Due to the limited research demonstrating socially valid outcomes of function-based treatments in ecologically relevant environments (Santiago, Hanley, Moore, & Jin, 2016), we replicated and extended the effects of the interview-informed functional analysis and skill-based treatment procedure described by Hanley, Jin, Vanselow, and Hanratty (2014) with two children diagnosed with autism in a home setting. The assessment and treatment was implemented by a home-based service provider and treatment was extended to the participants' parents. Following the interview-informed functional analyses, we taught the participants functional communication responses and to engage in less-preferred activities when functional communication outcomes were delayed. We observed large reductions in problem behavior following the introduction of the function-based treatment. The effects extended to novel settings, stimuli, and caregivers and the results maintained at 6-week follow-ups.
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