1. Directions for FBA Data Tool data collection- this is not how to use the tool- but how to collect the data for the tool.

2. Download the FBA data tool from www.behaviordoctor.org

3. Click on Demographics

4. Enter your identifying information here
Then click this

5. Put in the time you will begin data collection & the date & school year
Then click this

6. You cannot change this column
Change the criteria to match your student’s setting, event, behavior and consequence
You cannot change this column

7. Then click this

8. You will now get a sheet for data collection
Make enough copies for everyone who will be collecting data. They will turn them into you to bring to the next class.

9. Make sure no one puts in more than one context, antecedent, behavior, or consequence. Only one letter can go in each box. Tell them to choose the most appropriate answer.
Make sure they put in start and end time.

10. It should look similar to this when they write down the data collection. This is what it will look like when you enter it into the program next session.

11. Competing pathway charts
I included 3 competing pathway charts- you will use these with your student next class. There are some blanks in your book- or you can print these off and bring them to class. I’ll be helping you fill them out. You will need one for each behavior you chose to work on with your student.

12. What is the goal behavior?
Competing Pathway Chart:
What adult or peer behaviors will “feed” this goal behavior?
YOUR TOPIC GOES HERE
What event or setting takes place prior to the target behavior? (Antecedent)
What behavior are you targeting to change? (Behavior)
What adult or peer behaviors are reinforcing this behavior? (negative or positive reinforcement) (Consequences)
What settings/contexts/antecedents can you modify to make proactive changes in the environment to make the target behavior unnecessary?
What new behaviors might you teach to the student to replace the current target behaviors?
How might you change the adult behavior regarding the original target behavior and the new replacement behaviors?
Adapted from the following book: O'Neill, R. E., Horner, R. H., Albin, R. W., Sprague, J. R., Storey, K., & Newton, J. S. (1997). Functional assessment and program development for problem behavior: A practical handbook (2nd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

13. What is the goal behavior?
Competing Pathway Chart:
What adult or peer behaviors will “feed” this goal behavior?
YOUR TOPIC GOES HERE
What event or setting takes place prior to the target behavior? (Antecedent)
What behavior are you targeting to change? (Behavior)
What adult or peer behaviors are reinforcing this behavior? (negative or positive reinforcement) (Consequences)
What settings/contexts/antecedents can you modify to make proactive changes in the environment to make the target behavior unnecessary?
What new behaviors might you teach to the student to replace the current target behaviors?
How might you change the adult behavior regarding the original target behavior and the new replacement behaviors?
Adapted from the following book: O'Neill, R. E., Horner, R. H., Albin, R. W., Sprague, J. R., Storey, K., & Newton, J. S. (1997). Functional assessment and program development for problem behavior: A practical handbook (2nd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

14. What is the goal behavior?
Competing Pathway Chart:
What adult or peer behaviors will “feed” this goal behavior?
YOUR TOPIC GOES HERE
What event or setting takes place prior to the target behavior? (Antecedent)
What behavior are you targeting to change? (Behavior)
What adult or peer behaviors are reinforcing this behavior? (negative or positive reinforcement) (Consequences)
What settings/contexts/antecedents can you modify to make proactive changes in the environment to make the target behavior unnecessary?
What new behaviors might you teach to the student to replace the current target behaviors?
How might you change the adult behavior regarding the original target behavior and the new replacement behaviors?
Adapted from the following book: O'Neill, R. E., Horner, R. H., Albin, R. W., Sprague, J. R., Storey, K., & Newton, J. S. (1997). Functional assessment and program development for problem behavior: A practical handbook (2nd ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.