. Baseline measures are extremely important to the success of an intervention. How will you know the extent of the problem? Once the intervention is begun, how will you determine the effectiveness of it unless you know what the level of performance was prior to beginning the intervention? Include the following in your answer

1. What is the definition of baseline?
2. Why use baseline measures?
3. How do you develop a baseline?
4. How do you interpret changes from the baseline?
5. How do you use baseline data to design an intervention?