...“Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Support Plan” Wendell Franklin Grand Canyon University SPE - 522 TEM 101 Dr. Brenda Combs The 1997 Reauthorization of the IDEA made Functional Behavior Assessment very important because it mandates “the use of Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Support Plan to address chronic and excessive problem behaviors” (Wheeler & Richey, 2014). It says in Sec. 1414(d) (3) (B) (i), that: “In the case of a child whose behavior impedes his or her learning or that of others, the child’s IEP team must consider, when appropriate, strategies, including positive behavior intervention strategies and supports to address that behavior” (Wheeler & Richey, 2014) The reason that the Functional Behavior Assessment and the Behavior Support plan where put in action to help the individuals that have special needs that also present challenging behaviors. The Functional Behavior Assessment also the Behavior Support Plan main goal is to gain an understanding of the behaviors that are being displayed, determine the factors that may reinforce their occurrences along with the function of the behavior. Since the establishment of the Functional Behavior Assessment and the Behavior Support Plan several definitions and factors for considerations where added to what constitutes impeding behavior. The learning of the children is not only affected by impeding behavior as well as other students could be included in the behaviors that are inclusive...
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...Behavior Portfolio for Autism Student Name Institution Behavior Portfolio for Autism Student Case Study of an Autism Girl Positive Behavior Support Plan Positive behavior plan are strategies formulated to deal with problematic behaviors exhibited by ASD individuals to reduce the occurrence of the problem and teach new skills to those individuals (Matson, Tureck, Turygin, Beighley, & Rieske, 2012). It is a rigorous plan that involves all members around the individuals on how best to deal with individuals with ASD and to ease their co-existence, which may sometimes be stressful. Members surrounding the individual receive full details of the problems to enable them have an in-depth understanding of what triggers the problem and therefore know how to prevent it. It also provides information on how to respond to those problems and the importance of teaching and reinforcing new skills. According to Neitzel Positive Behavior Support is used currently as a mode tool to reduce interfering behaviors of individuals with ASD and has been noted to be effective in reducing interfering behavior (Neitzel, 2010). The individual’s environment is to be modified to allow ease of transition and application of new skill to reduce any interfering behavior exhibited by the individual. Characteristic of the Individual Trisha is a nine-year-old girl living with her parents and three siblings in their country house in the outskirt of the city. Their home is large and each of the children...
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...“Every challenging behavior can be thought as a child’s solution to a problem and a form of communication”(Kasier & Rasminsky, 2013).These ideas go back to Plato, Who said “ That a crying baby’s behavior serves a function; she is trying to get someone to care for her”( Durand, 1990). Teachers collect data so they can determine the child’s behavior and the function of that behavior. The first thing to do is to do an informal observation. This will help the teacher to figure out when and how often this behavior happens and if it is a challenging behavior. After the teachers dose her informal observation then she will enlist help from others to do a functional assessment. “This will provide the teacher with the information for a positive behavior support plan”(Kasier & Rasminsky, 2013). With the convene team in place which is made up of family, teachers, principle and anyone else that has been part of the child’s surroundings, with all that information, now the team can work out an effective support plan for the child. In our text on page 201 gives an outline on Steps for Success, “which are steps for performing a functional assessment and creating an individualized positive behavioral support plan for a child with a challenging behavior” (Kasier & Rasminsky, 2013). * Create and convene a team. * Identify the problem behavior(s). * Identify the function(s) of the behavior(s). * Design a behavior support plan. * Implement and monitor the plan. * Evaluate...
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...Reflection Paper In this paper the subject to analyze is the function of ethics and social responsibility, how each applies in developing strategic plan, considering stakeholders requirements. It will also explain how the writer ethical viewpoint has evolved all through the program. Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility in Strategic Planning Ethics are the belief and moral rules that vary from an individual to another individual. Ethical philosophy if deliberated rigorously throughout strategic plan can lead into remarkable results. Ethics and social responsibility play a critical role in developing a strategic plan. Values, standards, norms, and rules to accomplish an accurate avenue in attaining strategic objectives are based on ethics. Social accountability is associated to the social norms and policy that if measured through the strategic planning, can outline the foundation of reliability. Ethics participate in an essential role in gathering the diverse requirements of internal and external stakeholders (Sims, 2003). These two key aspects execute a basic role in establishing a workable strategic plan. Ethics and social responsibility support in ensuring an agreement with the special requirements of stakeholders. These are as follows : • Ethical code of conduct: Ethical codes of conduct acknowledge all through strategic plan help in ensuring right and moral activities. This aid the organization in fulfilling the desires of employees, customers, communities, shareholders...
