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PGED 301 - Assignment 4: Functional Behavioural Assessment (FBA) and Positive Behavioural Supports Planning (PBIS)

Amelia Maree 207063278
Jennifer Ross 211125296
Robyn Holm 209025661

Date: 17 August 2015

Course: PGCE

PLAGIARISM REALITY CHECK
1. Plagiarism is using another’s work and knowingly (or unknowingly) passing it off as one’s own. This includes just changing the order of words in a sentence and then not acknowledging the author.
2. Each contribution to, and quotation in this essay from the work, or works of other people, has been attributed to and cited and referenced (including from the Internet).
3. ‘Cutting and pasting’ from the internet without the appropriate citation and referencing is plagiarism.

PLAGIARISM REALITY CHECK
1. Plagiarism is using another’s work and knowingly (or unknowingly) passing it off as one’s own. This includes just changing the order of words in a sentence and then not acknowledging the author.
2. Each contribution to, and quotation in this essay from the work, or works of other people, has been attributed to and cited and referenced (including from the Internet).
3. ‘Cutting and pasting’ from the internet without the appropriate citation and referencing is plagiarism.


Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Specific Problem Behaviour 3
Antecedent Conditions 5
Consequences 5
Function of the Behaviour 6
Other Related Considerations 7
Positive Behavioural Support Plan 7
Conclusion 14
References 16

Introduction
A functional behavioural assessment is a collaborative approach that includes a variety of approaches to identify and establish the causes of specific problem behaviours and create appropriate and correlating interventions and support plans in order to positively address and improve the problem behaviour (Quinn, Gable, Rutherford, Nelson & Howell, 1998). It aims at “identifying biological, social, affective, and environmental factors that initiate, sustain, or end the behavio[u]r in question”...