%0 Journal Article %T Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention with Emotional/Behaviorally Disordered Students: In Pursuit of State of the Art %A Angela Waguespack %A Terrence Vaccaro %A Lauren Continere %J International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy %D 2006 %I %X The application of functional behavioral assessment (FBA) procedures for the purposes of developing interventions for students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) has received considerableattention since the 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The purpose of this paper is to review the literature addressing the use of FBA with E/BD students in school settings and to discuss implications for a ¡°state of the art¡± model that integrates empirically supported procedures with promising practices to be implemented within the ecology of current educationalsystems. %K Functional behavioral assessment %K functional assessment %K functional analysis %K indirect assessment %K direct assessment %K emotional disorders %K behavioral disorders %K descriptive analysis %U http://www.behavior-analyst-today.com/IJBCT-VOL-2/IJBCT-2-4.pdf