Thursday, 17 November 2011

Functional Analysis

Functional Analysis is examining a students inappropriate behaviour as well as its antecedents (what happened before) and consequences to determine the function of that the behaviour may serve for the student.
Functional Analysis is more open assessment than operant conditioning. Instead of just looking at the behaviour, but question the behaviour. This idea is called positive behaviour support and assess the whole situation.
There are five strategies to the functional analysis approach.
1: teach desirable behaviours.
2: consistently reinforce new behaviour in a way which the student will appreciate.
3: in your class to have predictable routines.
4: provide frequent opportunities for choice.
5: provide adaptations to support academic success.

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