Problem Behaviors
Problem Behavior
Reinforcement Unlimited, LLC provides consultation on how to deal with behaviors that pose a problem, are disruptive, dangerous, or simply inappropriate. We routinely consult to parents, schools, and agencies. Our interventions are designed to focus on teaching alternative positive replacement behaviors whenever possible. The overall goal of our consultation is the reduction of targeted behaviors of concern.
All our interventions are based on your needs and our analysis of the function served by the behavior. Understanding the function of a behavior allows us to alter how the child gets their needs met and to increase appropriate behaviors that meet that need at the same time that we are reducing the behavior that brought us into the picture in the first place. At the heart of this process is the Functional Behavioral Assessment.
Problem behaviors are widely acknowledged as the most challenging and stressful issues faced by parents and schools related to special needs children. In special needs children problem behaviors are less likely to spontaneously disappear than in typically developing peers. Early intervention utilizing evaluation techniques included in the FBA process are essential in preventing such behaviors from moving beyond the level exhibited by typical peers. Research is clear that interventions that do not focus on positive replacement behaviors for problem behavior will be unsuccessful in the long-term elimination of such problem behaviors.