Week 13

Behavior contracts

agreement between a teacher and student that clearly specifies student performance expectations, reward for meeting expectations, consequences for not meeting expectations, and the timeframe for which the agreement is valid.

Cognitive behavior management (CBM)

behavior management strategy in which students learn to monitor and change their own behavior.

Surface behaviors

initial student behaviors that teacher could interpret as misbehavior.

Behavior intervention plan (BIP)

detailed strategy, developed on the basis of a functional behavior assessment, to address significant behavior problems being experienced by a student with a disability.

Functional behavior assessment (FBA)

The process of gathering detailed data on the students behavior and the context in which it occurs for the purpose of determining the reasons for it and creating a behavior intervention plan.

Presentation punishment

presenting negative consequences as a strategy for decreasing behavior.

Removal punishment

taking away from a student something that is desired as a strategy for decreasing inappropriate behavior.

Time-out

type of removal punishment in which a student is removed from opportunities for reward.

Response cost

type of removal punishment in which a student loses privileges or other rewards as a consequence of inappropriate behavior.

Positive Reinforcement

a consequence to a behavior that causes it to increase. Also called a reward

Negative Reinforcement

a potential negative consequence to a behavior that causes the behavior to increase