A Functional Behavior Assessment is an assessment that help adults decide why a student acts a certain way. It's an assessment that can be used once a behavior is defined. It's generally used to identify the problem in order for adults to figure out how to make it better. For example, when a student disrupts the classroom when it's designated independent reading time, a teacher can record this and begin to have conversations with other adults in the school to help her form an FBA to figure out what the problem is for that particular student.
