Function Fact
List all the functions of behavior…………
Attention, Escape, Automatic/ sensory, Access to tangible
Tyler’s mother puts him in the living room to play alone while she cooks dinner. Tyler starts to bang his head on the floor. Immediately after banging his head on the floor, his mother runs in to pick him up and tells him to stop hurting himself.
What's the antecedent?
What's the behavior?
What's the consequence?
What is the Antecedent?
Left alone to play
What is the Behavior?
Head banging
What is the consequence?
Attention/ mom picked him up immediately
Whenever Sebastian sits in a circle with his peers he will hit or pinch them. The para who is assigned to work with Sebastain will offer for him to sit on their lap so they are away from the group and he cannot reach them. She will also give hugs and talk with him to keep him engaged with the activities.
This is an example of what function?
Attention
What does the acronym ABC stand for?
Antecedent, behavior, consequence
How do Behavior Interventionists support Clinicians in finding the function of behavior?
ABC Data!
You walk into the classroom after recess to find your student rolling on the floor screaming and yelling. The teacher in the room tells you that your student walked in and ran for a puzzle but was stopped and reminded to take her coat off. She then bit the teacher and started screaming.
What was the antecedent?
What is the possible function of her behavior?
Antecedent=
The teacher stopped the student and reminded her to take her jacket off.
Function of her behavior=
What is denied access to a tangible.
While working with a student, you notice they can not stop finger tapping. You ignore the tapping and continue on with your session. As the day goes on, you notice he always seems to be finger tapping, even when he is alone.
What might be the possible function of this behavior?
What is automatic.
True or False: ABC data only helps you define target behaviors you want to decrease?
False
What are two key factors in the definition of behavior?
Measurable and Observable
What is the difference between overt and covert behaviors?
overt behaviors= (seen/observable)
covert behaviors= (Internalized thoughts/not able to observe)
List 3 examples of what access to tangible behavior looks like:
Tantrum bx over item, requesting/manding for something, hit/bite when being blocked from item, grabbing an item away from someone else…..
True or false? Behavior can be controlled by the antecedent and/or the consequence
True
Who is one of founding scientist who discovered the functions of behavior?
***Hint... listed in the training
B.F. Skinner
Give an example of each: Internal Antecedent and External Antecedent:
Internal: An eternal feeling ex: feeling anxious before a test
(One’s internal state like thoughts or feelings)
External: A loud noise, (Any environmental trigger from outside the individual
During silent reading Cam makes farting noises. Some students laugh and some tell him to stop. Cam continues causing more disruption in class. Ms. Chelsea tells Cam to pack up and go to the office so the classroom disruption will stop. What is the possible function of this behavior
Escape and/or attention
The consequence of the behavior helps to explain if the behavior is being ______ or not.
Reinforced