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Developing Baseline Measures of Behavior

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Chris Hampton, Bill Berkowitz, and Kate Nagy Edited by Bill Berkowitz, Jerry Schultz, and Kate Nagy

Checklist

Here, you'll find a checklist which summarizes the major points contained in the text.

____You understand what a baseline is.

____ You understand that baseline measures can tell you whether your efforts are working.

____ You understand that a baseline can help you make sense about something that might be too massive and complicated to understand otherwise.

____ You understand that a baseline can help you decide whether this is a good time to start an intervention or whether a particular intervention is appropriate.

____ You understand that baseline measures can sometimes tell you if an intervention isn't necessary at all.

____ You understand that baseline measures can help you tell if you're using methods that aren't working.

____ You understand that your method or intervention may take some time to produce the desired effect.


Developing your baseline:

____ You have picked an indicator or indicators that best reflect the behaviors that are most important to you.

____You have found measurements on those indicators.

____You understand the different types of baseline data patterns.

____You understand how to interpret those patterns.

____You have decided what problem or problems to address.

____You have identified primary targets of the intervention.

____You have developed an action plan.

____You have begun your intervention.