Reinforce the replacement behavior (s). Discontinue or minimize the consequences that are currently maintaining the challenging behavior. Step 6: Collect data daily on the occurrence of each ...

Functional analysis methodology has become the hallmark of behavioral assessment, yielding a determination of behavioral function in roughly 96% of the cases published (Hanley, Iwata, & Mccord, 2003).

Carol Kinch, Teri Lewis-Palmer, Shanna Hagan-Burke, George Sugai, A Comparison of Teacher and Student Functional Behavior Assessment Interview Information from Low-risk and High-risk Classrooms, ...