Increasing the On-Task Homework Behavior of Youth With Behavior Disorders Using Functional Behavioral Assessment Export

@article{citeulike:5785223, abstract = {Research has shown a positive correlation between time spent on homework and learning. However, students often engage in off-task behaviors to escape the demands of homework. Youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) are especially likely to engage in off-task behaviors. Effective interventions to increase on-task behavior during homework are needed to increase students' academic success. Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures may be helpful for intervention planning; however, there has been limited research on use of FBA with youth with EBD experiencing poor academic performance or task completion problems. In the current study, FBA methods were used to identify the contingencies maintaining the off-task behavior of four youth with behavior problems. Effects of interventions based on functional hypotheses were compared to the effects of interventions not linked to such hypotheses. Discussion focuses on utility of FBA procedures for developing and implementing effective interventions for youth with EBD. 10.1177/0145445508318846}, author = {Hawkins, Renee O. and Axelrod, Michael I.}, citeulike-article-id = {5785223}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445508318846}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bmo.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/32/6/840}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18490267}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18490267}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0145445508318846}, journal = {Behav Modif}, keywords = {behavior, case-reports, disorder, functional-analysis, therapy}, month = {November}, number = {6}, pages = {840--859}, posted-at = {2009-09-15 07:43:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Increasing the On-Task Homework Behavior of Youth With Behavior Disorders Using Functional Behavioral Assessment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445508318846}, volume = {32}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5785223 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5785223 N2 - Research has shown a positive correlation between time spent on homework and learning. However, students often engage in off-task behaviors to escape the demands of homework. Youth with emotional or behavioral disorders (EBD) are especially likely to engage in off-task behaviors. Effective interventions to increase on-task behavior during homework are needed to increase students' academic success. Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures may be helpful for intervention planning; however, there has been limited research on use of FBA with youth with EBD experiencing poor academic performance or task completion problems. In the current study, FBA methods were used to identify the contingencies maintaining the off-task behavior of four youth with behavior problems. Effects of interventions based on functional hypotheses were compared to the effects of interventions not linked to such hypotheses. Discussion focuses on utility of FBA procedures for developing and implementing effective interventions for youth with EBD. 10.1177/0145445508318846 IS - 6 JF - Behav Modif EP - 859 TI - Increasing the On-Task Homework Behavior of Youth With Behavior Disorders Using Functional Behavioral Assessment VL - 32 SP - 840 KW - behavior KW - case-reports KW - disorder KW - functional-analysis KW - therapy AU - Hawkins, Renee AU - Axelrod, Michael PY - 2008/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0145445508318846 ER -