Training teachers to conduct trial-based functional analyses.

Kunnavatana et al. (2013) showed four teachers how to run a trial-based functional analysis.

The training was short: a talk, a demo, and a few practice rounds with feedback.

No kids were pulled out; teachers ran the tiny FA trials right in their own classrooms.

After the brief in-service every teacher hit high procedural integrity.

Most needed one quick booster later to keep their scores up.

The study says the package works, but you must plan a follow-up check.

Capio et al. (2013) ran the same brief BST with house managers in a group home and got the same high-fidelity jump.

Together the two papers show the model travels across school and residential staff.

Gerow et al. (2020) moved the idea further, teaching parents to run a 2-hour brief FA at home for toddlers.

That trio forms a ladder: first train teachers, then residential staff, then parents—each step keeps the short-training spirit but widens who can do the assessment.

You no longer need to block out a whole day or bring in a specialist. A single prep period of BST lets classroom staff collect solid FA data. Schedule a five-minute booster next month and you have a durable in-house team ready to write better behavior plans without waiting for outside help.