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How does DDD determine the severity of your most prominent behavior?

If you have a prominent behavior, DDD asks you and your respondent(s) to identify the severity of your most prominent behavior using the following table:
If the characteristics of your most prominent behavior are:
Then your score for severity is:
Your behavior may be uncooperative, inconvenient, repetitive, and/or require time intensive support. However, your behavior is not considered aggressive or self-injurious.
Minor incidents
Your behavior, if allowed to continue over time, may result in life-threatening harm for yourself and/or others.
Potentially dangerous
Your behavior without immediate intervention will result in life-threatening harm for yourself and/or others.
Life threatening
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030 and Title 71A RCW. WSR 07-10-029, ยง 388-828-5600, filed 4/23/07, effective 6/1/07.]