LEND Fact Sheet Series: Challenging Behaviors: Functional Behavioral Assessment of Young Children

Author(s)
Joe E Reichle, Carol L Davis, Shelley Neilsen Gatti, Lillian K Duran

Description

A fact sheet defining a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) as a process that identifies the links between challenging behavior and the conditions that surround it. The sheet also explains how FBA applies to young children, who should complete an FBA, and when and why they should complete it.

Details

Date
2012 
Type
Fact Sheet 
Publisher
Minnesota Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (MNLEND)

Topics

  • Education practices (K12 and transition)
    • Positive behavior support
  • Specific life stage
    • Early childhood
  • Specific disability
    • Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)