PECT Behavioral Supports and Interventions

Question 1

What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)?

Accepted Answer

A systematic process to identify the function or purpose behind a student's challenging behavior

Answer

An FBA uses direct observation, interviews, and data collection to determine the antecedents, behaviors, and consequences that maintain a problem behavior, identifying whether the behavior functions to gain attention, escape tasks, access items, or serve sensory needs.

Question 2

What is a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP)?

Accepted Answer

A proactive plan based on FBA data that teaches replacement behaviors and modifies the environment to prevent problem behaviors

Answer

A BIP, developed from FBA results, includes proactive environmental modifications, teaching of functionally equivalent replacement behaviors, reinforcement strategies, and crisis intervention procedures.

Question 3

What is positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS)?

Accepted Answer

A framework using evidence-based practices to teach and reinforce expected behaviors school-wide

Answer

PBIS is a multi-tiered framework (universal, targeted, intensive) that explicitly teaches behavioral expectations, reinforces positive behavior, uses data for decision-making, and provides increasingly individualized support for students with significant behavioral needs.

Question 4

What are the four common functions of behavior in applied behavior analysis?

Accepted Answer

Attention, escape/avoidance, access to tangibles, and sensory stimulation

Answer

Applied behavior analysis identifies four functions that maintain behavior: gaining attention from others, escaping or avoiding non-preferred tasks or situations, accessing desired tangible items or activities, and obtaining sensory stimulation.

Question 5

What is the difference between positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement?

Accepted Answer

Positive adds something desirable to increase behavior; negative removes something aversive to increase behavior

Answer

Both increase the likelihood of behavior: positive reinforcement adds a desired stimulus (praise, rewards) after the behavior, while negative reinforcement removes an aversive stimulus (ending a difficult task) after the behavior.

(PECT) Special Education PreK-8 Exam Practice Test

(PECT) Special Education PreK-8 Exam Practice Test

PECT Behavioral Supports and Interventions