Introduction to Behavioral Assessment

OVERVIEW OF THE BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3 OVERVIEW AND DEFINITION OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 6 APPLICABILITY, UTILITY, AND GOALS OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 7 OVERLAP OF BEHAVIORAL WITH NONBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT PARADIGMS 8 ETHICS AND PRACTICE STANDARDS OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 9 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, AND PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE 9 TENETS OF THE BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT PARADIGM 10 Functional Relations Between Behavior and the Environment 11 The Dynamic Nature of Behavior Problems, Causal Variables, and Functional Relations 12 Idiographic Nature of Behavior Problems and Causal Variables 13 Behavioral Assessment and Psychological Paradigms 13 FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT 13 NOTE 16 REFERENCES 16