Communication-based intervention for problem behavior : a user's guide for producing positive change / by Edward G. Carr ... [et al.] ; [forewords by James W. Halle and David P. Wacker].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-232) and index.

Part 1: Background, crisis management, and functional assessment -- 1. Preliminary considerations --2. Crisis management -- 3. The purposeful nature of problem behaviour: conceptual and empirical background -- 4. Functional assessment: describe -- 5. Functional assessment: categorize --6. Functional assessment: verify. Part 2: The core interventions --7. Building rapport -- 8. Choosing communication forms -- 9. Ceating an appropriate context for communication. Part 3: Additional procedures and programming for generalization and maintenance -- 10. Building tolerence for delays of reinforcement -- 11. Embedding -- 12. Providing choices -- 13. Generalization -- 14. Maintenance.

Understanding why individuals engage in problem behavior is the first step toward developing effective interventions--and this guide will help you do both. First there is a primer on understanding challenging behaviors and learn how to conduct your own functional assessments to reveal what\'s behind an individual\'s actions. Then there are extensively field-tested strategies, including adaptable guidelines on - building rapport - providing opportunities for individuals to make their own choices - selecting and teaching forms of communication - establishing crisis management tactics Throughout, there are checklists of things to do, case stories with transcripts of interactions, and helpful commentary on what worked in the examples and why.