Desrochers M N, Hile M G, Williams-Moseley T L
Psychology Department, College of Charleston, SC 29424-0001, USA.
Am J Ment Retard. 1997 Mar;101(5):535-46.
A survey was conducted to catalog the assessments used by practitioners to evaluate the problem behaviors displayed by clients with mental retardation. Questionnaires were mailed to 300 members of the Psychology Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation. Most practitioners rated functional assessment procedures as extremely or very useful. Indirect and descriptive assessments were considered more useful than experimental manipulation. Findings were discussed with emphasis on the difficulties in conducting functional assessments. These results may be useful for practitioners who are designing behavior training programs and directing further research to improve functional assessment strategies.
开展了一项调查，以编目从业者用于评估智力迟钝客户所表现出的问题行为的评估方法。问卷被邮寄给美国智力迟钝协会心理学分会的300名成员。大多数从业者将功能评估程序评为极其有用或非常有用。间接评估和描述性评估被认为比实验性操作更有用。讨论了研究结果，并强调了进行功能评估的困难。这些结果可能对正在设计行为训练计划以及指导进一步研究以改进功能评估策略的从业者有用。
