unlocking the links in a behavior chain that can feel stuck together. It guides you 
through figuring out what factors led to a problem behavior and what factors might be making it difficult to change that behavior. Knowing this is important if you want to change the behavior.
••General Handout 7a: Chain Analysis, Step by Step. This handout explains 
in greater detail how to do a chain analysis. General Worksheet 2: Chain Analysis 
of Problem Behavior is a worksheet for doing a chain analysis. Use it with Gen -
eral Handouts 7 and 7a, which have the same steps. General Worksheet 2a: Exam -
ple: Chain Analysis of Problem Behavior is a completed sample version of General 
Worksheet 2.
••General Handout 8: Missing-Links Analysis. Missing-links analysis is a series 
of questions to help you figure out what got in the way of behaving effectively. Use 
it to identify why something did not happen that was needed and that you agreed 
to do, planned to do, or hoped to do. General Worksheet 3: Missing-Links Analysis can be used with this handout.
*This last option was suggested to me in an e-mail. Unfortunately, I simply cannot find the message so 
that I can properly credit the person here. Nevertheless, it was a fabulous addition.