Functional analysis and behavioral assessment of children and adolescents.

Paniagua, Freddy A. In Vance, H. Booney (Ed); Pumariega, Andres (Ed), (2001).

Clinical assessment of child and adolescent behavior. , (pp. 32-85). Hoboken, NJ, US:
John Wiley & Sons Inc, xvi, 557 pp.

Abstract

1. Provides a summary of scientific behaviors of 2 groups of practitioners who share

many of the assumptions of the paradigms of applied behavior analysis and
behavior therapy. Dr. Paniagua makes the effort to answer the questions: "Why
do children and adolescents develop mental disorders?", "Which measurement
strategies are available to assess these disorders?" and "Which experimental
approach should be used to evaluate the effects of treatment in the management
of these disorders?" These groups are known as behavior analysts and behavior
therapists depending on whether the group emphasizes only environmental
variables in the explanation and measurement of behavior (the behavior
analysis) or emphasizes both environmental and organismic variables (the
behavior therapists). Next, the process of behavioral assessment in diagnosis
and treatment, with emphasis on child and adolescent disorders is discussed.
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