Functional Assessment-Based Interventions

HELPFUL RESOURCES:

1. FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT- BASED INTERVENTION (FABI) PARENT GUIDE

2. FABI TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3. PBIS COMPENDIUM

Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-Tiered (CI3T) Model of Prevention(Lane, Kalberg, & Menzies, 2009)

Goal: Reduce HarmSpecialized Individual Systems for Students with High-Risk Goal: Reverse Harm

Specialized Group Systems for Students At-Risk

Goal: Prevent HarmSchool/Classroom-Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings

AcademicAcademic BehavioralBehavioral SocialSocial

Tertiary Prevention

Secondary Prevention

Primary Prevention

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PBIS Framework

Validated Curriculum

Tier 3

Tier 2

Tier 1

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

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AssessmAssessmentent

BaselinBaseline Datae Data

4Intervention Intervention DevelopmentDevelopment

5Testing the Testing the

InterventionIntervention

Caleb’s Target Behavior: Off -Task Caleb’s Target Behavior: Off -Task BehaviorBehavior

Off-task was defined as attending to activities in class other than

assignments

The Function Matrix

Function-Based Intervention Decision Function-Based Intervention Decision ModelModel

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 IntegrityTreatment Integrity

Harry’s Intervention Outcomes Harry’s Intervention Outcomes Academic EngagementAcademic Engagement

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