1. What is a FBA: An FBA is a Functional Behavior Assessment. This assessment is an approach to help understand why a student acts a certain way (behavioral challenges). Behaviors occur for a reason and it is a method for helping identify what is behind the behavioral challenges to find ways to change it.
2. Why is a FBA used: To gather information to use it to help change the behavior. Steps include: Defining behavior, gather and analyze information, find out the reason for the behavior and finally make a plan.
3. Situations in which an FBA is used for are: Helps look into behaviors with Special Educations students to see if those behaviors are interfering with their learning. Also, Federal Law requires a FBA in certain cases for students who are disciplined or removed from school. Usually because of serious behaviors i.e. drugs, weapons, threats.
2. Why is a FBA used: To gather information to use it to help change the behavior. Steps include: Defining behavior, gather and analyze information, find out the reason for the behavior and finally make a plan.
3. Situations in which an FBA is used for are: Helps look into behaviors with Special Educations students to see if those behaviors are interfering with their learning. Also, Federal Law requires a FBA in certain cases for students who are disciplined or removed from school. Usually because of serious behaviors i.e. drugs, weapons, threats.