ERIC Number: EJ1192512
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Publication Date: 2018
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Improving Educators' Knowledge, Confidence, and Usefulness of Functional Assessment-Based Interventions: Outcomes of Professional Learning
Oakes, Wendy Peia; Schellman, Liane E.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Common, Eric Alan; Powers, Lisa; Diebold, Tricia; Gaskill, Taryn
Education and Treatment of Children, v41 n4 p533-566 2018
In this replication study, we examined the effect of educators' participation in a practice-based professional learning series for designing, implementing, and evaluating Functional Assessment-based Interventions (FABI; Umbreit, Liaupsin, Ferro, & Lane, 2007) on their actual knowledge and perceived knowledge, confidence, and usefulness of concepts taught. Participants completed the Knowledge, Confidence, and Use Survey prior to and at the conclusion of the six-part learning series. Consistent with earlier inquiry, results indicated participants demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the constructs measured. This study extended previous research by examining the extent to which school-based teams attending this professional learning series completed each step in this systematic approach to FABI.
Descriptors: Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Professional Education, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Knowledge Level, Faculty Development, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Administrators, School Personnel, Pretests Posttests, Confidence Testing, Teacher Surveys, Positive Behavior Supports, Teacher Attitudes, School Districts
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