Parts of an FBA
These are the behaviors the FBA will focus on. Should have no more than 3-5.
What is a Target Behavior?
This is the behavior you WANT students to exhibit in place of the behavior you are trying to eliminate that serves the SAME function of the target behavior
What is a functionally equivalent replacement behavior (FERB)?
This is a data collection tool that allows the observer to record the occurrence of a target behavior as well as what happened before and after the behavior.
What is an ABC observation sheet?
Number of times a behavior occurs
Frequency or Count
This is the part of the FBA that consist of current office referral data and daily behavior data
Summary of Existing Data on Behaviors of Concerns
concrete description of target behavior, include examples, stated in terms of dimensions of behavior. ask, what does the behavior look like? everything must be observable and measurable. also define the antecedent and consequence stimuli
What is an operational definition?
This is a is a simple checklist that outlines the likes, dislikes and interests of a child
What is a reinforcer inventory?
A measure of the total time that the behavior occurs.
What is duration?
Student needs to be directly taught a behavior skill to improve behavior
What is a skill deficit?
Review all existing information on a student (cumulative file, special ed/behavioral file, etc) look for patterns in discipline referrals, incident reports, previous FBA's, Psych reports, or BIP's. Be careful about confidential information.
What is a records review?
This type of FBA is more informal, uses simple language, and is far less technical. The primary tool is the interview and discussion.
What is a indirect FBA?
This is a two-page interview used by school personnel who are building behavior support plans. It includes a routine analysis and has parts A and B. It takes no more than 15 minutes to complete.
What is the The Functional Assessment Checklist for Teachers and Staff (FACTS)?
Ratio of count per observation time.
What is rate
Student knows the behavioral skill but does not perform the behavior in the natural setting.
What is a Performance Deficit?
The 3 components of an FBA
What is indirect assessment, direct assessment, functional analysis?
This approach to an FBA uses direct observations and possibly assessments/experimental techniques to determine function and preferences. This type of FBA is recommended when the suspected behaviors are severe, persistent, and frequent.
What is a direct FBA?
This is is a rating scale designed to help identify the motivation behind a target problem behavior. It yields scores on subscales that represent possible functions of behavior. Subscales include: Sensory; Escape Demands; Escape Attention; Attention; Tangible
What is the Motivation Assessment Scale?
The elapsed time from the onset of a stimulus to the time that the response started
What is latency?
This is the outcome of the records reviews and interviews. you are trying to develop an understanding of the behavior. this statement specifies the antecedents, behaviors, and function. must test.
What is a hypothesis statement?
This is the part of the FBA where we determine what activities/times of the day when behavior does and does not occur.
What is a routine analysis?
This is when the learner is placed in a variety of consequence conditions to determine the consequence that is associated with high levels of problem behavior. typically the conditions include attention, demand, alone, control. SHould be done when the team is unsureof the fucntion of the learner's behavior.
What is a functional analysis (FA)?
Elapsed time between two successive responses.
What is Interresponse time (IRT)?