Functional Assessment-Based Interventions

HELPFUL RESOURCES: 1. FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT- BASED INTERVENTION (FABI) PARENT GUIDE 2. FABI TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3. PBIS COMPENDIUMFUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT- BASED INTERVENTION (FABI) PARENT GUIDEFABI TERMS AND DEFINITIONSPBIS COMPENDIUM

Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (CI3T) Model of Prevention (Lane, Kalberg, & Menzies, 2009) Goal: Reduce Harm Specialized Individual Systems for Students with High-Risk Goal: Reduce Harm Specialized Individual Systems for Students with High-Risk Goal: Reverse Harm Specialized Group Systems for Students At-Risk Goal: Reverse Harm Specialized Group Systems for Students At-Risk Goal: Prevent Harm School/Classroom-Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings Goal: Prevent Harm School/Classroom-Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings AcademicBehavioral Social Tertiary Prevention Secondary Prevention Primary Prevention ≈ ≈ ≈ PBIS Framework Validated Curriculum Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT-BASED INTERVENTIONS: HOW TO BUILD PRACTICAL, DEFENSIBLE PLANS

1 Identify Students 2 Functional Assessment 3 Baseline Data 4 Intervention Development 5 Testing the Intervention

Caleb’s Target Behavior: Off -Task Behavior Off-task was defined as attending to activities in class other than assignments Examples Playing with materials inappropriately, talking to peers, putting head on the desk, drawing, and looking around the room Non-examples Completing assignments using materials only for assignments, and watching the teacher when delivering instruction

The Function Matrix

Function-Based Intervention Decision Model Conduct FBA Can the student perform the replacement behavior? Do antecedent conditions represent effective practice? Do antecedent conditions represent effective practices? Method 1: Teach the replacement behavior Method 2: Improve the environment Method 1 & 2: Teach the replacement behavior and Improve the Environment YES NO YES Select Replacement Behavior NO Umbreit, J., Ferro, J., Liaupsin, C., & Lane, K. (2007). Functional behavioral assessment and function-based intervention: An effective, practical approach. Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Prentice-Hall. YES NO Method 3: Adjust the contingencies

Treatment Integrity A R E

Harry’s Intervention Outcomes Academic Engagement

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