Functional behavior assessment (FBA) is a process for assessing the relationship between student behavior and environmental conditions that both predict and maintain student behavior. Researchers have demonstrated that behavior support plans based on function-based interventions result in more positive outcomes than behavior support plans based on non-function based interventions Research Functional behavior assessment (FBA)… Read More Stick to the FACTS … One Component of a Brief Functional Behavior
Preparing for the New School Year: Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning
“How can we set up an environment that makes it more likely that students will succeed?” ?” “How can we choose the correct research-based strategies to use in the classroom?” With so many resources and so little time available, it may be helpful to have a reference to consider data-based decision making and planning. … Read More Preparing for the New School Year: Pulling it Together with Instructional Planning
Power Struggles: Re-channeling Student Behavior in Productive Ways by Noticing Feelings and Changing Responses
Power struggles often result from minor incidents that escalate into highly aversive situations for both the students and the teachers (Kerr & Valenti, 2009). Power struggles produce a strain on teacher-student relationships. Research Power struggles often result from minor incidents that escalate into highly aversive situations for both the students and the teachers (Kerr… Read More Power Struggles: Re-channeling Student Behavior in Productive Ways by Noticing Feelings and Changing Responses
PBIS: Using Data to Inform and Support, Not Punish
Consider a switch in thinking by approaching assessment data in a more supportive context. It should be used to clarify where we are, where we are going, and how we are doing getting there. Viewing data as a living system, may provide a much needed paradigm shift to what has become anxiety provoking for some… Read More PBIS: Using Data to Inform and Support, Not Punish
