Why you need Interview Questions Behavior

Introducing Interview Questions Behavior - the comprehensive set of interview forms designed to help educators conduct functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and create effective behavior plans.

FBAs are essential in identifying the root causes of problem behaviors and developing strategies to address them. With Interview Questions Behavior, you'll have access to three different interview forms - one for parents, one for teachers, and one for students - each covering a range of important topics to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of the student's behavior and needs.

Interview Questions Behavior- FBA Parent Interview Form

Send the FBA Parent Interview Form to parents to complete on their own, do it together with the parents, or use it as guiding questions for an in-person or phone interview.

The parent interview form covers topics like:

• checklist of child strengths and interests
• favorite items and activities (helpful for determining possible reinforcers for BIP)
• diagnoses and medications
• outside services
• parents’ view of what is and is not going well at school
• checklist of problem behaviors seen at home
• parental hypothesis for why problem behaviors occur
• parental strategies for dealing with problem behavior

Interview Questions Behavior- FBA Teacher Interview Form

Send the FBA Teacher Interview Form to teachers to complete on their own, do it together with them, or use it as guiding questions for an in-person or phone interview.

If a student has multiple teachers, consider having more than one teacher complete the interview form. This will help you determine why a behavior may be more or less likely to occur with certain teachers or during certain subjects. These forms also help clarify what strategies have already been attempted.

The teacher interview form covers topics like:

• checklist comparing student academic and social skills to typical grade-level peers
• academic summary
• student strengths and interests
• a detailed description of top problem behaviors
• teacher hypothesis for why problem behaviors occur
• observed triggers and reactions of peers
• times when behaviors are most/least likely to occur
• descriptions of strategies that teachers have already attempted (reinforcement, reteaching expected behaviors, and correction procedures)

Interview Questions Behavior- FBA Student Interview Form

The FBA Student Interview Form includes interview student questions that are often overlooked in the functional behavior assessment process. Allowing the student to complete the form themselves (if able) or doing it together with them provides a valuable first-hand account of their perspective. This can help in writing an effective behavior plan in the future.

The student interview form includes questions on various topics, such as the student's interests, important peers and adults in their life, strategies they use to calm down when upset, how adults could help them at school, and a discussion of problem behaviors. It also explores what makes them more or less likely to engage in the behavior and their perception of peer and adult reactions to their behavior.

The student interview form covers topics like:

• student interests
• survey of important peers and adults in the student’s life
• strategies that they use to calm themselves down when upset
• how they believe adults could help them at school
• discussion of the behaviors that get them into trouble at school (what the behaviors are, how often they occur, how long they last, etc.)
• what makes them more or less likely to engage in the problem behavior/s
• how they perceive the reaction of peers and adults after they engage in the behavior

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Behavior Observation Form (s)

Behavior Observation Form (s) will walk you through the observation process. The forms will help you know what to look for as you observe, and assist you in breaking down what you are seeing in a way that will help you write a quality FBA.

Done correctly, your direct observation of the student (ideally across 2-3 settings) will allow you to compare what you observe with the interview information. It will also help you develop a definition of the target behavior that is observable and measurable (operational definition) and assist you in developing a functional hypothesis of why the student is engaging in the problem behavior.

Use the included data forms and Behavior Observation Summary to help you determine which pieces of data should be shared in the direct observation portion of an FBA. Continue reading for an explanation of each form.

• Anecdotal Observation Notes

  • Take your pick of digital or printable notes for your anecdotal observation notes.

• Frequency Recording Form

  • Use frequency recording when behavior is easy to count and has a clear beginning and end.
  • You can track 1-3 behaviors on one sheet. At the end of the day, tally the number of times each behavior was observed. Divide that number by the total time in minutes that the student was observed. This will give you the rate of the behaviors per minute.

