What is the functional assessment interview?

The Functional Assessment Interview Form (FAI; O’Neill et al., 1997) is a semi-structured interview designed to gather information about a behavior and the circumstances under which it occurs.

What are the 3 functional assessment strategies?

There are three main categories of functional assessment approaches—indirect (e.g., questionnaires, rating scales), observational, and experimental/functional analysis. Gathering information about the conditions surrounding the behavior, asking relevant individuals questions about the behavior are initial steps.

How do you do a functional assessment?

Here are the steps the team takes.

Define the challenging behavior. An FBA starts by defining the student’s behavior in a specific and objective way.
Gather and analyze information. Next, the team pulls together information and data about the behavior.
Find out the reason for the behavior.
Make a plan.

What are functional interview questions?

Functional interviews assess job candidates’ knowledge, skills and experience for a specific job….Examples include:

Describe your ideal work environment.
Explain a work environment or culture in which you would NOT be happy.
Describe the behavior and characteristics of the best boss you’ve ever had.

What is the purpose of a functional assessment?

In a functional assessment, the purpose of an individual’s behaviours is explored by collecting data specific to the individual, their relationships and their environments. Using this information, the specialist is able to develop appropriate teaching and/or intervention strategies that are specific to the individual.

How long is a functional assessment?

It often involves a minimum of 3 hours of assessment time, as well as 1 hour to complete a formal written report. A thorough functional assessment may take more than 10 hours to complete. The assessment may include discussion, pen and paper activities and observation, and are often conducted in your home and community.

How does O’Neill define assessment?

assessment information provides a hypothesis of function of behavior that allows confident prediction of conditions in which problem behavior is likely to occur.

What are the 4 standard conditions in a functional analysis?

In a traditional FA there are four conditions: play (also known as the control condition), alone condition, contingent escape condition or demand, and contingent attention condition.

What is the goal of a functional assessment?

Functional assessment aims to identify the contextual variables influencing the client’s behavior, and the context in which particular private events such as thoughts, feelings, bodily states, and behavioral urges emerge and are maintained or co-occur with other problem behaviors (i.e., actions).

How long does a functional behavior assessment take?

The FAI takes approximately 45-90 minutes to administer and provides the following outcomes: description of the interfering behavior, events or factors that predict the behavior, possible function of the behavior, and summary statements (behavior hypothesis).