Practitioner’s Guide to Functional Behavioral Assessment

Process, Purpose, Planning, and Prevention

Stephanie M. Hadaway 

Alan W. Brue

pages 162-

prevention：climate,culture,and community

the climate,culture,and community all can equally serve to minimize or increase the demonstration of disruptive behavior

without an effort towards prevention,negative and difficult behavior might reemerge despite all other attempts at behavior management

behavior cannot be viewed in single,isolated episodes

climate,climate is the atmosphere or the prevailing mood in an organization, creating a climate where individuals want to come,it is a climate where people feel safe and have a sense of belonging,it is a climate prevailing positive attitudes towards those around us

cluture,cluture is the social norms and collective understanding within an environment.creating a culture of prevention means resetting both the spoken and unspoken expections that govern environment behavior

community,community is a group that shares a common characteristic.

students with interfering behaviors can become dangerous to themselves and to others

12 keys to eliminating and reducing incidents of restraint and seclusion

a comprehensive clear policy and procedure

restraint must be the intervention of last resort

staff must be trained in de-escalation techniques(verbal and visual)

adequate and well-prepared staff

consumer(student)involvement

a system of data collection and analysis

strategies for organizational change

performance measurement systems

emphasis on staff and consumer(student)strengths

cultural competence

effective consumer(student)staff debriefing

an environment that prioritized consumer(student)dignity

appendix

pages 190

functional behavioral assessment 

phase one:process

target behavior help sheet

parent/caregiver questionnaire

staff/personnel interview questionnaire

student questionnaire

interview checklist

ABC data collection sheet

data analysis worksheet

data analysis:summary worksheet

data analysis:direct observation summary worksheet

functional behavioral assessment

phase two:purpose

determining the function help chart

functional behavioral assessment

process,purpose,planning,prevention

functional behavioral assessment 

phase three:planning

behavior intervention plan