Functional Behavioral Assessment

Functional behavioral assessment (FBA) is a process that seeks to find out the function of certain problematical behaviors. It looks for the purpose of the behavior as opposed to the cause. All behavior has a certain function. In fact, whenever you do something, you’re doing it for a reason. Furthermore, there can be different behaviors with the same function. For example, say a child wants to get the attention of their mother. To do this they might have a tantrum or get angry with a sibling or say they’re sick when they’re at school so they have to be taken…