Functional Behavioral Assessment

Functional Behavioral Assessment

Purpose: To collect behavioral data about a student

Functional Behavioral AssessmentType of data collected:

1) Is there a specific person(s) the behavior occurs more often with?

2) Is there a specific time(s) the behavior occurs?3) Is there a specific activity or subject where the

behavior occurs more often?4) Is there a specific location/area where the

behavior occurs?

Functional Behavioral Assessment1) Is there a specific person(s) the behavior occurs

more often with?• Adults • Peers• Male• Female• Large groups of people• Individual work

Functional Behavioral Assessment2) Is there a specific time(s) the behavior occurs?• Morning • Afternoon• Before or after lunch

Functional Behavioral Assessment3)Is there a specific activity or subject where the behavior occurs more often?• English• Math• Recess• PE• Music

Functional Behavioral Assessment4) Is there a specific location/area where the behavior occurs?• Classroom• Hallway• Outside• Bus

Functional Behavioral Assessment1)The FBA needs to be Descriptive and Specific• For Example: Johnny blurts out “I hate this class!”

or “This sucks!” 4 or more times during the 30 minute morning math lesson. (Teacher documented observation.)

• Rather than Johnny is disrupting class

Functional Behavioral Assessment2)Needs to address the Duration and Intensity of the behavior• Johnny refuses to comply with teacher requests,

even when redirected. He yells at the teacher and continues to escalate his behavior- pacing and threatening to hurt her. “If you don’t shut up I’ll punch you in the mouth!”. This usually lasts 10-15 minutes.

Functional Behavioral Assessment3) Needs to identify the Frequency• Again, this needs to be documented. Refusing to

follow directions once a week is not as significant as refusing to follow directions 3-4 times a class period.

Functional Behavioral Assessment4) Needs to be supported by measurable data• Observation Logs• Behavioral Recording Charts• Possibly Video or audio tapes