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A Two Step Validation of the Performance-Based IISCA: A Trauma-Informed Functional Analysis Model
Joshua Jessel1, Tess Fruchtman1, Natasha Raghunauth-Zaman1
1Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY 11367 USA.
Abstract:
Functional analyses often involve extended exposure to evocative events and problem behavior, which potentially places the client at risk of retraumatization. The performance-based, interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA) is a brief analysis that is conducted in a single session and applies a trauma-assumed framework in the development of the assessment procedures (e.g., measures of calm, reinforcing precursors to avoid escalation and physical management). We conducted 12 applications of the performance-based IISCA in the United States and Brazil and (1) compared the results to a subset of 7 applications who also experienced the original IISCA and (2) incorporated a function-based treatment informed by the performance-based IISCA in a further subset of 5 of those 12 applications. The results support the use of the performance-based IISCA in that this variation of the IISCA corresponded with the original IISCA and informed effective treatment of problem behavior.
Supplementary Information:
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-023-00792-2.
