To report high-probability request data, show the screening period and raw response counts for every candidate, then report sequence exposure, completion of each high-probability request, the lower-probability response, latency, prompts, consequences, partner integrity, withdrawal, distress, and invalid opportunities. Keep system readiness, client responding, and partner performance in separate denominators. A target percentage alone cannot show whether the sequence was accessible, delivered correctly, or useful.
Define how to report high-probability request data
Name the person, context, dates, requests, acceptable responses, response windows, supports, consequence, sequence length, lower-probability request, and reason for use. Lock eligibility and exclusions before calculating a percentage.
Keep screening and intervention separate
Candidate probability equals completed responses divided by eligible screening opportunities under the defined conditions. Sequence integrity equals correctly delivered components divided by components due. Target outcome uses eligible lower-probability opportunities. Mixing these units can make an incomplete procedure look successful.
Report relevant research narrowly
The medical study documented request screening, repeated sessions, response windows, and observer agreement for two children. The variant-sequence study compared repeated and varied pools. These reports show why pool composition and implementation belong in the evidence.
Preserve professional boundaries
The BACB outline covers measurement, design, integrity, and interpretation. The Ethics Code addresses documentation, client involvement, risk, and evaluation. ASHA supports continual AAC access, which should be measured as a system condition.
A practical example
A practice schedules 12 sequences. AAC and materials are ready in 10/12. All planned warm-ups are delivered correctly in 9/10 ready sequences. The later request is completed in 6/10, and the client withdraws once. The report shows 10/12 readiness, 9/10 integrity, 6/10 outcome, and 1 withdrawal.
Questions families can use
Which events enter each denominator? Are prompts separate? Is latency reported? Can a client withdrawal disappear as an exclusion? Are staff and system misses visible? Does the report show raw counts beside percentages?
Sources
- Behavior Analyst Certification Board, BCBA Test Content Outline, 6th edition
- Shillingsburg and colleagues, Increasing Compliance With Medical Examination Requests Directed to Children With Autism
- Davis and Reichle, Variant and Invariant High-Probability Requests
- Mace and colleagues, Effects of Reinforcer Quality on Behavioral Momentum
- Behavior Analyst Certification Board, Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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