Functional Behavioral Assessments

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Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavioral Intervention Plan Grand Canyon University: Classroom Management for Students with Special Needs Karen Moeller April 24, 2013 A Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is a systematic process of collecting information and identifying specific behaviors, relationships and patterns that lead to classification of behavior based upon function and context, not on how the behavior looks. A functional behavioral assessment is done when the classroom and school discipline plans are not working. It can also be put in place after repeated attempts to change undesired behavior have not been successful or after 10 days of suspension for identified students. The Functional Behavioral Assessment is data driven, and uses an assortment of strategies and techniques to recognize the reason or reasons for unsuitable or unacceptable behavior. The reason for developing a FBA would be to identify and encourage behavior that serves that same function for the students as the improper behavior but is more acceptable or appropriate. When we look at behavior we are looking at a specific response to a set of environmental or internal conditions, based on a set of automatic and/or learned responses. This is a pattern of responses to a certain type of environmental condition that develops over time. There are 6 key components to a functional behavioral assessment. First is the identification of the behavior. When identifying the behavior you want to look at all the behaviors that are causing problems. Next there is defining the target behavior. You want to look at behaviors that are bothering you the most. You want to look at behaviors that disrupt your classroom and cause the student the most trouble. You want to make sure the behavior is measurable, observable, operationally defined, and objectively stated. You also want

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