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Selecting and Implementing Interventions

Intervention selection from assessment, evidence, preferences, and contextual fit: Least restrictive function-based intervention.

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Question

Difficulty: hard. Skill: analyze. Type: applied scenario.

The team is choosing an intervention for leaving the instructional area. Assessment and stakeholder feedback must be considered under intervention selection from assessment, evidence, preferences, and contextual fit. What should the BCBA prioritize? The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 3 settings.

A
Continue unchanged and ignore the new contextual information
B
Add a punishment procedure before clarifying function, risk, or feasibility
C
Select the least intrusive effective function-based intervention that fits assessment results and context in relation to learner's leaving the instructional area

Correct answer

D
Use the descriptive label as the explanation and treatment target

Explanation

Answer C

The 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: Intervention selection from assessment, evidence, preferences, and contextual fit. The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 3 settings. Select the least intrusive effective function-based intervention that fits assessment results and context in relation to learner's leaving the instructional area is best because it answers that clue through least restrictive function-based intervention 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

Clue
Key scenario clue

The 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: Intervention selection from assessment, evidence, preferences, and contextual fit. The case file includes 6 recent sessions, 5 implementers, and 3 settings.

Trap
Common trap

Ignoring relevant data or context prevents a defensible behavior-analytic decision.

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Why the other choices are weaker

A
Choice A

Ignoring relevant data or context prevents a defensible behavior-analytic decision.

B
Choice B

A punishment-first response is weaker when less intrusive, function-based, or assessment steps have not been addressed.

D
Choice D

A label is not enough; the decision should be based on observable behavior and relevant variables.

Study tags

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