The Functional Assessment Interview for Runaways (FAIR): An Assessment Tool to Assist with Behavior Support Plan Develop
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The Functional Assessment Interview for Runaways (FAIR): An Assessment Tool to Assist with Behavior Support Plan Development to Reduce Runaway Behavior Kimberly Crosland1 · Rocky D. Haynes Jr.1 · Shelley Clarke1
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Abstract Youth in foster care are twice as likely to run away from living situations as compared to those of the same age in the general population. When youth are on the run from a living situation, they are at a high risk for being exposed to abuse and neglect or engaging in criminal behavior. One approach to support youth who run is to identify the function of their behavior and then implement interventions that match the function. The Functional Assessment Interview for Runways (FAIR) is an idiosyncratic assessment tool that seeks to identify the function of runaway behavior specific to youth involved with the foster care system. This article provides a summary of the literature related to runaway behavior, the implications for function based interventions, and instructions for administering the FAIR. Keywords Foster care · Functional behavior assessment · Runaway A review of the literature on social work and alternative living environments indicates that youth in foster care are twice as likely to run away from living situations as those of the same age in the general population (Sedlak, Finkelhor, Hammer, & Schultz, 2002). A 2004 multi-state study found that 46% of 17-year-olds in foster care had runaway at least once (Courtney, Terao, & Bost, 2004). Relatedly, studies from Illinois and Los Angeles show that 33–36% of youth in foster care run away more than once (Courtney et al., 2004; Pergamit & Ernst, 2011). For these individuals the behavior of concern is primarily the incidence of running away. Runaway behavior of youth in foster care is associated with high levels of placement disruptions, low educational achievement, exposure to alcohol and drugs, criminal activity, and difficulties in school adjustment and performance (Biehal & Wade, 1999; Courtney et al., 2005; Hyde, 2005). Only a few studies have reported interventions specific to decreasing runaway behavior of * Kimberly Crosland [email protected] * Rocky D. Haynes Jr. [email protected] 1
Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., MHC 2113A, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
youth in foster care (Slesnick, 2001; Slesnick & Prestopnik, 2004; Thompson, Pollio, Constantine, Reid, & Nebbitt, 2002). These studies have developed general intervention approaches to apply to all youth without individualizing the intervention approach to match the unique circumstances related to an individual youth’s behavior. Unfortunately, limited success has been reported specific to youth in foster care related to runaway behavior. To date, Clark et al. (2008) is the only known study to evaluate an individualized functional assessment and intervention process for decreasing runaway behavior of youth in fo
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