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...Skip to main content ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form | | Bottom of Form * Business * History * Languages * Math * Psychology * Sciences * Home * Business * Management * Organizational Behavior ------------------------------------------------- Behavioral Performance Management By Luthans, F. Edited by Paul Ducham Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on google_plusone_share Contents * BEHAVIORISTIC THEORIES * COGNITIVE THEORIES * SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY * LAWS OF BEHAVIOR * REINFORCEMENT THEORY * BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT * POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REINFORCERS * ANALYSIS OF MONEY AS A REINFORCER * SOCIAL RECOGNITION * PERFORMANCE BEHAVIORS * MEASUREMENT OF BEHAVIOR * FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR * INTERVENTION STRATEGY * PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT * BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT * SERVICE APPLICATIONS BEHAVIORISTIC THEORIES The most traditional and researched theory of learning comes out of the behaviorist school of thought in psychology. Most of the principles of learning and organizationalReward Systems and the behavioral performance management approach discussed in this chapter are based on behavioristic theories, or behaviorism. The classical behaviorists, such as the Russian pioneer Ivan Pavlov and the American John B. Watson, attributed learning to the association or connection between stimulus and response (S-R)...
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...Running head: SCHOOL CULTURE ANALYSIS School Culture Analysis Lisa Mack Grand Canyon University EDA 529 Dr. Tony Elmer July 21, 2009 School Culture Analysis The term school culture describes the environment that affects the behavior of the entire school community. School culture can be defined as the quality and character of school life. It is based on patterns of school life experiences and reflects norms, goals, values, relationships, teaching, leadership practices and the structure of the organization. Several studies have concurred that student performance is directly related to school climate. Students in schools with a positive school culture have higher achievements. Therefore, creating and maintaining a positive school culture should be essential to the role of school administrator. Good schools depend on a strong sense of purpose and leadership (MacNeil & Maclin, n.d.). Principals must steer their staff, students, and community in a common direction in an effort to establish a set of norms, goals, and objectives that describes their vision of learning and the overall objective of the school. A school administrator has a strong influence on shaping a schools culture (MacNeil & Maclin). Once a strong school culture is established, it tends to act as a powerful socializer of thought and programmer of behavior (MacNeil & Maclin). Yet, shaping and creating such a culture does not just inexplicably happen. It requires a negotiation...
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...De La Salle University Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business Management and Organization Department Case Analysis No. 5 Oxford Plastics Company Management Principles and Dynamics Mr. Raymund Habaradas 3st Term, S.Y. 2011-2012 Group 2 Balinas, Diberjohn Carigara, Llany Lopez, Annie Santiago, Kristoffer Villapando, Leizl 12 March 2012 Case Analysis No. 5: Oxford Plastic Company. -The Power of Two. 1 Table of Contents Page No. I. II. III. Synthesis Point of view Statement of the problem 3 3 3 3 3 6 7 9 11 11 IV. Statement of objectives V. Areas for Considerations VI. Alternative courses of action VII. Recommendation VIII. Implementation plan IX. Learning points X. Reference Case Analysis No. 5: Oxford Plastic Company. -The Power of Two. 2 I. Synthesis Oxford Plastics is a manufacturer of high quality plastics and resins. The plant employs 3000 workers in a 75-acre facility in Beatty town. It has plans of expanding the facility to accommodate a color laboratory and paint shop that will enable better and faster operations to meet customer requirements and increase competitiveness. The Governor is in full support of the additional facility for economic development. He encouraged the plant manager to coordinate with officials to address and avoid problems in relation the expansion. Oxford Plastics is faced with a challenge of positioning the additional 25-acre facility considering industrial zoning boundaries and the need to comply with...
