A hypothesis that identifies why a student engages in negative behavior.
What is the function?
Calm, Trigger, Agitation, Acceleration, Peak, De-escalation, Recovery
What is the Escalation Cycle?
3 to 5 weeks
How many days of baseline data should be collected?
Behavior that is observable and measurable.
What defines a target behavior?
Giving a student access to a break card to request a break.
What is an intervention that attempts to prevent the target behavior from occurring?
A behavior has a clear beginning and end and can be easily counted.
What is frequency data?
Either indirectly or by using a direct assessment to find out a student's likes and dislikes.
What is a student preference assessment?
A new, socially appropriate behavior that achieves the same function.
What is a replacement behavior?
Initial measurements of the occurrence of the target behaviors before the BIP is developed.
What is baseline data?
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This strengthens and increases the likelihood that a specific, desired behavior will be repeated.
What is reinforcement?
What happens immediately before and after an observable and measurable target behavior.
What is ABC data?
Attention, Escape, Access tangible/item, Sensory
What are the 4 functions of behavior?
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The time it takes for a behavior to begin after a prompt.
What is latency data?