EXAM TEST BANK 100 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
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an approach to figuring out why a student acts a
certain way. It uses different methods to understand
what's behind behavior challenges
FBA (Functional Behavior
The basic idea is that a student's behavior serves a
Assessment)
purpose. Whether they know it or not kids act in
certain ways for a reason. If schools and families can
understand what is causing a behavior they can find
ways to change it.
This is the behavior of concern that is selected for
intervention and is sometimes referred as the problem
Target behavior behavior. The target behavior is expected to increase
or decrease as a result of implementing the functional
assessment based intervention.
Also known as antecedents or setting events the
trigger is what causes the behavior. In technical terms
Triggers
antecedents of behavior are stimulus events situations
or circumstances that precede an operant response.
What occurs directly after the behavior including
verbal interactions from staff/peers physical
Consequences
interactions from staff/peers and any type of
prompting
, Positive behavior strategies are evidence based.
proactive approaches to changing challenging
Strategies student behavior. Some examples of positive behavior
strategies are per correcting and prompting and
nonverbal signs
"best guess" about why the child's behavior is
occurring. It is based on the information collected
from the FBA. A good behavior hypothesis statement
should clearly describe the challenging behavior what
Hypothesis
happens right before the behavior. and what happens
right after the behavior. It should also contain the
function of the behavior or what is the child getting
from behaving this way.
when one successfully identifies the function of the
behavior one can reinforce an alternate acceptable
behavior that will replace it. When a student has a
particular need or function fulfilled by an alternate
means the mal adaptive or unacceptable behavior is
Function of behavior less likely to reappear. For example: if a child needs
attention and one gives them attention in an
appropriate way because of appropriate behavior
humans tend to cement the appropriate behavior and
make the inappropriate or unwanted behavior less
likely to appear.