• Time-on-Task Recording Form

  • Choose from one of two different time-on-task partial interval recording forms. These forms allow you to track both the target student and a peer comparison student.
  • Determine how long you want each interval to be (I generally suggest between 20 seconds and 1-2 minutes for students who have a great deal of trouble staying focused).
  • Using a timer, you will then note for each interval whether the student was off-task even once during that interval by making either a circle or an X in the corresponding box. This will give you on and off-task interval percentages.

• Task Analysis

  • Use the task analysis form to track the level of support needed for a specific skill. You will do this by breaking the skill into up to 10 parts. You then can document the level of prompting/support needed at each step of the task.
  • If you are seeking a 1:1 or additional assistance for students who need a high level of support, especially with personal care tasks, using this form will give you detailed documentation to support your request.
  • Key: IN = independent, V = visual prompt, P = verbal prompt, T = touch cue, PP = partial physical prompt, M = modeled, F = full physical guidance, R = refused

• Rate of Positive Reinforcement vs. Correction

  • Are you dealing with a particularly attention-seeking student? This form is particularly useful for those students who try to get attention any way that they can.
  • Used over time, this form can help teachers to see an inverse relationship between positive attention and inappropriate student behaviors.
  • In other words, for many attention-driven students, increasing non-contingent and positive attention meets their connection needs and decreases their motivation to act up.

• Behavior Observation Summary

  • Use the Behavior Observation Summary to help you easily summarize your observation and gives you something concrete to look back on when writing the direct observation portion of your FBA.
  • The form leads you through documenting your observation. This includes things like:
  • the type/s of data you collected
  • details about the setting of the observation and the people present
  • the type of instruction and the instructional aids used
  • the student's academic and social behaviors
  • observed strengths and problem behaviors

• The guides also give you space for additional comments/observations/ recommendations.

Use the tools in Behavior Observation Form (s) to gain a clearer idea of what you are looking for when you do a student observation. as well as what information should be included in the direct observation portion of a functional behavior assessment (FBA).

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Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet (ABC) & Graphing

Why you need Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet (ABC)

Are you dealing with ongoing student problem behavior that isn't responding to basic interventions? Do you need to write an FBA? Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet (ABC) makes it easy to create behavior graphs to help you complete a quality FBA.

How to use the Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet and Graphing

The first thing you need is to collect behavior documentation. You may use the included Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet (ABC checklist) for student behavior. You could also use one of the included traditional ABC data sheets, or your own preferred/required documentation form (such as office disciplinary referrals).

Next, enter the frequency data for all problem behaviors into the FBA Excel Graph-Maker. This will provide you with a bar graph indicating the most significant problem behaviors. From here you will determine which behaviors you want to target with your FBA. Choose the 1-3 most significant behaviors, focusing first on any safety concerns and second on the most significantly disruptive behaviors.

Finally, you will enter the ABC data (the antecedent of the behavior and the consequence of the behavior) for each instance of your 1-3 target behaviors into one of the spreadsheets.  This will give you information to help narrow down the function of behavior so that you can begin to develop an effective Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP).

Your purchase of Functional Behavior Assessment Worksheet (ABC) includes 10 different graphs:

• Types of Problem Behavior
• Location of Problem Behavior
• Instruction Type
• Activity
• Possible Motivation
• Antecedent
• Latency
• Duration
• Consequence
• Student Response to Consequence

FBA Template

If you aren’t confident in your ability to complete any of the components of a functional behavior assessment, then this FBA Template is for you.

The included Components of a Functional Behavior Assessment document will walk you through and offer examples along the way.

FBA Template includes:

• An editable functional behavior assessment template
• An 11-page document explaining how to complete a functional behavior assessment**,** outlining each of the necessary components of an FBA. Explanations and examples are given for each component.
• Sources of Data
• Target/Problem Behavior
• Relevant Background Information
• Setting Events/Contextual Analysis
• Motivating Factors/Antecedent Analysis (Triggers)
• Maintaining Consequences/Consequence Analysis
• Summary/Functional Hypothesis

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