Mueller, M. M., Sterling-Turner, H. E., & Scattone, D. (2001).
Functional assessment of hand flapping in a general education classroom.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
34, 233-236.
A functional assessment of hand flapping exhibited by a
5-year-old boy was conducted in a general education classroom.
After a descriptive analysis ruled out several potential
variables maintaining hand flapping, an experimental analysis was
used to test the hypothesis that teacher-delivered task demands
were functionally related to hand flapping. Results of the
experimental analysis were used to develop a simple intervention
for hand flapping.
DESCRIPTORS: _classroom-based functional assessment, curricular
modifications, functional analysis, hand flapping