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Identification
The first step in the FBA process is to identify the challenging behavior that most needs to be changed. If there are a number of challenging behaviors displayed by the student, then the most profound behavior must be addressed first. This target behavior must be identified in concrete terms that are simple to communicate and easy to measure and record. For example, a challenging behavior may be: Chris is destructive. This description is unclear and therefore would be difficult to record data on and find an effective intervention for. A concrete way to describe the behavior would be: Chris dumps over his desk when it is time to begin math assignments. Once a target behavior is clearly defined a plan to find the function of the behavior can be devised and data collection can begin.
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