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Family Guided Assessment, Intervention, and Support
Support provided to children and families must be responsive to
the individual child and the dynamic needs of the family. The
family works in partnership with program/school staff regarding
the identification of concerns, intervention planning, and evaluation
of outcomes.
Developmental and Ecological Assessment
A full developmental and ecological assessment of the child's
capacities and needs should be completed prior to intensive instruction.
Team participants cannot begin to understand the child's problem
behavior without a complete understanding of the child and his
environment.
Functional Assessment of Problem Behavior
Team participants can use interviews and direct observation to
develop hypotheses about the purpose of the child's problem behavior.
The family and child care providers participate in functional
assessment activities and the interpretation of behavior hypotheses
so that they are able to understand and apply a communication-based
intervention approach.
Communication Based Intervention
An intervention plan should be developed that is matched to the
behavior hypotheses. In a communication-based intervention approach,
the focus is on teaching the child new skills to replace the problem
behavior. Intensive intervention that is focused on the acquisition
of social and communication skills is conducted within natural
community contexts (home, child care, community).
Comprehensive Behavior Support
Behavior support plans should be developed that are comprehensive
and based on the behavior hypotheses. These plans must be multi
component and address many variables including changes in: the
environment, schedule, activities, skill instruction, curriculum,
opportunities for choice making, caregiver interactions, and consequences
for positive and negative behavior.
Inclusion
The inclusion of children with problem behavior in the community
should be viewed as an important outcome of comprehensive support
and method for promoting skill development. Support must be provided
to child care providers and the family to promote the inclusion
of the children in community contexts.
Family Support
Support should be provided to the family so that they may facilitate
the development of their child. Team participants may train the
family with information, education, training, assistance with
planning, the identification and coordination of services, social
and emotional support, and connections to respite care.
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