Objectives
  • Become aware of 27 EBPs identified for 
   students with ASD
  • Describe the purpose of Functional 
   Communication Training (FCT)
  • Describe key steps to implementing FCT
  • Identify ways to learn more about FCT and 
   other EBPs
        What are EBPs?
  Focused interventions that: 
  • Produce specific behavioral and developmental 
   outcomes for a child
  • Have been demonstrated as effective in applied 
   research literature
  • Can be successfully implemented in educational 
   settings
  (Odom, Colett-Klingenberg, Rogers, & Hatton, 2010)
                        Evidence – Based Practices
                                            (2014)
      Antecedent-based interventions               Pivotal response training
      Cognitive behavioral intervention*           Prompting 
      Differential reinforcement                   Reinforcement
      Discrete trial training                      Response interruption/redirection
      Exercise                                     Scripting
      Extinction                                   Self-management
      Functional behavior assessment               Social narratives
      Functional communication training            Social skills training 
      Modeling                                     Structured play groups
      Naturalistic interventions                   Task analysis
      Parent-implemented intervention              Technology-aided intervention/instruction
      Peer-mediated instruction/intervention       Time delay
      Picture Exchange Communication               Video modeling
      System                                      Visual supports 
                             For All EBPs
       • Choose 
         skill/behavior
       • Collect                   Implement
                                   Implement
         baseline data                                   • Collect data on 
       • Make specific          •                          student 
         decisions                Implement 
                                  steps of EBP             progress
         related to EBP           well and               • Collect data on 
              Plan                consistently             your 
              Plan                                         implementation
                                                              Assess
                                                              Assess
   Functional Communication 
      Training (FCT)