one or more of the articles from the list of readings for this week as a reference for your answer, with page number(s) of where you found the information, using APA formatting. For example, if you found your answer on pages 271-272 in Iwata, DeLeon, and Roscoe’s 2013 article, the in-text citation would look like this: (Iwata, DeLeon, & Roscoe, 2013, pp. 271-272)
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Readings for this week:
1) Durand and Crimmins (1988)
2) Lewis, Scott, and Sugai (1994)
3) Paclawskyj et al. (2000)
4) Iwata, DeLeon, and Roscoe (2013)
5) Saini, Ubdegrove, Biran, and Duncan (2020)
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Q1. Why are these methods of behavioral assessment called “indirect?”
Q2. What are some issues that have been previously identified with indirect methods of assessment?
Q3. How do the outcomes of the FAST compare to results of FAs? Why is this important to look at – what are the implications of these results?
Q4. What steps were taken to develop the Problem Behavior Questionnaire (PBQ)?
Q5. What maintaining consequence did Durand and Crimmins (1988) test for that was not included within the Iwata and colleagues (1994) study?
Q6. How would you compare and contrast the FAST, MAS, PBQ, and QABF? Think about which maintaining consequences are assessed for with each method, what was found regarding the reliability of the results, which settings/populations the assessments may be appropriate for, etc.
Q7. What was the purpose of the Saini, Ubdegrove, Biran, and Duncan (2020) study?
Q8. What did Saini et al. (2020) find regarding the interrater reliability of Hanley’s (2012) open-ended functional assessment interview?
Q9. What did Saini et al. (2020) find regarding the comparison between the results of the open-ended interviews and the functional analyses? Why is this important to look at – what are the implications of these results?
Q10. In your opinion, if there are many identified issues with indirect assessments, why are they commonly used?