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...Bobrow The Context Group 5812 W. 76th Street Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-670-4175 warrenb@contextgroup.com www.contextgroup.com Despite its bad reputation, performance management can be one of the most powerful interventions an organization can implement. When designed and implemented correctly, the potential for a return on investment exists because: 283 • Performance standards that are related to organizational success are implemented throughout the company. • High-performers can be more easily retained. • A mechanism exists for correcting substandard performance. This guide presents a framework for implementing a performance management program that will increase the likelihood of meeting your organization’s objectives and gaining support from your employees. INTRODUCTION The mere mention of performance management (PM) elicits negative responses from all parties involved. Supervisors dread giving negative feedback and dealing with disgruntled employees. Employees often feel attacked and unappreciated, and are concerned about whether or not they are being treated fairly. Given all the pain associated with this process, why do the vast majority of organizations continue to put their staffs through it? The answer is...
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...in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Health Care Policy and Applied Economics The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) is a comprehensive behavioral program developed by behaviorists Nathan Azrin and George Hunt. The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA), originally developed for individuals with alcohol use disorders, focuses on the management of substance-related behaviors and other disrupted life areas for treating substance-abuse problems. It is based on the belief that environmental contingencies can play a powerful role in encouraging or discouraging substance abuse. To provide an alcoholic with the incentive to quit drinking, CRA has the following two major goals: (1) Elimination of positive reinforcement for drinking; and (2) Enhancement of positive reinforcement for sobriety. Accordingly, it utilizes social, recreational, familial, and vocational reinforcers to support change in an individual's drinking or drug using behaviors and assist consumers in the recovery process. The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) focuses on the management of substance-related behaviors and other disrupted life areas. In essence, the goal of CRA is to help individuals obtain knowledge of and embrace a meaningful and healthy way of life that is more rewarding than one filled with alcohol or drug misuse. This comprehensive intervention blends operant conditioning with a social systems approach to address multiple problem areas (Meyers, Villanueva, & Smith, 2005)...
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... Gender. Studies of different researchers identified some factors that affect the gender specific towards their view of physical activity. Bottom line, family influences during childhood have a positive effect on the physical activity patterns that children develop. ii. Ethnicity. Children of Asian origin were less active than children in other ethnic groups. In terms of ethnic differences, Asian Americans and Latinos reported the lowest level of neighborhood safety for physical activity, and African Americans and Latinos reported the fewest convenient facilities for physical activity. African Americans reported the highest level of television viewing per week (Sallis et al, 1996). iii. Socioeconomic Status. A study of 2, 285 children in 4th-6th grades in multiethnic, low-income urban neighborhood revealed that 20% of the girls and 25% of the boys were inactive. It particularly influenced participation in organized sports at or outside of school. Cost of participation and transportation may have posed major problems to parents. b. Determinants of Physical Activity in Adults iv. Influences on physical activity for middle-age adults include: past program participation, self-efficacy, benefits, barriers, spouse support, peer support, perceived available time, and access to facilities (King et al, 2002). v. For older adults, perceived barriers, self-efficacy expectations, and age were found to be important predictors...
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...benefits through medication. Secondly, some children suffer from the side effects of such medicinal intervention. Thirdly, primary symptoms persist even after using medicines. Fourth, some children suffering from ADHD are effectively helped by behavior therapy when symptoms are minor. This paper is a proposed action plan of treating John who suffers from inattentive ADHD through a functional behavioral assessment (FBA). a) Operational definition of behavior This is the first stage of the FBA. Prior to selecting effective data collection methods to perform the FBA, the paraprofessional should define the behavioral problem. This definition should take into account the measurable, observable, and objective terms. The behavioral problems identified should be clear. Otherwise, it increases the difficulties involved in measuring the behavior with accuracy. Moreover, it complicates the identification of the function of the behavior and the formulation of an effective intervention method. After a collection of concrete information, regarding he behavioral problem, then the teacher or paraprofessional can refine the definition of the problem (Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavioral Intervention Plans, and Positive Intervention and Supports: An Essential Part of Effective School Wide Discipline in Virginia, 2009). In our case study, John is inattentive for the greater part of the day. His specific problems include refusing to do school work and ignoring his paraprofessional...
