Kennedy Krieger Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 707 N. Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Res Dev Disabil. 2010 May-Jun;31(3):804-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2010.02.005. Epub 2010 Mar 7.
Analog functional analyses (FAs) are commonly used to assess factors that maintain problem behavior of individuals with intellectual disabilities. These analyses are usually conducted by trained staff in clinic settings. However, recent research suggests that FAs conducted by unfamiliar individuals, such as hospital or clinic staff, may result in inaccurate or at least different outcomes. This finding, though, has not been sufficiently examined with young children (i.e., under 5 years of age), where therapist familiarity likely has more influence. The current study compared the outcomes of FAs conducted by unfamiliar staff with FAs conducted by parents for five children ages 2-5 years. Results demonstrate that FAs conducted by unfamiliar therapists may result in a number of differing outcomes, including no responding from the child, failure to identify a particular behavioral function, and decreased rates of responding.
类比功能分析（FA）常用于评估维持智障个体问题行为的因素。这些分析通常由训练有素的工作人员在临床环境中进行。然而，最近的研究表明，由不熟悉的人（如医院或诊所工作人员）进行的 FA 可能会导致不准确或至少不同的结果。然而，这一发现尚未在幼儿（即，5 岁以下）中得到充分检验，在幼儿中，治疗师的熟悉程度可能会有更大的影响。本研究比较了不熟悉的工作人员进行的 FA 与父母为 2-5 岁的五名儿童进行的 FA 的结果。结果表明，由不熟悉的治疗师进行的 FA 可能会导致许多不同的结果，包括儿童无反应、未能识别特定行为功能以及反应率降低。
