# Self-Evaluation Checklist:

## Initiating the PTR-F Process

Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) is a model for helping families to resolve their children's serious challenging behaviors in home and community settings. Initiating the PTR-F model involves building a collaborative team, establishing rapport, and forging a connection with families. Once each step in this checklist is achieved, you're ready to move to the next phase of the process.

- Have the family and facilitator established good communication and agreed to adopt the PTR-F model?
- Have the family and facilitator agreed on additional team members and invited them to participate?
- Have long-term goals been discussed as a vision for the child and family?
- Have short-term goals for challenging behaviors and desirable behaviors been listed on the PTR-F Goal Sheet?
- Has a specific challenging behavior been identified as a target, and has it been operationally defined?
- Have anchors for challenging behavior on the Behavior Rating Scale (BRS) been carefully specified so that data collection will be reliable and sensitive to behavior change?

This checklist was adapted from Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families: A Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support for Home and Community by Glen Dunlap, Ph.D. et al. Learn more: [bit.ly/PTR-F](http://bit.ly/PTR-F)