Functions of Behavior
There are 4 of them.
What is the number of Functions of Behavior?
This resource comes from Creative Curriculum and has purposeful activities for small groups as well as activities to help teach life skills and emotional regulation
What are Intentional Teaching Cards?
When a new strategy is implemented at least 80% of the time for 2 weeks by EVERY member of the team.
What is Fidelity?
This is when you avoid eye contact with a student while stating the expectations or rules. *Only do this when it is not a safety concern.
What is minimizing attention?
This strategy tells a child they can get/do something preferred after they do something not preferred.
What is First/Then?
The function of behavior where the child wants a physical object
What is Access/Tangible?
This resource should be used daily, it needs to be movable, and it shows the children what we do every day.
What is the daily schedule?
You should do this after 5-7 minutes of helping a child with a challenging behavior.
What is tap out or switch with another teacher?
You can use this object when helping children take turns so then can watch the time go by until it is their turn.
What is a timer?
This strategy has a child do something to help teacher, but in so doing encourages them to transition, sit at group, clean up, etc.
What is giving a job?
The function of behavior that results in delaying, avoiding, escaping, reducing, or removing a demand, task, activity, interaction, or non-preferred situation.
What is Escape/Avoid?
This resource is from creative curriculum and is a short activity that can be used to help engage students during transitions.
What are Mighty Minutes?
You can reach out to them if you have questions or concerns about a child's behavior.
What is the Behavior Team?
This is a structured de-escalation strategy in which an adult intentionally uses calm, supportive, and responsive interactions to reduce emotional intensity, maintain safety, and support regulation during moments of escalation. It stands for Listen, Empathize, Agree, and Partner.
What is LEAP?
This means that teachers are spread out in an area and watching for triggers, or escalations so they can step in and model or assist with problem solving.
What is Zoning?
The function of behavior that results in the social interaction, acknowledgment, verbal responses, physical proximity, or reactions from others
What is Connection?
This resource is a curriculum that HS uses to help teach students social skills
What is the Nurturing Social Skills Curriculum?
This team consists of your Program Specialist, Behavior Specialist, Coach, Special Needs, and Mental Health.
What is your support team? or Who is on your support team?
This is when you offer a child options to help them transition or participate in class (group time, clean up, etc.)
What is Provide Choices? What is the Choice Strategy.
This is an expectation to use when transitioning inside and outside, but can also help students at other times of the day. It involves having another child model what to do or help a child complete a task. The students can pick the friend to help them.
What is the Buddy System?
The function of behavior driven by what feels good or calming in the moment
What is Sensory?
This resource is a location in the classroom that children can go when they are having strong feelings.
What is the Feelings Center?
This happens when implementing a new strategy and means that a behavior usually gets worse before it gets better, but it also means that the strategy is working.
What is an extinction burst?
This is when you acknowledge a child who is doing what they are supposed to in the hopes that a child not following expectations will start. You then immediately acknowledge said child.
What is praise another child?
This can be used at a transition or clean up (or other time of day as needed) when a child isn't done with their activity or project and they want to finish it.
What is a safe place to store something? or What is taking a picture so they can build it again later?