Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Functional Communication Training
2. The Selection of Communicative Function(s) to Teach and How They Are Expressed
3. An Integrative Model to Establish Communicative Alternatives and Enhance Self-Regulatory Skills
4. Examples of Antecedent-Focused Intervention Strategies
5. Teaching Communicative Protesting as an Alternative to Avoidance-Maintained Problem Behavior, with Quannah Parker-McGowan and Jeff Sigafoos
6. Teaching Requesting Assistance
7. Requesting a Break
8. Teaching Communicative Requests as an Alternative to Problem Behavior Maintained by Attention
9. Teaching Communicative Requests as an Alternative to Problem Behavior Maintained by Tangibles
10. Describing Functional Communication Training as a Component of an Effective Behavior Support Plan: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know
Glossary
References
Index

"Children and adolescents with moderate and severe disabilities often have communication challenges that lead them to use problem behavior to convey their desires. This is the most comprehensive contemporary volume on functional communication training (FCT)--the individualized instructional approach that teaches a child socially acceptable communicative alternatives to aggression, tantrums, self-injury, and other unconventional behaviors. The expert authors provide accessible, empirically based guidelines for implementing FCT, and tips for overcoming obstacles. Grounded in the principles of applied behavior analysis, the book includes detailed strategies for developing a support plan, together with illustrative case examples. Key words/subject areas: ABA, adolescents, alternative communication skills, applied behavior analysis, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral assessments, children, classrooms, communicative, developmental disabilities, disruptive, FCT, functional communication training, instructional strategies, interventions, language, learning disabilities, management, methods, moderate and severe disabilities, positive behavior support plans, positive reinforcement, problem behaviors, schools, special education, speech, treatments Audience: Special educators, school and clinical psychologists, behavior analysts, speech-language pathologists, and others who use functional communication training"-- Provided by publisher.