IISCA baseada em performance: avaliação e tratamento de comportamentos-problema de crianças com TEA

Abstract

Interview-Synthesized Contingency Analysis (IISCA) was developed in response to barriers associated with implementing the traditional functional analysis of problem behaviors. Recently developed, a new format of IISCA, called performance-based IISCA, has shown even more promise. This study assessed the use of performance-based IISCA to determine the function of problem behaviors in four children aged four to 13 years old diagnosed with ASD, in addition to discussing the effectiveness of the treatment implemented from performance-based IISCA with one of them (P3, male, 11 years old). The results validated the information gathered in the interviews and observations concerning the synthesized evocative and reinforcing events that influenced the problem behaviors. As the treatment was implemented, there was a significant improvement in communication skills and tolerance as well as a reduction in problem behaviors. It is concluded that the performance-based IISCA enables a functional analysis with a high degree of reliability and the implementation of a safe treatment in a short time