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Final Words

One person alone should never conduct a FBA.  Multiple professionals should be involved throughout the FBA process.  These professionals include teachers, guidance counselors, administrators, school psychologists, and other professionals that work with the student.  However, the most important individuals included in the FBA process should be the parents.  The parents are the most important factors in the lives of children.  The FBA process is logically supportive of group problem solving and should always involve meaningful collaboration.  As for the FBA process itself, a respected Licensed Psychologist and School Psychologist whom I had the recent pleasure of speaking with summed it up nicely.  

^{An FBA is an investigative and experimental process that not only guesses, but also proves what the reasons are behind certain human behaviors.  Once you know what the reason is, your task is to strike a compromise with the person by allowing the reason to be valid but requiring a more appropriate alternative "replacement" behavior instead.  A form is not nearly as important as brainpower in the moment of investigation. You may ask any question you wish that may give you more insight into why the behavior is occurring. Then test it (McGinnis, 2000).}

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This website was developed collaboratively during the summer session of  June/July 2000, as a technology project by graduate students in EEX 6222: Assessment and Dr. Marcia Greene, Associate Professor and Bill Halverson, Technology Instructor/Webmaster, Florida Gulf Coast University, College of Education.   Comments/Feedback??? Email us directly or use the Feedback option at the top of the page.  We hope you have enjoyed this website! 

Last modified: July 05, 2000