primer on functional behavioral assessments
By: Leigh Deveres.
Publisher: LRP Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Horsham, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Subjects: United States; Child Behavior Disorders; Education, Special; Disabled Children
Description: Discusses how local school districts can conduct functional behavioral assessments and develop functional behavioral intervention plans in response to certain disciplinary actions taken against students with disabilities, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and its 1997 amendments.
Table of contents: title: Functional behavioral assessments: the amended IDEA's tool of the trade.; title: Functional behavioral assessment teams: a specialized arm of the IEP team.; title: IDEA '97 language on FBAs.; title: 6 steps to the single-session FBA.; title: FBAs, manifestation determinations not the same.; title: Hearing officer decisions.