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FBAs and BIPs: An Updated Case Law Analysis
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2020
In contrast with professional norms and best practices, the legal requirements for functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIP) are meager in scope and specificity (Collins & Zirkel, 2017). Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (2017) makes no mention of FBAs or BIPs, and the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Positive Behavior Supports, Individualized Education Programs, Legal Responsibility
Countering Plutocracies: Increasing Autonomy and Accountability through Culturally Relevant Leadership
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McCray, Carlos R.; Beachum, Floyd D. – School Leadership & Management, 2014
In urban school districts across the USA there are mandates to implement zero tolerance policies. As this occurs, there is an increasing number of students, specifically students of colour, who are being jettisoned out of the educative process. When school principals have little autonomy regarding how they handle disciplinary infractions within…
Descriptors: Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, School Districts, Zero Tolerance Policy
Decision-Making in Secondary and Tertiary Interventions of School-Wide Systems of Positive Behavior Support
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Scott, Terrance M.; Alter, Peter J.; Rosenberg, Michael; Borgmeier, Chris – Education and Treatment of Children, 2010
Although the conceptual foundations of PBS at the universal level have been widely described and presented in the literature, secondary and tertiary interventions have been presented through very limited examples. This paper defines the key features of secondary and tertiary interventions and presents a decision-making process to guide schools…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
Blending Functional Communication Training and Choice Making to Improve Task Engagement and Decrease Problem Behaviour
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Peterson, Stephanie M. Peck; Caniglia, Cyndi; Royster, Amy Jo; Macfarlane, Emily; Plowman, Kristen; Baird, Sally Jo; Wu, Nadia – Educational Psychology, 2005
This study evaluated the effects of choice making within functional communication training (FCT) to increase the task engagement of two participants with inappropriate behaviour. Pretreatment functional analyses indicated that both participants' inappropriate behaviour was maintained by escape. For one of the participants, inappropriate behaviour…
Descriptors: Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment