THE IMPLICATION SYUDY OF FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF A SEVENTH GRADER WITH SEVERE CHALLENGING BEHAVIORS IN THE REGULAR CLASSROOM

• Main Authors: Huang Yu-huei, 黃裕惠
• Other Authors: Hung Li-yu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 1999
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96376481091922179675

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 特殊教育研究所 === 87 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of functional assessment of a 7th-graded student with severe challenging behaviors. SD, the first year in a junior high school in Taipei County. He was found to have normal intelligence, but to display challenging behaviors with high frequencies over 6 months. His behavioral problem resulted in peer rejection and teacher neglect. Although many efforts through corporal punishment, reprimands, individual counselling, and teacher neglect, to reduce his severe behavoirs, but his problem remained the same and even became worse. The most worst situation was he refused to showed up counselling sessions. With the recent emphasis on including students with disabilities in general education settings, a single case study was to investigate the implication of functional assessment to SD’s behavior problems. The results of functional analysis indicate SD’s defiant behaviors are to avoid difficult demands or seek help he needs to accomplish demands. Based on this results, the subsequent behavior support intervention, including the classroom intervention program, the peer tutor program, and the behavioral counsultation, was implemented for his behaviors. The function assessment was effective in identifying the function of the defiant behavior, function analysis results were feasilible to the following behavior support intervention which was effective to reduce SD’s defiant behavior and increase his appropriate behaviors. The positive results were maintained throught 4 months after the beahvior support intervention was terminated, and SD’s overall behavior performance satisfied his school teachers. Implicatoins for practice and further research are recommended on the basis of the finding of this study.