Assignment Functional Behavior Assessment

Week 4 – Assignment

Functional Behavior Assessment

Every behavior is exhibited either to gain or avoid something.
When learning to modify a target behavior, the first step is to find out what
is the function of the behavior (gaining or avoiding), and then identify its
purpose.

Read Chapter 8, Formal Behavior Assessment, and Chapter 9, Functional Behavior
Assessment, in your textbook. Then, read the articles,.next.ecollege.com/pub/content/5d1dc423-9984-4893-aa07-d53fb8f356b6/McIntyre_T.__n.d.._Functional_behavior_assessment_FB.pdf”>Functional
behavior assessment (FBA)and.next.ecollege.com/pub/content/04cb9998-f2a7-4dd4-bbe2-8931f82892ae/New_Mexi_Functional_Behavioral_Assessment.pdf”>Functional
behavioral assessment: Confucting a functional behavioral assessment (FBA).

Complete the STAR legacy module,.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fba/chalcycle.htm”>Functional
Behavioral Assessment: Identifying the Reasons for Problem Behavior and
Developing a Behavior Plan, beginning with the
“Challenge” section and following the self-guided tutorial. Complete the
following seven “Assessment” questions (also at the conclusion of the module):

·
Describe a
school-based example of two of the following: positive reinforcement, negative
reinforcement, punishment, or extinction.
·
Discuss at least
two benefits of conducting an FBA to address problem behaviors.
·
After watching the
video (located in the assessment section of the module), and filling out the
A-B-A analysis form on Kira (the girl in the white shirt), discuss what the
function of Kira’s behavior is.
·
Nigel’s problem
behavior includes cursing, making derogatory comments toward other students,
yelling, spitting, and shoving chairs. Discuss the type of a measurement
system you would use to collect data on Nigel’s problem behaviors and explain
your answer.
·
Using the
information on the matrix for Nigel (located in the assessment section of the
module), determine a possible function of the behavior. Be sure to
include a hypothesis statement.
·
Look at the graph
(located in the assessment section of the module). The objective of the
function-based intervention was to reduce the instances of Nigel’s problem
behaviors (i.e., cursing, making derogatory comments toward other students,
yelling, spitting, and shoving chairs) during a twenty-minute small-group
activity. Discuss whether or not the intervention was successful. If you
were the teacher, would you keep, modify, or discontinue the
intervention? Explain your answers.
·
Discuss how you
would go about evaluating an unsuccessful intervention. Include two specific
factors that you would examine and explain why they are important.

Each of your
answers should be at least half a page in length, double spaced. You must
support your ideas with at least two additional sources (with the exception of
questions 3 and 6). You may also reference your personal experience in addition
to your sources. Your paper should be four to six pages in length,
excluding the title page and reference page, and formatted according to APA
guidelines, as outlined in the.ashford.edu/cd-apa-key-elements.html”>Ashford Writing Center.