After 15 weeks of a behavior intervention, the post-intervention average is 9.9 episodes per week. What action is indicated?

• A. Analyze the Data per Day Instead of per Week as the Most Specific Measure is More Accurate
• B. Schedule a Planning Meeting to Discuss Any Placement in the More Restricted Environment
• C. Give the Intervention Additional Time to Realize Progress as the Time Elapsed Was Insufficient
• D. Schedule a Planning Meeting to Formulate a Different Intervention as This One Is Not Working

Answer: (D)

When progress from a behavior intervention isn’t meeting the target after a substantial trial, the correct next step is to plan a new approach. After 15 weeks, a post-intervention average of 9.9 episodes per week suggests the current strategy isn’t producing the desired reduction. The appropriate move is to hold a planning meeting to develop a different intervention, so decisions are guided by the data and aimed at improving outcomes while staying within ethical and least-restrictive practices.

This option centers on using the collected data to drive change—reviewing what’s working and what isn’t, considering alternative techniques or supports, and designing a revised plan that could yield better results. It’s more constructive than simply extending the same intervention or waiting longer, especially when progress has stalled. It’s also preferable to avoiding a shift to a more restrictive placement based on limited progress, which should not be the first response to insufficient improvement.

Analyzing data per day could refine understanding but does not itself change the intervention; choosing to continue the same approach or to move to a more restrictive placement would not address the observed lack of progress.