Process for determining why a student engages in challenging behavior and how a student's behavior relates to the environment. This type of assessment can provide an IEP team with useful data in order to design effective behavior intervention plans that assist the student in developing more appropriate behaviors and reducing inappropriate behaviors.
A process of attempting to understand the purpose, motivation, and correlates of a problem behavior. The results of the process are informed hypotheses regarding the relationship between environmental events and other variables and the occurrence of the problem response; development of an understanding of various target responses; and the development of an appropriate behavior support and management plan.
is when the school district gathers information on a child and their behavior to determine the reason for that behavior.
an assessment strategy to identify the functions or purpose of specific behaviors by placing them in the context of antecedent and consequent events.
A problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior that uses techniques to identify what triggers a given behavior(s) and to select interventions that directly address them.
The IEP Team finds out what makes the child keep doing problem behaviors to help the child learn how to behave differently.
An assessment process for gathering information regarding the target behavior, its antecedents and consequences, controlling variables, the student's strengths, and the communicative and functional intent of the behavior, for use in developing behavioral interventions.
An assessment that is conducted to find out what is causing a behavior in order to develop a behavioral intervention plan (BIP).
Assessment that enhances an understanding of the purpose and function of a student's behaviors and subsequently provides information that leads to interventions and needed supports.
