Main description:

This guide to functional assessment procedures includes a variety of strategies for assessing problem behavior situations, and presents a systematic approach for designing behavioral support programs based on those assessments. Professionals and other readers learn to conduct functional assessments and develop their own intervention programs.

Contents:

1. Introduction.
2. Functional Assessment and Analysis Strategies.
3. Linking the Function of the Behavior to the Intervention.
4. Building Behavior Support Plans.
5. Writing Behavior Support Plans.
Conclusion.
Appendixes.
A. List of References and Resources Relevant to Functional Assessment.
B. Functional Assessment Interview (FAI) Form.
C. Student-Directed Functional Assessment Interview Form.
D. Blank Functional Assessment Observation Form.
E. Functional Assessment Observation Form for Yolanda.
F. Summary Statements for Observation Form Examples.
G. Blank Competing Behavior Model Form.