Date Available
4-17-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling
Advisor
Dr. Sally Shepley
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to compare traditional functional analysis procedures (isolated contingencies) to functional analysis procedures which are modified to include nuanced environmental variables (synthesized contingencies) for children in an outpatient setting in order to determine sensitivity to the isolated or synthesized contingencies. A multi-element design embedded into a multi-treatment design was used to evaluate differentiated rates of challenging behavior across the two analyses for three children exhibiting challenging behaviors. The results supported the utility of the traditional functional analysis (FA) procedures when compared to that of the interview informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA) for one of three participants.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.080
Recommended Citation
Graley, Devin N., "FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES: A COMPARISON OF ISOLATED AND SYNTHESIZED CONTINGENCIES" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education. 75.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsrc_etds/75
