Determine the scope of behavior analytic services needed to treat socially-significant behavioral excesses and/or deficits. and Differentiate types of assessment procedures that must be conducted to inform behavioral skill acquisition programs.

For this assignment, you will write one initial assessment request. Use the information included in the case study (i.e., mock client scenario) below as the foundation for your initial assessment requests. Using the case study that you select, provide a 1–2-page essay response to each of the required sections below. In addition to the information provided in the case study, use the materials provided in previous units and peer-reviewed, behavior analytic resources to demonstrate that your recommendations in each section are based on relevant research literature and best practice standards.

Required Sections

1. Biopsychosocial History: Write a biopsychosocial history of the client and discuss the implications for behavior analytic services. Include a recommendation for the scope of behavior analytic services likely required for this client. Take care to include all of the information provided in the case study, but you do not need to add any other hypothetical information
2. Prioritization of Target Behaviors: Describe how behaviors targeted for change have been prioritized for assessment. This section should include an actual list prioritizing the target behaviors from the behavior(s) that will be assessed first to the behavior(s) that will be assessed last. Discuss the social validity of the prioritized list of target behaviors. (This section may include hypothetical information that is outside the content provided in the case study. That is, you may write in the past tense and pretend that you have used specific procedures to prioritize the target behaviors and confirm the social validity of the list.)
3. Proposed Assessment Sequence: Propose an assessment sequence for the client. Review safeguards that will be included to ensure that all assessments are conducted in an ethical manner.(Identify what components of a functional behavior assessment will be conducted, when, and why). Discuss how you will consider the dimensions of culturally responsive behavior analytic services within your proposed assessment practices.

Case Study – Ella Vader

• 19-year old girl
• Diagnosed with an intellectual disability in elementary school
• Received special education services throughout school and graduated with a certificate of completion from high school
• Lives in a group home
• Works in a supervised program through Vocational Rehabilitation
• Family is involved and she has visits with them once a week and spends holidays with them
• Has received ABA services in the past
• Family physician states that she is healthy and has no current medical issues
• Is currently prescribed Risperidone
• Is having an increase in behavioral issues on the job:
• Frequently late to work
• Noncompliant with supervisor requests
• Walks away in the middle of work tasks
• Can become verbally aggressive toward supervisor and coworkers
• Personal hygiene issues and showing up for work in dirty clothes, with body odor, and unkempt appearance
• Makes inappropriate overtures to coworkers in an attempt to make friends

Your assignment should be 4-6 pages, not including the title and reference pages, and should include the following elements:

• Title page: Provide your name, title of assignment, course and section number, and date.
• Body: Answer all the questions in complete sentences and paragraphs.
  • Your responses should reflect professional writing standards, using proper tone and language. The writing and writing style should be correct and accurate, and reflect knowledge of skills and practice of the profession.
• Reference page: Sources listed in current APA format.
  • Include a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed, behavior analytic resources from the Purdue Global Library
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced and left aligned.
• Use standard 1″ margins on all sides.

Readings

Functional assessment of problem behavior: Dispelling myths, overcoming implementation obstacles, and developing new lore. Hanley (2012)

Toward a functional analysis of self-injury. Iwata et al. (1994)

Evaluating the boundaries of analytic efficiency and control: A consecutive controlled case series of 26 functional analyses. Jessel et al. (2020)

On the validity of data produced by isolated and synthesized contingencies during the functional analysis of problem behavior. Tiger & Effertz (2021)