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Models: Ecobehavioral Assessment Systems Software (EBASS)

Ecobehavioral Assessment Systems Software (EBASS) was designed by Greenwood and his colleagues at the University of Kansas Juniper Gardens Children's Project. EBASS is an instrument designed for use on portable, notebook computers. Its mission is to aid in the collection of classroom observation data for specific children whose behavior has aroused particular interest. EBASS prompts the observer for the events to be recorded and it manages the information collected during an observation session. In addition, an observer can analyze a student's behavior by using percentage occurrence and change over time as a function of intervention. EBASS was also designed to provide descriptive information on the classroom variables (i.e., ecology and teacher) temporally related to student's behavior in the classroom.

The benefits from EBASS for students have been well-documented in special education research journals. Its contributions to date include the development and validation of specific classroom instructional procedures, the development of a number of approaches to the reduction of challenging behavior, and an improved understanding of the quality of implementation functions as a mediating variable for student outcomes. Its greatest impact has been evident in its use by school psychologists to support decision-making relative to a student's behavior. The information presented from EBASS is highly related to instructional effectiveness and may benefit efforts to maximize a student's achievement in the general education classroom through increased engagement time.

Juniper Gardens Children's Project webpage
http://www.lsi.ukans.edu/jg/Home2/index.htm

EBASS article
http://www.oread.ku.edu/Oread96/OreadFeb16/page4/software.html

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