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Reducing Subjectivity in Special Education Referrals by Educators Working with Latino Students: Using Functional Behavioral Assessment as a Pre-Referral Practice in Student Support Teams
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Moreno, Gerardo; Gaytan, Francisco X. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
Over the past several decades, the Latino population throughout the USA has demonstrated significant growth and exceeded that of other ethnic minority groups. This influx is particularly evident in the student enrollment of US schools as the number of Latino students has increased by approximately 10 million within the past 10 years. With this…
Descriptors: Special Education, Referral, Hispanic American Students, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Impact of a School Consulting Programme Aimed at Helping Teachers Integrate Students with Behavioural Difficulties into Secondary School: Actors' Points of View
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Massé, Line; Couture, Caroline; Levesque, Vanessa; Bégin, Jean-Yves – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
A collaborative school consulting programme model, using functional assessment and applied behavioural techniques, was offered to secondary school teachers in two modalities: individual consultation and small-group consultation. The objective was to facilitate the integration of students with behavioural difficulties into mainstream secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Behavior Problems, Secondary School Teachers
Implementing a Culturally Attuned Functional Behavioural Assessment to Understand and Address Challenging Behaviours Demonstrated by Students from Diverse Backgrounds
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Moreno, Gerardo; Wong-Lo, Mickie; Short, Maureen; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2014
As the US student population continues to become increasingly diverse, educators have encountered difficulties in distinguishing between cultural differences and genuine disability indicators. This concern is clearly evident in assisting students from diverse backgrounds who demonstrate chronic challenging behaviours. Past practices (e.g.…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Cultural Relevance
Principles of Positive Behaviour Supports: Using the FBA as a Problem-Solving Approach to Address Challenging Behaviours beyond Special Populations
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Moreno, Gerardo; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2011
The Functional Behavioural Assessment (FBA) is an investigative process that examines the context of challenging behaviours in the classroom. Information gleaned from the FBA process is used to develop a behaviour intervention plan to address the challenging behaviour and teach a socially acceptable replacement behaviour. However, the FBA has…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Intervention, General Education, Problem Solving
No Need to Count to Ten: Advocating for the Early Implementation of the Functional Behavioural Assessment in Addressing Challenging Behaviours
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Moreno, Gerardo – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2010
The functional behavioural assessment (FBA) is a process used in identifying the reason (i.e., function) for challenging behaviours when working with students with disabilities and the circumstances and/or environment that reinforce the continued use of the problematic behaviour. However, the procedural definition of the FBA in US federal…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Behavior Problems, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Tracking Behavior Assessment Methodology and Support Strategies: A National Survey of How Schools Utilize Functional Behavioral Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans
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Couvillon, Michael A.; Bullock, Lyndal M.; Gable, Robert A. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2009
Although functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) have been utilized since the 1960s, their use has steadily increased since the passing of IDEA 1997 which mandated their use in specified circumstances. References to FBAs and BIPs in No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the 2004 re-authorization of IDEA, and in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, School Personnel, Federal Legislation
Behaviour Intervention for a Student with Tourette's Syndrome: A Case Study
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Turton, Amina; Rayner, Steve – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2007
In an increasingly inclusive and complex setting, professionals in the school workforce working with children presenting social, emotional and behavioural difficulties are managing difficulties that frequently reflect co-morbidity and multiple-disorder. This article reports practitioner-led research taking place in a mainstream school in the USA…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Intervention