ABC's of Behavior
Anything we do.
What is a Behavior?
When an adult regularly checks in on a student's behavior.
What is Behavior Tracking?
Behaviors that involve safety
Which behaviors should an FBA focus on first?
The term for losing tokens in a token economy
What is a "fine"
Positive Student relationships
What is one of the most powerful management strategies?
The event that occurs right before a behavior.
What is an Antecedent?
When the student is continuously removed from the instructional setting
When should we track behavior?
The final reward that students trade their tokens in for
What is a "backup reinforcer"?
Behaviors that students do for attention; never behaviors that involve safety
What are behaviors that should be ignored with the Planned Ignoring strategy?
What occurs after as a direct result of behavior.
What is a Consequence?
Intensity of behavior; duration of behavior; frequency of behavior
Method of data collection that relies mostly on interviews with students and parents.
What is an indirect method of data collection?
A specific rate of token loss per incident of undesireable behavior
What is a response cost?
A reprimand
What is a form of attention?
To escape a situation/person; to get social attention; to gain access to an item/activity
What are the reasons challenging behaviors occur?
To teach students how to replace problematic behaviors with more acceptable behaviors
What is the goal of behavior tracking?
A deficit involving a skill that the student does not know how to perform.
What is a skill deficit?
When the requirements are so easy, everyone reaches the top right away
What is the ceiling effect?
The next, more intensive step for students who do not respond to preventative or individual strategies
Behaviors that cause problems for the individual
What are problematic behaviors?
Daily behavior report cards; check in/check out; behavior contracts
What are methods for tracking behavior?
A deficit involving a skill that the student does know but does not consistently perform.
What is a performance deficit?
When the requirements are so hard, no one can get anywhere in the program.
What is the floor effect?
The opposite of giving your attention
What is Planned Ignoring?