Haynes / O'Brien / Kaholokula Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-09977-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, E-Book

Comprehensive, scientifically based coverage on conductingbehavioral assessments, analyzing results, and forming clinicalrecommendations
Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation thoroughlyoutlines the underlying principles of the behavioral assessmentprocess. This book clearly explains how the principles and methodsof behavioral assessment central to the formulation of functionalanalysis are also helpful in guiding strategies for determininginterventions and measuring the processes and outcomes.
This comprehensive resource offers up-to-date answers torelevant questions of the clinical assessment process,including:
* What is the best assessment strategy to use with a particularclient?
* Which assessment methods will best capture a client's uniquestrengths,limitations, behavior problems, and interventiongoals?
* How can data from multiple sources be integrated in order toyield a valid and clinically useful case formulation?
* Which procedures should be enacted in order to insure a positiveclinician-client relationship?
* How should intervention processes and outcomes be measured andmonitored?
Filled with case studies, Behavioral Assessment and CaseFormulation provides guidelines for the application ofbehavioral assessment strategies and methods that can strengthenthe validity and utility of clinical judgments, as well as improvethe delivery of care.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haynes, Stephen N.

O'Brien, William

Kaholokula, Joseph

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Introduction to Behavioral Assessment and CaseFormulation 1
Chapter 2 Introduction to the Functional Analysis as a Paradigmfor Behavioral Case Formulation 35
Chapter 3 Illustrating the Functional Analysis With FunctionalAnalytic Clinical Case Diagrams 63
Chapter 4 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis I: The Complex Nature ofBehavior Problems 85
Chapter 5 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis II: The Complex Nature ofCausal Variables and Causal Relations 121
Chapter 6 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis III: Characteristics ofCausal Variables and Causal Relations in the Functional Analysis149
Chapter 7 Principles of Behavioral Assessment 185
Chapter 8 Self-Report Methods in Behavioral Assessment 213
Chapter 9 Direct Methods in Behavioral Assessment 245
Chapter 10 Identifying Causal Relations in Behavioral Assessment287
Chapter 11 Twenty-Two Steps in Preintervention BehavioralAssessment and the Development of a Functional Analysis 307
References 347
Author Index 381
Subject Index 389

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen N. Haynes, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of Hawai'i at Ma¿noa in Honolulu.
William H. O'Brien, PhD, is Professor of Psychology atBowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Joseph Keawe'Aimoku Kaholokula, PhD, is AssociateProfessor and Department Chair of Research and Evaluation in theDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health in the John A. Burns School ofMedicine at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in Honolulu.