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...data and provides the command a performance and timeliness overview of subordinate elements. Technology has enhanced our organization’s efficiency and processing abilities significantly as we rely in a system of systems to process military evaluations. Our organization is seeking to change behavior with training and development; contemplating new ideas to improve behavior and have employees’ process evaluations based on one standard, using the appropriate sources. Enhanced processing is always welcomed in our organization. After training completion employees are expected to improve. The evaluations section is very hectic because the number of monthly evaluations processed. Ongoing performance improvement will ensure all systemic uses are understood as mentioned above because finding data and sharing data is what this organization is about. The objective is attainable as the training received will enable employees to perform their jobs beyond the basics daily. Training is what their job will consist of to perform, its how this organization processes, analyzes and, gives feedback on evaluations to its customers. There will be no cost associated with this training plan as it...
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...School Environment Analysis Essay Grand Canyon University: EDA 575 September 25, 2013 School Environment Analysis Essay Environmental /contextual factors refer to the characteristics of the learning environment that influences the effectiveness of instruction. They can be distributed into community factors, school and classroom environments and individual student characteristics (Harris, 2013). Such factors can have an effect in the teaching and learning process. After researching it is evident that these factors affect all schools in the country. Although every school is different due to their geographic, socioeconomic, ethnicity, schools and student characteristics, all school have the same factors that affect the teaching and learning process (McDoniel, 2009). Keeping these factors in mind and looking at my school, I would have to agree that these are important elements that influence the difficulties we face. The school is located in a rural area but is adjacent to a large city; in fact it is our state capital. Although the school is located in a rural area the students that attend our school are not necessarily students that live around the area. We have a mixed population. All students are bussed or driven to school. We do not have what is considered a neighborhood school. We get a population from nearby rural areas and from close by outer city population or urban. The school promotes attendance and provides incentives for students that have perfect...
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...Abstract In this action research project the researcher talked to several teachers discussing the concerns they had in education. Most teachers cited discipline in the schools as the concern they most worry about in their classrooms. I researched several articles where schools have implemented School Wide Positives Behaviors intervention Supports (SPBIS) were put into place schools showed a decrease in discipline and an increase in academic achievement. In this action cycle we implemented the first intervention to see what significant data could be reviewed. Steps in Action Research Educators use action research just about every day they are working with students. The educator could be teaching a lesson or looking a class discipline you are using action research without realizing it. The steps in action research are: Identification of the problem area, Collection and organization of data, Interpretation of data, the action based on the data, and finally reflection (Ferrance, 2000). The first step in action research is to identify the problem. If there is a discipline problem in the classroom, the first question may be why? What is causing the inappropriate behavior? Is the problem something that the educator can help solve? When choosing where to begin in your research the educator will need to ask himself several questions. The questions should higher-order in nature. The questions should be stated in common language, avoiding education jargon. The questions should be...
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...Chapter II Literature Review It is a widely accepted fact that educational training and experience influence teachers’ practices and beliefs in the manners in which they individually approach classroom management (Martin and Sass, 2010). The very thought of classroom management brings to mind an array of opinions, ideas, and definitions. However, it cannot be easily defined since classroom management involves a very broad scope of definitions (Martin & Sass, 2010). According to Martin and Sass (2010), classroom management entails an “umbrella of definitions that include learning interactions, learning, and the behavior of students” (p. 1125). I include the self-efficacy, educational training and the experiences of teachers to the umbrella definition of classroom management. This chapter will present a brief overview of the theories influencing classroom management, models of classroom management, empirical research in the field of classroom management, and the effects of variables associated to this research study. First, behavioral theorist such as John Dewey, B. F. Skinner, William Glasser, Jean Piaget, and Albert Bandura will be discussed since they have played a central role in teachers’ classroom management philosophies. Second, classroom management models by Lee Canter, Linda Albert, Harry Wong, and Kame'enui, Sugai, Colvin and Lewis will be discussed. Next, empirical research by Ladner (2009), Baker (2005), Little and Akin- Little (2008), and Martin and Sass...
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