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- A major goal of functional assessment is to discover the consequences that maintain problem behavior.
- Functional assessment procedures are meant to improve the effectiveness and implementation of positive behavioral support plans.
- The types of assessment methods are chosen based on each individual case.
- Indirect assessment strategies include interviews, review of written records, quality of life measures, checklists and questionnaires.
- Direct assessment methods involve observing the student.
- Measurement methods can document the frequency, duration, latency, and intensity of problem behavior.
- A functional analysis is the most precise and controlled method for demonstrating the functional relationship between environmental events and problem behavior.
- A functional assessment includes indirect methods, direct observation, and functional analysis.
- A good hypothesis includes: information about environmental events and the responses that are presented contingently following problem behavior.
- Setting events momentarily change the value of reinforcers and punishers in an environment.
- Setting events can be environmental, social or physiological.
- Antecedents can be related to time of day, physical setting, people present, and activities occurring within the environment.
- It is important to identify the consequences that maintain problem behavior.
- It is important to rule out any possible medical or physical problems that may contribute to problem behavior.
- A person-centered plan can contribute to a functional assessment and positive behavioral support plan.
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