Welcome to ABA Ultimate Showdown, a podcast created to promote constructive, respectful, and professional discourse that advances the field of behavior analysis. In this precursor episode, we set the stage for our first debate topic: the practical functional assessment (including the interview-informed, synthesized contingency analysis, or IISCA) versus traditional functional analysis (FA). We focus on defining key terms and concepts so that the main debate can center on the motion itself rather than on wording.

Enjoy a deeper dive into both traditional FA and the practical functional assessment with IISCA as we work to present each side as fairly and accurately as possible. We spent over 100 person-hours across five months developing this content so you can hear a well-prepared, balanced foundation before the full showdown.

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