Intervention Selection Profile (ISP)
A suite of brief problem identification tools for students in need of Tier 2 support. These tools help identify the function of problem behaviors and deficits in positive skills. Results can be used to select and adapt appropriate interventions.
Resources for Schools
Intervention Selection Profile (ISP) – Function Observation Form
This ISP-Function Observation Form is used to monitor student disruptive behavior and four possible behavioral consequences. Observations should be conducted during class periods in which the behavior is most frequent. School staff who will utilize the ISP-Function should complete the training module before use.
Intervention Selection Profile (ISP) – Function Scoring Tool
This scoring tool calculates the average percentage of disruptive behavior as well as the average percentage of the four behavior consequences. You can print and share this resource with the student’s support team.
Intervention Selection Profile (ISP) – Function Implementation Guide
This implementation guide provides information on how to prepare for ISP-Function use, collect ISP-Function data, and use it to inform intervention selection.
Research Projects
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Project ISP
Development of Assessment Tools and Educator Training to Support Tier 2 Behavioral Intervention Selection. The purpose of this project was to support the development and validation of the Intervention Selection Profile (ISP),…
Publications
- Eklund, K., Kilgus, S. P., Zahn, M. R., von der Embse, N. P., Willenbrink, J., Davis, E., Twombly, T. (2023). Intervention Selection Profile-Function: An examination of decisional accuracy relative to traditional FBA data. School Psychology, 38(2), 110- 118.
- Kilgus, S. P., Bonifay, W. E., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N. P., Peet, C., Izumi, J., Shim, H., & Meyer, L. N. (2020). Development and validation of the Intervention Skills Profile–Skills: A brief measure of student social-emotional and academic enabling skills. Journal of School Psychology, 83, 66-88.
- Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., & von der Embse, N. P. (2019). Psychometric defensibility of the Intervention Selection Profile – Social Skills (ISP-SS) with students at risk for behavioral concerns. Psychology in the Schools, 56, 526-538.
- Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., von der Embse, N. P., Zahn, M. R., Meyer, L. N., Peet, C., & Willenbrink, J. (2025). Educator training to support the collection and use of Intervention Selection Profile-Function data: Two randomized controlled trials. Journal of School Psychology, 113, 101503
- Kilgus, S. P., Kazmerski, J. S., Taylor, C., & von der Embse, N. P. (2017). Use of Direct Behavior Ratings (DBRs) to collect functional assessment data. School Psychology Quarterly, 32, 240-253.
- Kilgus, S. P., von der Embse, N. P., Scott, K., & Paxton, S. (2015). Use of the Intervention Selection Profile–Social Skills (ISP-SS) to identify social skill acquisition deficits: A preliminary validation study. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 40, 228-239.
- Kilgus, S. P., von der Embse, N. P., Eklund, K., Izumi, J., Peet, C., Meyer, L. N., & Taylor, C. N. (2019). Reliability, validity, and accuracy of the Intervention Selection Profile–Function: A brief functional assessment tool. School Psychology, 34, 531- 540.
- von der Embse, N. P., Kilgus, S. P., Eklund, K., Zahn, M., Peet, C., & Durango, S. (2022). Promoting effective decision-making: Training educators to collect and use social-emotional skill assessment data to inform Tier II interventions. School Psychology Review, 574-588.
