1. Functional Behavior Analysis Positive Behavioral Support

2. Finish the sentence… If a child doesn’t know how to read, we …
If a child doesn’t know how to swim, we…
If a child doesn’t know how to multiply, we …
If a child doesn’t know how to behave, we…

3. Social Skills Essential for Academic Success
Get along with others (parents, teachers, peers)
Following directions
Identifying and regulating one’s emotions and behaviors
Thinking of appropriate solutions to conflict
Persisting on task

4. Engaging in social conversation and cooperative play
Correctly interpreting other’s behavior and emotions
Feeling good about oneself and others

5. Outcomes Peer Interaction Friendship skills
Recognizing and communicating emotions
Problem solving
Controlling anger and impulse

6. Preventing Challenging Behavior
Effective classroom environments
Physical arrangement
Teacher engagement in children’s behavior
Scheduling
Rules, routines and rituals

8. Functions of Behaviors
All behaviors have a function/purpose
Important to identify the function of challenging behaviors
Take child’s perspective
Function may be to get or to avoid

9. Avoidance Sensory stimulation Attention Demands Tasks/activities
people

10. Obtain Sensory stimulation Attention Objects/materials People
assistance

11. Skill deficit
Performance problem

12. STEPS IN FBA Describe and verify the seriousness of the problem
Refine the definition of the problem behavior
Collect information on possible functions of the problem behavior
Analyze information using data triangulation or problem pathway analysis

13. Generate a hypothesis statement regarding the probable function of the problem behavior
Test the hypothesis regarding the function of the problem behavior
Develop and implement a behavioral intervention plan

14. Monitor the faithfulness of implementation of the plan
Evaluation the effectiveness of the behavior intervention plan
Modify behavior intervention plan as needed