Formative applications of ongoing visual inspection for trial‐based functional analysis: A proof of concept

The team gave five families a one-page picture guide called TB-OVI. It shows when to stop a trial-based FA session at home.

Parents ran short test and play sessions. They used the guide to decide if behavior was clearly escape, attention, or tangible driven.

After the FA, each parent picked a matched treatment. No extra staff visited the homes.

All seven follow-up treatment tests wiped out the child's problem behavior. Parents read the visual rules correctly every time.

Kids stayed calm and the families kept using the plan without help.

Dolezal et al. (2010) also hunted for antecedents, but did it in school with a teacher and a long descriptive form. Standish flips the job to parents and cuts the paperwork to a single sheet.

Thomas et al. (2024) later showed FA results can guide CVI-friendly treatment for a blind preschooler. Standish supplies the parent-friendly FA tool that makes such tailoring possible for any family.

Klusek et al. (2022) proved community coaches can train many parents at once. Their large toddler study pairs well with Standish's small proof: both say parents can run solid ABA procedures at home after brief coaching.

You no longer need clinic visits or expert graph judges to finish an FA. Hand the caregiver the TB-OVI sheet, watch one trial, and you have a clear function. Monday morning, try letting mom or dad run a three-cycle trial while you observe on Zoom. If the sheet says stop, write the treatment plan right then. You save hours and the family leaves with a working intervention they already trust.