THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL SETTINGS USING A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MODEL

We evaluated the feasibility of local school personnel conducting func tional analysis and reinforcement-based treatment procedures within ac tual classroom setting. Following an initial in-service workshop on fu nctional assessment and differential reinforcement procedures, on-site technical assistance was provided two to four times per month to loca l school personnel working in transdisciplinary teams. Overall results suggest that local school personnel were able to implement all proced ures adequately with periodic technical assistance. In addition, funct ional analysis was effective in identifying individual maintaining con tingencies, the derived treatments were effective, and the results wer e maintained throughout the approximate 18 months of this investigatio n.