In the 25 years since the publication of the article reprinted in this issue of Behavioral Disorders, a tremendous amount of research and opinion has been published on the topics of functional analysis, functional assessment, and assessment-based interventions. In this commentary, we reflect on the context in which our original work was conducted and briefly consider changes that have occurred and challenges that remain.
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