Unit 3 Quiz Flashcards
After information about environmental variables is collected through the interview process, the team should attempt to _________ it through subsequent __________.
Confirm, observation
Because of significant concerns about the validity of functional assessment interviews, related results must be confirmed by subsequent observations within __________ in which the challenging behavior __________.
The natural environment, occurs
Early in the functional assessment interview process, an important step is:
Defining the challenging behaviors so that all individuals can agree on instances and non-instances, thereby increasing consistency when team members conduct subsequent observations, apply intervention strategies, and gather data to measure student progress.
Information gained through the functional assessment interview process is based on the informants’ experiences, prior observations, and impressions. Therefore, the functional assessment interview process is __________ and should not be the sole basis for selecting interventions
Subjective
Interviewees may have a difficult time identifying the __________ variables and/or may identify the __________ variables related to the challenging behavior of concern.
Critical, wrong
Interviewees may provide information that could result in an invalid hypothesis about the child’s challenging behavior. This may occur since:
All the above:
a. The interviewee may not recognize or objectively describe conditions when his or her own behavior is associated with the child’s challenging behavior.
b. The interviewee may give faulty explanations (that is, common myths, misbeliefs) for the child’s challenging behavior.
c. Subsequent observations may not confirm information provided by the interviewee.
Persons to be interviewed during the functional assessment should always include:
Individuals who have observed the student’s behavior of concern
The _________ encourages educational teams to add goals and positive behavioral intervention strategies and supports to the child’s individualized education plan (IEP) to address challenging behavior (Bradley, 2007). It identifies functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and positive behavioral intervention plans (BIPs) as tools for the team to use as they develop plans to address a student’s challenging behavior.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The functional assessment and intervention model is built on a core set of assumptions concerning the development and maintenance of both appropriate and challenging behaviors. These assumptions guide the identification of the supports for challenging behavior and the interventions that are developed to address challenging behavior. Which of the following are core assumptions?
All the above:
a. Challenging behavior and appropriate behavior are supported by the current environment. Behavior serves a function.
b. Challenging behavior can be changed using positive interventions that address the function of behavior.
c. Functional assessment should be a team-based process.
The functional assessment interview process may be based on informal conversations, however it is recommended that the team consider interviews that are:
All the above:
a. Highly structured.
b. Standardized.
c. Combined with other indirect methods (for example, record review, questionnaires, rating scales, checklists).
The functional assessment interview process may be brief, relatively easy, and require little training. Therefore, it is no surprise that interviews are commonly used when a team attempts to identify the environmental variables maintaining the challenging behavior. However, there are considerable threats to the functional assessment interview process. These threats are known to affect the __________ and __________ of the results. Relying on interviews alone will limit the team’s ability to select effective interventions.
Reliability, validty
To gain information about the student’s perspective regarding the variables that are related to the challenging behavior, it is recommended that the functional assessment team should interview the:
Student (when the student is capable of communicating his or her perspective)
Various standardized interview formats can be used during a functional assessment. An extensive standardized interview protocol that requires 45–90 minutes is the:
Functional Analysis Interview (FAI)
What decision by the educational team will need to be made as to whether a behavior requires functional assessment and intervention?
All the above:
a. The team should decide if the student’s behavior is challenging.
b. The team should recognize that for the student, the challenging behavior is, in fact, very functional and effective; it produces an outcome that is desirable to the student or that meets the needs of the student.
c. The team should consider the perspective of those individuals who identify the behavior as challenging.
When interviewing team members, what should be identified?
All the above:
a. Student strengths, skills, and any previously unidentified needs.
b. Environmental variables and other circumstances associated with challenging behavior.
c. Environmental variables and other circumstances that are never associated with challenging behavior, plus those variables that may be associated with appropriate (and potentially replacement behaviors).
