Ch. 8 FBA

Question 1

a behavioral approach used to identify when and where problem behavior is likely to occur and the purpose or function that behavior serves for a student…..

Answer 1

Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)

Question 2

The process of gathering information about a challenging behavior to determine the environmental influences on the behavior and the funciton (i.e. Purpose) that the behavior may serve for the child…..

Answer 2

Functional Behavior Assessemnt (FBA) or Functional Assessment

Question 3

The process of manipulating consequence conditions and observing the effects of each condition on a student’s behavior for the purpose of identifying function(s) of challenging behavior…

Answer 3

Functional Analysis

Question 4

an educational placement for students with disabilities who are not allowed to attend thier regular school because of discipline problems….

Answer 4

Interim Alternative Educational Setting (IAES)

Question 5

a requirement that school officials cosider whether a misbehavior was the result of a student’s disability before determining the consequences for that behavior…

Answer 5

Manifestation Determination

Question 6

an indirect observation method for recording antecedents adn consequences related to a target behavior as it occurs throughout the day.

Note: each behavioral incident is recorded on a seperate index card?

Answer 6

Index Card Narrative Format

Question 7

a replacement behavior that serves the same function as the unacceptable behavior…

Answer 7

Functionally Equivalent

Question 8

the asssumption that the rate of any behavior is determined by the rate of reinforcement for that behavior…

Answer 8

Matching Law

Question 9

the principle that students will engage in behaviors that most reliably and easily produce the greatest amount of reinforcement….

Answer 9

Behavioral Efficiency