Improving Hospitalizations for Children With ASD

The Brief AFA seeks to identify the function of the challenging behavior by creating controlled test conditions in which specific responses are provided for challenging behavior (e.g., attention, escape from task demands, access to tangible - including variants of each as needed), as well as a control condition in which continual access to attention and preferred items is provided. It consists of a 30-90-minute abbreviated analysis comprised of a single exposure to 2-5-minute test and control conditions, along with replication of applicable test conditions and a treatment probe, which provides evidence of challenging behavior function faster than other methods.

These participants will receive typical standard of care procedures while hospitalized, but will not receive the additional behavioral intervention