Efeitos de treinamento online assíncrono para aplicação da Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analysis (IISCA)

Abstract

Assessing problem behaviors is essential in applied behavior analysis, especially considering its influence on the quality of life of the individual evaluated and the people around them. This thesis aims to fill a gap in the Brazilian context by translating, training, and validating the Semi-Structured Interview-Informed Synthesized Contingency Analysis (IISCA), a type of functional analysis reported to be efficient in informing treatment plans for problem behaviors. The term "problem behavior" is discussed in depth, recognizing its different conceptualizations, through political, social, geographic and topographical influences. The importance of functional analysis is highlighted, highlighting the need for tools sensitive to local culture. In addition to assessment, a behavioral treatment package is presented to address identified problem behaviors, promoting effective and personalized interventions. Three studies are conducted: the first focuses on the translation and adaptation of the IISCA, the second addresses the training of professionals in the application of the interview and the IISCA, and the third focuses on the validation of the IISCA based on the latency of problem behaviors. The results indicate that the translation of IISCA into Portuguese and for the Brazilian public, in addition to presenting adequate results achieving the same objective as IISCA in English, also informs an efficient analysis through the training of Brazilian professionals. In the end, it is possible to understand that latency-based IISCA has the same validity as rate-based IISCA, reducing the number of occurrences of problem behavior in a functional analysis.