Overview

Comprehensive, scientifically based coverage on conductingbehavioral assessments, analyzing results, and forming clinicalrecommendations Behavioral Assessment and Case Formulation thoroughlyoutlines the underlying principles of the behavioral assessmentprocess. This book clearly explains how the principles and methodsof behavioral assessment central to the formulation of functionalanalysis are also helpful in guiding strategies for determininginterventions and measuring the processes and outcomes. This comprehensive resource offers up-to-date answers torelevant questions of the clinical assessment process, including: What is the best assessment strategy to use with a particularclient? Which assessment methods will best capture a client's uniquestrengths, limitations, behavior problems, and interventiongoals? How can data from multiple sources be integrated in order toyield a valid and clinically useful case formulation? Which procedures should be enacted in order to insure a positiveclinician-client relationship? How should intervention processes and outcomes be measured andmonitored? Filled with case studies, Behavioral Assessment and CaseFormulation provides guidelines for the application ofbehavioral assessment strategies and methods that can strengthenthe validity and utility of clinical judgments, as well as improvethe delivery of care.

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Author:   Stephen N. Haynes (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI ) ,  William O'Brien ,  Joseph Kaholokula (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI )
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:  

9781118099773

ISBN 10:   111809977
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   28 July 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ix Chapter 1 Introduction to Behavioral Assessment and CaseFormulation 1 Chapter 2 Introduction to the Functional Analysis as a Paradigmfor Behavioral Case Formulation 35 Chapter 3 Illustrating the Functional Analysis With FunctionalAnalytic Clinical Case Diagrams 63 Chapter 4 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis I: The Complex Nature ofBehavior Problems 85 Chapter 5 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis II: The Complex Nature ofCausal Variables and Causal Relations 121 Chapter 6 Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of BehavioralAssessment and the Functional Analysis III: Characteristics ofCausal Variables and Causal Relations in the Functional Analysis149 Chapter 7 Principles of Behavioral Assessment 185 Chapter 8 Self-Report Methods in Behavioral Assessment 213 Chapter 9 Direct Methods in Behavioral Assessment 245 Chapter 10 Identifying Causal Relations in Behavioral Assessment287 Chapter 11 Twenty-Two Steps in Preintervention BehavioralAssessment and the Development of a Functional Analysis 307 References 347 Author Index 381 Subject Index 389

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.. .Haynes et al. illustrate the process of case formulation by using what they refer to as the functional analytical clinical case diagram (FACCD). The FACCD is rich in detail and requires considerable knowledge of psychopathology, assessment methods, and intervention science. (PsycCRITIQUES, February 2012)

Author Information

Stephen N. Haynes, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at theUniversity of Hawai'i at Ma noa in Honolulu. William H. O'Brien, PhD, is Professor of Psychology atBowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Joseph Keawe'Aimoku Kaholokula, PhD, is AssociateProfessor and Department Chair of Research and Evaluation in theDepartment of Native Hawaiian Health in the John A. Burns School ofMedicine at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in Honolulu.

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