Functional Assessment Based Parent Intervention in Reducing Children’s Challenging Behaviors: Exploratory Study of Group Training
Table 2
Training session descriptions.
Session
Topic
Focus
1
Understanding young children’s social and emotional development and challenging behaviors
(i) Importance of social emotional development and why challenging behaviors occur (ii) Ways to promote children’s social emotional development (iii) Benefits of descriptive praise (iv) Introduction to functional assessment
2
Functional assessment (FA) and FA-based strategies
(i) The purpose and importance of FA (ii) FA interview and FA observation (iii) Identifying forms and functions of children’s challenging behaviors
3
Designing FA-based parent intervention strategies
(i) Identifying suitable strategies (ii) Formulating detailed behavior plans based on all information gathered (iii) Creating materials to support implementation (e.g., picture cue cards, picture schedules)
4
Implementing the strategies and self-monitoring
(i) Implementation strategies (ii) Self-monitoring