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Outcome summaries of latency‐based functional analyses conducted in hospital inpatient units |
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| Authors: | Joseph M. Lambert John E. Staubitz Jessica Torelli Roane Nealetta J. Houchins‐Juárez A. Pablo Juárez Kevin B. Sanders Zachary E. Warren |
| Affiliation: | 1. Vanderbilt University;2. Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| Abstract: | Latency‐based functional analysis (FA) may be a viable alternative to the standard, rate‐based, FA when frequently evoking problem behavior is not advisable. We conducted 18 latency‐based FAs of the problem behavior of children diagnosed with autism in inpatient hospital settings and identified functional relations during 44.4% (8 of 18) of latency‐based FAs. Implications for conducting FAs of severe problem behavior are discussed. |
| Keywords: | autism functional analysis hospital latency |