Functional Behavioral Assessment Functional Behavioral Assessment Purpose To

Functional Behavioral Assessment

Functional Behavioral Assessment Purpose: To collect behavioral data about a student

Functional Behavioral Assessment Type of data collected: 1) Is there a specific person(s) the behavior occurs more often with? 2) Is there a specific time(s) the behavior occurs? 3) Is there a specific activity or subject where the behavior occurs more often? 4) Is there a specific location/area where the behavior occurs?

Functional Behavioral Assessment 1) Is there a specific person(s) the behavior occurs more often with? • Adults • Peers • Male • Female • Large groups of people • Individual work

Functional Behavioral Assessment 2) Is there a specific time(s) the behavior occurs? • Morning • Afternoon • Before or after lunch

Functional Behavioral Assessment 3)Is there a specific activity or subject where the behavior occurs more often? • English • Math • Recess • PE • Music

Functional Behavioral Assessment 4) Is there a specific location/area where the behavior occurs? • Classroom • Hallway • Outside • Bus

Functional Behavioral Assessment 1)The FBA needs to be Descriptive and Specific • For Example: Johnny blurts out “I hate this class!” or “This sucks!” 4 or more times during the 30 minute morning math lesson. (Teacher documented observation. ) • Rather than Johnny is disrupting class

Functional Behavioral Assessment 2)Needs to address the Duration and Intensity of the behavior • Johnny refuses to comply with teacher requests, even when redirected. He yells at the teacher and continues to escalate his behavior- pacing and threatening to hurt her. “If you don’t shut up I’ll punch you in the mouth!”. This usually lasts 10 -15 minutes.

Functional Behavioral Assessment 3) Needs to identify the Frequency • Again, this needs to be documented. Refusing to follow directions once a week is not as significant as refusing to follow directions 3 -4 times a class period.

Functional Behavioral Assessment 4) Needs to be supported by measurable data • Observation Logs • Behavioral Recording Charts • Possibly Video or audio tapes