Records Review, Prelim Assessments

Question 1

Questionnaires

Records review

Interviews

Answer 1

Indirect Assessments

Question 2

Indirect assessment:

Reading

Complete questionnaire

Pre-selected questionnaire and pencil

Answer 2

1. Questionnaires-Indirect assessment

Question 3

Indirect assessment:

Reading

Permission to access:
IEPs, emails, treatment plans, etc

Answer 3

2. Records review

Question 4

Indirect assessment:

Speaking, Writing, Hearing

Time; answer questions

Pre-selected interview, paper, pencil, recorder, etc.

Answer 4

3. Interviews

Question 5

1. Consent
2. Do you have the training and experience?
3. Intake
4. Record/Data Review
5. Meet/Observe
6. Document

Answer 5

Preliminary Assessment

Question 6

No direct contact with behavior:
•Indirect Assessment (to determine whether or not to accept case; identify if a problem with behavior exists) – screening
•Questionnaires
• Record review (including medical) Interviews
(Anecdotal reports)

Direct contact with behavior::
•Direct Descriptive Assessment
•Functional Analysis

Answer 6

Behavioral Assessment

Functional Assessment; Functional Behavior Assessment

Question 7

Are you..
hearing about or
reading about .,,
behavior?

Answer 7

Indirect assessment

Question 8

GET INFORMATION:
• Behavior
-Targets
-Efficiency of Functionally equivalent alternative communication method

• History of target behavior and treatment(s)
- Any past behavior plans

• Medical/ biological variables
-May need to coordinate with physician/ medical doctor

•!Antecedents
- Events predict behavior

•Consequences

• Potential Reinforcers
• Maintaining variables

• Possible functions
- Any contingencies

BUILD RAPPORT
• With teachers, parents, staff, etc
•If possible, With client

Answer 8

INTERVIEW

Question 9

ASR 1
Mom knows Joseph better than anyone else, you interview Mom and ask her about Joseph’s reinforcers. Based on the information from Mom, you are ready to start using those reinforcers to work with Joseph.

A. True B. False

Answer 9

B

Question 10

ASR 2

You’ve been referred a family. What’s one of the first questions you should determine the answer to after (or while) completing a behavioral assessment?
A. When should I run a functional analysis?
B. Which dimensions of behavior should I measure?
C. How long will the treatment take before it’s effective?
D. Is it necessary to intervene?

Answer 10

D