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| Functional Behavioral Assessment |
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| It is a systematic process of collecting information and identifying specific behaviors, relationships and patterning that leads to classification of behavior based upon function and context, not on how the behavior looks. |
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- the classroom and school discipline plans are not working
- Repeated attempts to change undesired behavior have not been successful
- The IEP team is considering a change in placement for behavioral reasons.
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| What do you mean "Behavior?" |
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- A specific response to a set of enviromental or internal conditions, based on a set of automatic and/or learned responses.
- A pattern of responses to certain types of enviromental conditions that develop over time.
- "Bad things that kids do to make other perple lose their minds!"
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| Four assumptions about Behavior |
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- Purposeful
- Learned
- predictable
- Interactive
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| According to Eric Hartwig... |
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- 96% of students will respond to school wide discipline plans
- 82% of behavior is in response to a command
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| Define the Target Behavior |
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Subjective- How it effects us, usually stated in emotionally laden terms, not measurable
Objective- Unbiased, impersonal terms, just the facts |
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| Define the Target Behavior(s) |
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Identify the target behaviors
-be specific-choose 1 behavior
-exactly what does the behavior look like
The "So what" test
Does this behavior really matter? To Whom?
The "Stranger Test"
-Is the description of the behavior crystal clear?
-Would a stranger's description match yours? |
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| Define the Target Behavior...4 important factors |
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- Measurable
- Observable
- Operationally defined(exactly what the behavior is)
- Objectively stated
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