ABA Exam CoachLessons · F. Behavior Assessment
F.3 · Assessing skill strengths and needs
Before you teach anything, you need a clear map of what your client can already do and what's still missing. Let's look at how to build that map and how to tell when someone else's map can't be trusted.
Key takeaway
A good skills assessment combines indirect tools with direct observation in the settings that matter, and it reports strengths as well as needs. Check whether a gap is a skill deficit (can't do) or a performance deficit (won't do under current conditions). Then rank targets by social significance and what stakeholders care about. Code 2.13 says assessments must be consistent with behavioral principles, based on evidence, fitted to the client's needs and context, and summarized in writing.
A good skills assessment combines indirect tools with direct observation in the settings that matter, and it reports strengths as well as needs. Check whether a gap is a skill deficit (can't do) or a performance deficit (won't do under current conditions). Then rank targets by social significance and what stakeholders care about. Code 2.13 says assessments must be consistent with behavioral principles, based on evidence, fitted to the client's needs and context, and summarized in writing.
Members get the full lesson video, notes and a 5-question test
The video walks through the idea, worked examples, the trap people fall into and an exam-style question. The notes and the checkpoint come with it, and your results feed your Where to focus plan.