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Kumm, Skip; Maggin, Daniel M. – Beyond Behavior, 2021
Goal setting is a research-informed intervention that has demonstrated improved behavioral outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral disorders. However, not all students will respond to goal-setting interventions delivered in a standard format, requiring planning, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of more intensive goal-setting…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
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Sugai, George; Simonsen, Brandi – Beyond Behavior, 2020
This article provides an overview of how reinforcement serves as the foundation for a function-based approach to support students with challenging behavior. Understanding reinforcement is essential when providing function-based support for students with challenging behavior. Reinforcement "strengthens" behavior, increasing the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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McClure, Erica B.; Burt, Jonathan L. – Beyond Behavior, 2023
Functional communication training (FCT) is a strategy to address problem behavior for students with various disabilities that is supported by a broad evidence base. Despite this support, multiple factors continue to dissuade educators from utilizing FCT in their classrooms. This article outlines the process of developing and implementing FCT plans…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Students with Disabilities, Intervention, Evidence Based Practice
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Scott, Terrance M.; Cooper, Justin T. – Beyond Behavior, 2017
While functional behavior assessment (FBA) has been a part of special education law and embedded in Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) since 1997, a precise definition of what actions or processes constitute a legal FBA has never been adequately addressed in the law. This article provides an overview of the underlying logic of FBA…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Planning
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Muharib, Reem; Pennington, Robert C. – Beyond Behavior, 2019
Functional communication training (FCT) involves the reinforcement of an appropriate communicative response as an alternative to challenging behavior. The intervention has been identified as an evidence-based practice across multiple populations. Despite its extensive research support, FCT may be impractical in some educational settings because it…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Reinforcement, Intervention, Interpersonal Communication
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Iovannone, Rose; Anderson, Cynthia; Scott, Terrance – Beyond Behavior, 2017
A functional behavior assessment is a process for identifying events in the environment that reliably precede (i.e., antecedents) and follow (i.e., consequences) problem behavior. This information is used to develop an intervention plan. There are two types of antecedents--triggers and setting events. Triggers are antecedent events that happen…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems, Behavior Modification
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Jolivette, Kristine; Swoszowski, Nicole Cain – Beyond Behavior, 2017
Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is the process of collecting data to determine the function of an individual's behavior to develop a functionally-indicated behavioral intervention (BIP). Special adaptations may be needed to conduct FBA and implement BIPs in alternative educational settings. In this article, we highlight suggestions for…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Modification, Intervention, Nontraditional Education
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Robinson, Jason; Gershwin, Tracy; London, Dina – Beyond Behavior, 2019
This article provides educators with a research-informed process for addressing student problem self-injurious behaviors within inclusive settings. The process involves (a) identifying functions of problem behaviors, (b) implementing function-based interventions that include teaching and reinforcing socially acceptable replacement behaviors, (c)…
Descriptors: Safety, Inclusion, Applied Behavior Analysis, Self Destructive Behavior
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Cox, Meredith; Griffin, Megan M.; Hall, Rachel; Oakes, Wendy P.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Beyond Behavior, 2011
Harry, a fifth-grade student attending a public middle school that serves students from fifth to eighth grade, was described by the math and special education teachers as monotone, not caring about school or friends, and generally off task. Ms. Hart, the special education teacher, considered Harry's lack of attention, doodling, playing with his…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Middle School Students, Grade 5, Intervention
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Pennington, Robert; Strange, Connie; Stenhoff, Don; Delano, Monica; Ferguson, Laura – Beyond Behavior, 2012
Students' leaving a designated area without permission or supervision is referred to as "elopement," and such behavior clearly presents a unique set of challenges for educational professionals. Elopement is seen in children and youth with a variety of developmental disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities or autism, as well as…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Reinforcement
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia; Cox, Meredith – Beyond Behavior, 2011
Committed teachers and administrators often look for strategies and practices to better support students struggling to negotiate the academic, social, and behavioral demands of the classroom setting. Such practices may include modifications to how they deliver instruction or manage behavior for their entire class. Other strategies may include more…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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Aitken, Angelique; Harlan, Alison; Hankins, Katy; Michels, John; Moore, Tara C.; Oakes, Wendy P.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Beyond Behavior, 2011
In this study, the authors examined the effects of a systematic functional assessment-based intervention (FABI) to identify the function of a third-grade student's off-task behavior and create a plan to increase academic engaged time (AET). The FABI was designed and implemented in an urban elementary school with a comprehensive, integrated,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Urban Schools, General Education
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Hershfeldt, Patricia A.; Rosenberg, Michael S.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Beyond Behavior, 2010
The responsibility of managing student behavior has become a heightened concern for general education teachers as a result of increased accountability for student gains. Although functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) are widely recommended for use in such situations, there are clear indications that this evidence-based practice is not occurring…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Teaching Methods
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Germer, Kathryn A.; Kaplan, Lauren M.; Giroux, Lindsay N.; Markham, Elizabeth H.; Ferris, Geoffrey J.; Oakes, Wendy P.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Beyond Behavior, 2011
A functional assessment-based intervention (FABI) was designed and implemented to increase the on-task behavior of David, a second-grade student in a general education classroom. David attended an elementary school that used a comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (CI3T) model of prevention. The school's principal nominated David for Project…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intervention, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Program Effectiveness
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Majeika, Caitlyn E.; Walder, Jessica P.; Hubbard, Jessica P.; Steeb, Kelly M.; Ferris, Geoffrey J.; Oakes, Wendy P.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Beyond Behavior, 2011
A comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered model (CI3T) of prevention is a framework for proactively meeting students' academic, behavioral, and social skills. At the tertiary (Tier 3) level of prevention, functional-assessment based interventions (FABIs) may be used to identify, develop, and implement supports based on the function, or purpose, of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Assistant Principals, High School Students, Student Behavior
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