... principle for the functional perspective of problem behavior is encapsulated in this statement, "Behaviors serve to obtain or avoid attention; activities or tangibles; or sensory conditions" (Farmer, Lane, Lee, Lambert, 2012, p. 150). The process is defined as having three steps: defining the target behavior, antecedent conditions that lead to the behavior, and the intervention. This paper sought to make ... ...

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... , the Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology and co-director of the Institute for Mind and Biology. Members of the Steering Committee include Martha K. McClintock, the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in Psychology and co-director of the Institute for Mind and Biology, Linda J. Waite, Professor in Sociology and director of the NORC/UC Center on Aging ... ...

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