IRIS Module Functional Behavioral Assessment: Identifying the Reasons for Problem Behavior and Developing a Behavior Plan

IRIS Module

Functional Behavioral Assessment: Identifying the Reasons for Problem Behavior and Developing a Behavior Plan

Directions: Complete the online module by working through each of these sections. View the video clips, listen to the audio clips, and read the information contained on the web pages. Complete this sheet and submit as directed.

 

Website: IRIS FBA Module: https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/fba/

 

Assessment: Please answer the questions below. If you have difficulty answering them, go back and review the Perspectives & Resources pages in the Module.

1. Give a school-based example of two of the following: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, or extinction.

 

2. Discuss at least two benefits of conducting an FBA to address problem behaviors.

 

3. Watch the video below and fill out the ABC analysis on Kira, the girl in the white shirt. What do you think the function of Kira’s behavior is?

 

4. Nigel’s problem behavior includes cursing, making derogatory comments toward other students, yelling, spitting and shoving chairs. What type of measurement system would you use to collect data on Nigel’s problem behavior? Explain your answer.

 

5. Look at the matrix below for Nigel. Use this information to determine a possible function of the behavior and to develop a hypothesis statement.
6. Look at the graph below. The objective of the function-based intervention was to reduce the instances of Nigel’s problem behavior (i., cursing, making derogatory comments toward other students, yelling, spitting, shoving chairs) during a twenty-minute small-group activity. Is the intervention successful? If you were the teacher, would you keep, modify, or discontinue the intervention? Explain your answers.

 

7. How would you go about evaluating an unsuccessful intervention? Include two specific factors that you would examine and explain why they are important.