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EEX: 4070 Teaching Exceptional Children Positive Behavioral Support – Part 1 Functional Behavioral Assessment

Prepared by: Jessica Curasi

Student History and Information

Student Grade: N/A Student age: 21

Describe Classroom Setting – include were the student sits: The setting for this behavior takes place in the kitchen where the garbage can is located.

Strengths and Weaknesses (academic, behavioral, social, etc.,): Socially, Jennah and I will get along better and won’t fight as much. Behaviorally, she will learn how to take responsibility for herself and living environment and know how to take care of and clean up after herself. She will also have a sense of dignity and take pride in the place that she lives.

Medical or Physical Factors: The garbage accumulates over a period of time and poses a potential health and hygiene risk. There is also an increased chance for rodent and insect infestation due to the discarded and rotting food.

Problem Behavior(s) (Describe in observable terms) Jennah will not take out the trash when it is obviously visually apparent that the trash should be taken out in order to minimize garbage consumption. I have observed her taking part in other activities or leaving the apartment all together, when it is time for the garbage to be taken out in order to avoid doing it. She is also a very lazy individual, thus contributing to her unwillingness to take out the garbage.

Antecedent Events - overall picture/summary from several observations Describe when the behavior is most likely to occur – be specific and descriptive. What events predictably precede and trigger the problem behavior? (Supervised or unsupervised, beginning, middle or end of class, task demands, etc.) After preparing meals that require a lot of disregarded trash or when the trash begins to overflow over the top of the trash can, will often trigger this lazy behavior. Also, her boyfriend has been living with us recently, which minimizes her motivation and willingness to take out the trash.

Where is the behavior most likely to occur? What is unique about the environment where the behavior occurred? (Size of classroom, number of students, seating arrangement, distractions, etc.) This behavior is most likely to occur in the kitchen. It is a small kitchen with minimal space. If nobody takes out the trash, the garbage bags will start to gather on the kitchen floor lessening the floor space and decreasing our ability to maneuver when in the kitchen.

Who is present when the behavior occurs? (Be specific student, teacher, aid, etc.) Generally, it is just Jennah and myself who are present, but recently her boyfriend has been at our apartment as well.

What activities are most likely or least likely to cause the behavior? (Group activity, independent, math, reading, reviewing test, etc.) This behavior will most likey occur when she is out of the apartment. Also, if she is spending more time with her boyfriend, she is more unwilling to take out the trash. On the other hand, the behavior is less likely to occur if someone has just taken out the trash and changed the trash bag in the garbage can.

What happens immediately before/after the behavior occurs? Before the behavior occurs, a fight will generally ensue between us about how the trash needs to be taken out, and I refuse to do it because I knew I had done it at least two or three times before. After the behavior occurs, the kitchen is cleaner and more spacious, however there is usually a hostile and tense environment in the apartment.

Consequence events that predictably follow What happens after the behavior? – Responses from teacher, other students, & student. We fight about her laziness and how even though both of us contribute to the amount of garbage that I am the only one who ever seems to take it out. If the behavior continues and she still refuses to take out the trash, it will begin to spill out over the top of the trashcan and onto the floor, creating a filthy and hazardous living environment.

What does the student get or avoid by demonstrating this behavior? She gets a smelly home and dirty living conditions. She also avoids the opportunity to live in a clean sanitary environment that she can take pride in. She also increases the risk of having a bug or rodent infestation when she doesn’t take the trash out because of the old and soiled food that rots in the garbage.

EEX: 4070 Teaching Exceptional Children Positive Behavioral Support – Part 2 Behavioral Support Plan

Prepared by: Jessica Curasi

Target Behavior to be changed – What is the behavior you want to lessen or stop?

I would like to specifically target her lack of concern about taking the trash out. Also I would like to address how her laziness and boyfriend’s presence plays a primary role as to why she doesn’t take the trash out and hope that this behavior would change so she takes it out more often.

What is the desired behavior? What do you want the person to DO instead of the Problem Behavior?

I would like to increase how often Jennah takes out the trash and would eventually hope to get her to contribute to the well-being and cleanliness of our home.

Intervention Plan: (Identify at least six specific intervention strategies, e.g., strategies to prevent problems, teach appropriate behavior or to manage consequences.)

1. I can create and post a schedule somewhere in the kitchen, perhaps on a cabinet or on the refrigerator, that clearly displays whose turn it is to take out the garbage on a daily or weekly basis. 2. Jennah will get a piece of candy every time she takes the trash out. 3. Since her boyfriend is a main reason why Jennah won’t take the trash out, he can go with her when she takes it out and they can take a walk around the complex together. 4. I can post friendly non-hostile reminders on her door or near the trash can where I know she will see them. In these notes, I will remind her when the trashcan is close to being full and almost time for her to take it out. 5. We can take turns alternating between taking out the garbage in the bathrooms and the garbage in the kitchen. 6. We can make an arrangement so that whoever takes the trash out, the other roommate must change the garbage bag liner in the trashcan.