Name That Term
What does BIP stand for?
Behavior Intervention Plan
At the end of the day, staff begins writing an email home. Student begins to engage in self injurious behavior (head banging on desk) while making eye contact with staff. What is the function of this behavior?
Attention
How many functions of behavior are there?
4
What strategies are effective for Attention seeking behaviors
Schedule Non-Contingent Attention
Allow work with peers
Provide attention for positive or desired behaviors
Planned Ignoring
While eating lunch Harold starts calling Johnny stupid. As Johnny keeps eating Harold gets louder and starts laughing. What is the Function? What function based strategies would you use?
Attention
Attention Seeking Strategies
In order to be called a behavior, it must be...
observable and/or measurable
Staff places demand to sit at a table. Student is observed to flop to the floor while engaging in crying and head banging. What is the function of this behavior?
Escape
What are the functions of behavior?
Attention, Escape, Access to Tangibles, Automatic Reinforcement
What strategies could be effective for Escape Task behaviors?
Increase student preference/interest in the activity
Offer choice
Alter the length of the task
Use behavioral momentum, task dispersal
During music class your student is asked to practice their recorder. The student throws the recorder across the room and asks to go see Ms. Smith. What are the possible functions? What function based strategies would you use?
Dual function escape and access. Escape and access strategies would be used.
What is socially mediated behavior?
Behaviors that require a person to deliver the reinforcement (e.g. tangibles, attention, escape from demand)
Student is observed to spit on their hand and wipe it in his hair. What is the function of this behavior?
Automatic/Sensory
Why is it important to know the function of a behavior?
You need to know the function of the behavior in order to appropriately react to the behavior to decrease/increase a certain response.
What Strategies are NOT useful for the Automatic/Sensory Function
Hold the Demand
Planned Ignoring
Denied Access to Break
A new student starts in your classroom and the teacher tells you that the student is on 4 different medications for anxiety. As soon as he enters the room you show him where to put his things, he kicks you, punches you, and slaps you in the face until you walk away. What is the possible function of his behavior? What strategies would you use that align with the function?
Escape
Escape Strategies
What are automatically maintained behaviors?
Behaviors that produce a reinforcement itself (nail biting, humming, hand flapping)
Student is blocked from fleeing to the vending machine. Student is observed to become rigid and squeezes the staff members hand. What is the function of this behavior?
Denied Access to Tangible
Student is prompted to sit for group. Student is observed flopping on the floor. Staff redirects the student to sit in a chair. Student begins engaging in refusal, cry/whine, and physical aggression (hitting). Staff physically prompts Student to sit in chair for group. What is the ABC data of this scenario? What is the function of behavior?
A- Client is prompted to sit for group
B- Client begins engaging in refusal, cry/whine, and Physical Aggression
C- Staff physically prompts client into chair
Escape Function
What strategies are useful for Access to Tangibles
Schedule a transitional activity
Increase accessibility
Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) Provide the desired item or activity contingent on an alternative appropriate response and place the problem behavior on extinction
You are sitting at circle time with a student. The student asks you for a certain video. You tell the student we aren't watching that video right now. He kicks your straight in the nose. What might be the possible function of his behavior? What function based strategies might you use?
What is access to tangibles
Access to tangible strategies
What does A-B-C stand for? What is the definition of each term?
Antecedent-An event that sets the stage for the behavior and occurs in close proximity of the behavior
Behavior- The behavior itself (what happens)
Consequence- The action or result that follows the behavior
While working at the table, staff places the demand for client to clap. student immediately flops to the floor. Once on the floor, student begins laughing and making eye contact with staff while scooting further away. What is the function of this behavior?
Dual function! Escape and Attention
While transitioning to a desired location, Student begins scratching at his arms. Staff blocks student from scratching himself further and presents his scratch board paired with the verbal “nice hands”. Student scratches the board and the transition is continued. What is the ABC data of this scenario? What is the function of behavior?
A- Walking down the hallway
B- Self Injurious Behavior of scratching
C- Staff presents scratch board paired with vocal "nice hands"
Automatic Function
You have recently received a new student to your classroom. They are disruptive in class as well as physically aggressive toward peers. The function of behavior has not been identified. What steps would you take to identify the unknown function?
Consider behavior support request
Network with staff who have had the student before you.
Read IEP to verify plan is correctly being implemented
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 strategies could be used when working with this student?
escape
Provide choices
Increase predictability