What does FA stand for?

A functional assessment and intervention design worksheet was used to evaluate behavior-environment relations and to develop an individualized behavior-change plan.

The literature on functional assessment and function-based treatments is robust.

This edition also has an updated conceptual model for understanding behavior, new information on functional assessment procedures, and new chapters on brief functional analysis, behavior-analytic problem solving, and direct behavioral consultation.

Functional assessment is comprehensive and should consist of functional interviewing, questionnaires, rating scales and behavioral observation, simulations to assess skills, analogue assessment to determine function if it is not clear, situational assessment, and observation in the natural environment.

While functional assessment and analysis procedures have a long history (Fox & Gable, 2004), the more specific applications of this approach to classroom analysis and intervention had only recently begun to be developed at the time of Stage and Quiroz (1997) meta-analysis.

It allows for the defining of multiple problems based on functional assessment and functional analysis of behavior with goals that are meaningful and measurable.

In addition to this assessment, a phys cal examination, a detailed assessment the genitourinary system, functional assessment, and evaluation of environmental barriers (such as changes in living conditions, clothing, location of toile and/or nighttime access to toilet) need be performed.

Further, functional assessment is an important part of Medicare's payment and quality enhancement programs in post-acute care (PAC) and long-term care (LTC), and more recently in rehabilitation facilities.