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Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

Part of the book series: Autism and Child Psychopathology Series ((ACPS))

Abstract

One of the most common co-occurring problems with autism is challenging behaviors. Many methods have been developed to address this topic such as scales for identifying CB. Other measures have been designed to assess maintaining variables (functional assessment). This chapter reviews these methods and discusses them in the context of autism.

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Leader, G., Mannion, A. (2016). Challenging Behaviors. In: Matson, J.L. (eds) Handbook of Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27171-2_12

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