Functional outcome analysis: Do the benefits of consultation and prereferral intervention justify the costs?

Presents a theoretical integration of a number of recent important contributions to the psychological intervention literature as they relate to consultation. This synthesis is described under the rubric of functional outcome analysis (FOA) and is organized around an examination of classroom resources. Various methods of assessing intervention costs and benefits, as well as their distribution, are described. The quantification of intervention efficiency and the potential relationship among efficiency, treatment integrity, treatment acceptability, social validity, and ecological validity are described. The implications of FOA for consultation research and practice are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)