Functions of Behavior

Housekeeping

100

Who approves a schedule change?

OM/Leadership

200

When is the Thanksgiving potluck? 

This Friday 11/21

300

The room that is CLOSED during lunch/leisure

Pretend Play

400

Dress code for Monday-Thursday

Scrub pants, plain/RBT T-shirt

500

How to restore a group room

wipe tables, stack chairs, and throw away food items and cups

ABC Data

100

What does ABC stand for?

Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence

200

This occurs AFTER a behavior.

Consequence

300

How do we define a behavior?

Must be observable & measurable

400

Why take ABC data?

Determine the function of behavior 

500

Environmental or internal factors that make a behavior more probable when an antecedent occurs.

Setting event

Function

100

The function for self-soothing, automatically reinforcing behaviors

Sensory

200

The function of behaviors that result in obtaining a person, place, or preferred item

Tangible/Access

300

Providing consistent, quality engagement throughout session is an effective proactive strategy for which function?

Attention

400

True or False: The same behavior can serve multiple functions.

True

500

Name 2 strategies for attention-maintained behaviors

1. Prompt to appropriately mand for attention

2. Provide consistent, quality engagement throughout session 

3. Ignore the behaviors that are not dangerous to the client or others.