BRIEF REPORT: LATENCY FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF ELOPEMENT |
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| Authors: | Tonya N. Davis Shannon Durand Jenna Bankhead Erica Strickland Kara Blenden Sharon Dacus Alyssa Pond Hannig Megan Haupert Lisa Fuentes Wendy Machalicek |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Baylor University, , Waco, TX, USA;2. University of Oregon, , Eugene, OR, USA |
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| Abstract: | Elopement is a potentially dangerous problem behavior prevalent among individuals with developmental disabilities. However, functional analysis of elopement presents unique challenges including potential confounds because of the need for participant retrieval during functional analysis sessions. In the current study, we implemented a latency functional analysis with an eight‐year‐old child with an intellectual disability, in which the dependent measure was latency to elopement. Following the latency functional analysis, a functional communication intervention was developed and its effectiveness in decreasing elopement was evaluated using an ABAB design. Findings suggest that a functional analysis of latency may be a suitable methodology to identify the operant function of elopement. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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