Question
Difficulty: easy. Skill: recognize. Type: applied scenario.
A referral describes leaving the instructional area, but the team has mixed information from four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points. Which assessment step best fits descriptive assessments? The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 2 settings.
ABase the decision on the descriptive label for leaving the instructional area and bypass descriptive assessments
BUse a familiar protocol even though it does not address descriptive assessment and functional analysis
CSelect assessment methods that clarify patterns or function while considering safety and referral needs in relation to learner's leaving the instructional areaCorrect answer
DRely on caregiver's report alone and stop collecting direct evidence
Explanation
Answer CThe clue is the combination of four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Descriptive assessments. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 2 settings. Select assessment methods that clarify patterns or function while considering safety and referral needs in relation to learner's leaving the instructional area is best because it answers that clue through descriptive assessment and functional analysis instead of treating the scenario as a generic behavior problem. On exam items like this, name the decision point first, then eliminate options that rely on one report, a label, a familiar protocol, or an action that skips the relevant data check.
Why this question is hard
ClueKey scenario clueThe clue is the combination of four sessions of stable baseline data followed by two overlapping intervention points, leaving the instructional area, and the required task: Descriptive assessments. The case file includes 2 recent sessions, 2 implementers, and 2 settings.
TrapCommon trapThis is weaker because the label does not answer the Descriptive assessments decision point or test Descriptive assessment and functional analysis.
NextIf you missed it, review Descriptive assessment and functional analysisThen answer a few related scenarios before moving back to broad practice.
Why the other choices are weaker
AChoice AThis is weaker because the label does not answer the Descriptive assessments decision point or test Descriptive assessment and functional analysis.
BChoice BA familiar protocol is not enough unless it matches the assessed variables and the current decision question.
DChoice DStakeholder input matters, but direct data, context, and integrity checks are still needed for a defensible answer.
Study tags
Descriptive assessment and functional analysisDescriptive assessmentsdescriptive assessmentfunctional analysis
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