Building a Foundation for Effective and Ethical Treatment of Interfering Behavior – Group

In this presentation, Hillary Laney and Timothy Yeager will describe the literature supporting the recommended use of a functional analysis in practice for the treatment of interfering behavior. They will describe a framework for making evidence based decisions and apply that to the ethical decisions we should make surrounding functional analysis and subsequent treatment of interfering behavior.

Learning Objectives:

• Clinicians will understand an evidence-based decision making framework
• Clinicians will familiarize themselves with literature supporting the use of practical functional assessment
• Clinicians will understand the limitations of functional behavioral assessments and how they inform treatment decisions
• Clinicians will understand the ethical implications surrounding decision making with a functional analysis in practice