Functional Behavior Assessment

An approach to figuring out why a student acts a certain way. It uses different methods to understand what’s behind behavior challenges.

• Behavior Intervention Plan

• Functional Behavioral Assessment

• Screening Test

• Autism Spectrum Quotient

Who leads the support team?

• Teacher

• School Principal

• Behavior Specialist

• Guidance Counselor

The basis for conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment is student behavior that creates concerns from parents, teachers, and other educational professionals that the student may have emotional or behavioral problems.

• True

• False

It is a type of assessment that is appropriate in urgent circumstances when there is no time for a more deliberate process.

• Indirect FBA

• FBA

• BIP

• Direct FBA

This method works well with students that present intense episodes, complex behavior patterns, and deeply-ingrained behaviors.

• Indirect FBA

• FBA

• BIP

• Direct FBA

It is a step in FBA where you look at school records, interview school staff who know and work with the student, and screen or test the student.

• Define the Behavior

• Find Out Reason of Behavior

• Gather and Analyze Information

• Make a Plan

It is a step in FBA where the school creates a behavior

intervention plan (BIP) to teach and reward positive behaviors by the student.

• Define the Behavior

• Find Out Reason of Behavior

• Gather and Analyze Information

• Make a Plan

It is a step in FBA where the team needs to be specific and objective in defining the behavior.

• Define the Behavior

• Evaluation

• Gather and Analyze Information

• Make a Plan

It is a critical step as it closes the connection between the planned treatment and the next step in behavior modification.

• Make a Plan

• Evaluation

• Define the Behavior

• Gather and Analyze Data

It is a step where the team makes a best guess about what’s causing the behavior using the information collected.

• Define the Behavior

• Find Out the Reason for the Behavior

• Evaluation

• Make a Plan