She's such a bad kid
Another name for sensory
What is automatic reinforcement
Name the 4 funtions of behavior
What is sensory, attention, escape, and tangible
Another name for tangible
What is access
Up to no good again the bad kid doesn't want to play. He is just standing in the block area. You try and engage him in play by modeling how to build with the blocks. He runs under the table screaming and throwing blocks at you. You ignore him and the teacher rings the bell. He moves on to the next activity. The next day you try again to engage him with the blocks and he engages in the same behavior. What is the possible function of his behavior?
What is Escape.
It is a students turn to work with you. You notice that he starts stimming and begins screaming prior to all of his 1:1 sessions. All other staff members ignore this, increase motivation, and continue with the tasks. He seems to complete the tasks without any problem behavior but you feel that he just has a lot of anxiety so you try and give him easier targets. You have noticed that this behavior appears to be increasing when he works with you but decreasing for everyone else. What might be the possible function of his behavior?
What is escape
While eating lunch Harold starts calling Johnny stupid. As Johnny keeps eating Harold gets louder and starts laughing. What is the possible function if his behavior?
When walking into the gross motor room your client begins jumping up and down, scratching their arm, and spinning. You attempt to redirect your client by placing a demand but the behavior persists.
What is sensory
During circle time you decide to sit behind a student to help with prompting. The whole time you sit behind the student she is turned around looking at you saying, "Hi!" You respond by smiling and saying hi back. What is the possible function of her behavior?
What is attention
Ella, a 6-year-old student in a general education classroom, frequently rocks back and forth in her seat while humming softly to herself during quiet work time.
What is sensory
Johnny is a student in your classroom who loves playing with light up toys. His favorite toy is a light up spinner. Johnny comes in one day and Harold is playing with the light up spinner. Harold runs over and takes the spinner from Johnny. You tell Harold, "No, you cannot have that right now, give it back to Johnny. Harold throws the toy across the room and flops to the floor screaming. What is the possible function of Harold's behavior?
What is denied access to tangible
You are in the drop off line one day and you see the out of control kids car pull up. You go to get her out of the car and she punches you in the stomach. Mom apologizes and tells her now since she was mean to her teacher she can't come to school and takes her home. What is the possible function of her behavior?
What is escape
A student throws a marker across the classroom when handed a worksheet to complete. Upon seeing the student throw the marker the teacher begins scolding the student and the students classmates laugh while this occurs. The student throws another marker when the teacher walks away and tells the class to be quiet.
What is escape AND attention.
Jaden, a 10-year-old student in a special education classroom, often throws his pencil across the room during independent math work. Right after throwing the pencil, his teacher usually walks over and says, “That’s not okay, Jaden. Let’s find another one,” and gives him a new pencil. Sometimes classmates giggle or talk to Jaden when it happens. If he continues, the teacher sometimes moves him to a quiet break area for a few minutes before returning to work. During recess and art (his preferred times), this behavior doesn’t occur.
What is escape AND attention
Prior to being given an assessment a student begins to start crying and appears very withdrawn. The OT insists that he needs calming strategies and removes him from the environment to have a sensory break on the swing. What is the possible function of his behavior?
What is escape?
You pull a student out in the hallway to run through some tasks. She begins hitting herself in the head you tell her to stop every time she hits her head. She stops for 30-seconds and then hits herself again. What might be the possible function?
What is attention?