• The current study identified the most commonly treated challenging behaviors for autistic individuals receiving behavioral intervention.
• Stereotypy, noncompliance, and aggression were the most commonly treated topographies of challenging behaviors, and escape was the most commonly reported function of behavior.
• A text analysis conducted on the operational definitions of the treated challenging behaviors found a high degree of overlap between typographies of behaviors (i.e., aggression, disruption, and tantrum; noncompliance and tantrum; obsessive behavior and stereotypy; self-injurious behavior and aggression).
Hong, E., Dixon, D. R., Stevens, E., Burns, C. O., & Linstead, E. (2018). Topography and function of challenging behaviors in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2(2), 206-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-018-0063-7