FOB
This FOB provides pleasurable or gratifying feelings / experiences. The behavior feels good to do
What is... Sensory?
This term refers to any event, situation, or condition that occurs before a behavior, influencing whether it will occur.
What is antecedent?
Any observable and measurable action or activity of an organism.
What is behavior?
Stimulus change that occurs after a behavior.
What is Consequence?
Desired actions we teach a student to engage in instead of an undesired behavior.
What is Behavior Replacement?
This FOB provides access to people or interactions
This antecedent involves presenting a verbal or non-verbal cue to encourage a specific behavior to occur, often used in teaching scenarios.
What is a prompt?
Increasing the likelihood of a behavior occurring again by following it with something good or desirable.
What is Positive Reinforcement?
When too much of a good thing loses its effectiveness.
What is Satiation?
A student frequently engages in verbally insulting peers during group work. The behavior appears to be a way to gain power in social situations.
Identify the replacement behavior.
What is using positive reinforcement for respectful communication and offering alternative ways to gain attention or respect from peers?
This FOB provides preferred items or activities
What is...Tangible?
A student was observed being off task, talking to friends and fidgeting with his pencil box when his teacher gives a lesson on fractions. She called home to report this behavior to the student's parent. Identify the antecedent.
What is fractions?
Increasing the likelihood of a behavior occurring again by taking something unpleasant away.
What is Negative Reinforcement?
Choosing the right reinforcer for the particular person.
A student frequently calls out in class, interrupting the teacher while they are speaking. The student is seeking attention.
Identify the replacement behavior.
What is Rasing their hand to speak?
This FOB removes undesired activities or interactions
A student is told by the teacher to transition from their current activity to a new one (e.g., changing subjects). The student starts shouting and refuses to move to the next activity, causing a disruption in the class. The teacher sends the student to a quiet space to calm down and reflect on the need for smoother transitions.
Identify the antecedent.
What is transitions?
Teaching a person that certain behaviors, which are appropriate in one situation, may not be appropriate in another.
What is Discrimination Training or Generalization?
A student becomes upset when asked to transition from one activity to another and engages in throwing objects in the classroom. This behavior seems to be an attempt to avoid transitioning.
Identify replacement behavior.
What is using a transition signal or asking for a short break to prepare for the change?
This FOB provides the student with autonomy or power of a situation, themselves, or others
What is Control?
A student has just finished a long, structured day of lessons and is about to head to lunch. The student starts running around the classroom, knocking over chairs and engaging in disruptive behavior. The teacher calmly redirects the student to the hallway and gives them a brief "cool down" period before lunch.
Identify the antecedent.
What is long structured day / building up frustration?
The gradual removal of prompts, cues, and external reinforcement that were initially necessary to establish and maintain a behavior.
What is Fading?
Delivery of a consequence only when desired behavior occurs.
What is Principle of Contingency?
A student frequently avoids asking for help when they don't understand something, choosing to sit silently instead and appearing disengaged. The student seems afraid of being judged for not knowing something.
Identify the replacement behavior.
What is using a help signal (like raising a hand or having a peer assist them) to indicate they need support without fear of judgment?