Need to Know

INFO

 

OPERATIONALLY DEFINE THE BEHAVIOR

A definition of the behavior that you want to change must be in terms that are observable and measurable.  What is the student doing that is interfering with learning or causing harm to the student or others? What is the behavior we want to change? This behavior must be observable and measurable.

 

WHAT THE LAW SAYS

Congress amended the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1997 and listed the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) as an “approach to addressing behavior.”  An emphasis on using functional assessments (i.e., FBAs) was also made and remains in the current version of the IDEA law that was amended in 2004.  Both amendments reflect Congress’ attempt to encourage the “use of PBIS to prevent exclusion and improve educational results” (Retrieved from http://www.pbis.org/school/pbis_and_the_law/default.aspx; on March 13, 2014).

 

MEASUREMENT OF THE BEHAVIOR

When and where does it happen? How often does it happen?  How long does the behavior last?  Who is present when it happens? What happens before the behavior is exhibited (antecedent)? What happens after the behavior is exhibited (consequence)? Does it happen only at certain times of the day?

-  Observation / Documentation

- Screening Tools: FAST / MAS / other 

 

DATA COLLECTION & ASSESSMENT

This can include:

- Parent, student, and teacher

  interviews whenever possible.

- Records Review

- Checklists / Questionnaires:

Parent, Staff/Teacher, Student 

- Observations

 - Student Interest Inventory or Survey

 

SUMMARY / HYPOTHESIS

This means that the team uses the information collected to try to understand the function or purpose of the behavior (why the student is exhibiting the behavior).

 

IEP SUPPORT 

CONSIDER 2 AREAS:

1. Annual behavioral goals

2. Functional Behavior Assessment / 

    BIP Evaluation 

     A. Monitor the faithfulness of the plan

B. Monitor the change in behavior

           - Must be reviewed annually

OR

           - When the student meets his

              behavioral goals…

OR

           - When the IEP Team considers

              change in placement 

OR 

           -  When the plan is mot making a

              positive change in the student’s

              behavior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REQUIRED FORMS

 

Choose only ONE of these:

                         

                         

 OR 

 

 

 

 

 

If you use the FAST, be sure to use the updated FAST form (dated 073117)!

 

Note:

The BBQuiP is no longer required.

 

Functional Assessment Interview Tools (FIAT) - Complete ALL 3 (below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantitative Data Collection 

This is data that 

quantifies the measurable/

observable target behavior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Surveys

Preference Assessments

Reinforcement Inventories

(choose the one you deem

most appropriate)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DCSS

Functional Behavioral

Assessment (FBA)

Form: REQUIRED

(form updated 7/31/17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Function-Based

Intervention Matrix (2016)

 

 

 

 

Optional: Observation Form

(DCSS PEC form, modified)