RE: Question about school FBA

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There's a good article about FBAs at

http://cie.asu.edu/fall98/miller_tansy_hughes/index.html

One comment-if there is an additional dx like ADHD, etc., the behavior plan

would need to take that into account and not taking it into account could

impact the success of the plan.

Re: Question about school FBA

Don't touch the form until you talk to the school about the exact purpose

of

it and what it will be used for. Yes, you can refuse it if they can't

convince you that it's a necessary component for perfroming the FBA and

creating a

" Positive Behavior Plan " .

The purpose of the FBA is determine the antecedents for the child's

behavior

AT SCHOOL, not at home.

I had a similar problem when we were in CA. The school district wanted the

Regional Center (which provides services to parents at home in CA) to come

work

with to " fix " her behaviors. The rep from Regional Center came to an

IEP meeting and explained that they would provide services at home if

was a major behavioral problem there, including safety risk, but any issue

at

school was the school's responsibility, not the Regional Center's.

I'ld be leary that they are trying to prove that your child's behaviors are

due to issues (ie poor parentling) at home.

- B

In a message dated 1/6/2006 9:33:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,

cbbtdillon@... writes:

Have any of you who have had FBA's done had this sort of paperwork to fill

out for an FBA? I'm not looking for another label or diagnosis for my child

and if I were I sure wouldn't be looking to the school do it. How and why

would

this information be used to perform an FBA? There is so much crap going on

with this school. Can I refuse to complete this form?