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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.

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The performance-based, interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA) is a brief, trauma-informed assessment. This method effectively identified problem behavior and informed successful treatment, reducing retraumatization risks.

Keywords:

Functional analysis Problem behavior Synthesized contingencies Trauma Treatment validation

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Behavioral psychology
Clinical psychology
Functional analysis

Background:

Functional analyses can risk client retraumatization due to prolonged exposure to distressing events.
The interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis (IISCA) offers a brief, single-session assessment.
A trauma-assumed framework is integrated into the performance-based IISCA.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the efficacy of the performance-based IISCA.
To compare the performance-based IISCA with the original IISCA.
To assess the effectiveness of treatments derived from the performance-based IISCA.

Main Methods:

Conducted 12 applications of the performance-based IISCA in the US and Brazil.
Compared results with 7 participants who underwent the original IISCA.
Implemented function-based treatments for 5 participants based on performance-based IISCA findings.

Main Results:

The performance-based IISCA demonstrated correspondence with the original IISCA.
Treatments informed by the performance-based IISCA were effective in managing problem behavior.
The assessment approach supports a trauma-assumed framework.

Conclusions:

The performance-based IISCA is a viable and effective alternative to the original IISCA.
This assessment method can be used to develop successful function-based treatments.
The approach minimizes risks of retraumatization in functional analyses.