The School Function Assessment (SFA) measures student performance of functional tasks that affect the academic and social aspects of an elementary school program. SFA facilitates collaborative program planning for students with various disabling conditions.
School Function Assessment
SFA
The School Function Assessment (SFA) measures student performance of functional tasks that affect the academic and social aspects of an elementary school program. SFA facilitates collaborative program planning for students with various disabling conditions.
- Age range:
- Kindergarten through grade 6
- Publication date:
- 1998
- Qualification level:
- A
- Administration:
- Individual scales can be completed in as little as 5 to 10 minutes
- Norms:
- Criterion-Referenced ratings
- Other languages:
- Traditional-Chinese
The instrument is a judgment-based (questionnaire) assessment that is completed by one or more school professionals who know the student well and have observed his or her typical performance.
Benefits
- Facilitate collaborative program planning for students with a variety of disabling conditions.
- Help elementary school students with disabilities succeed by identifying their strengths and needs in important non-academic functional tasks.
- Use criterion cut-off scores to establish eligibility for special services.
- Evaluate students on three scales: Participation, Task Supports, and Activity Performance.
Features
Several important features of this model were considered during the development of the SFA:
- Each level focuses on a different aspect of function.
- Functional performance reflects both individual and contextual factors.
- Functional performance is context specific.
- Function is defined primarily by the outcome of performance rather than by the methods used.
Resources
The following resources are available for SFA.
SFA in Traditional-Chinese
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