ARTICLE SUMMARY

Article Summary

Article Summary

Problem Statement

The 1997 amendment also required Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams to develop strategies to proactively deal with or remediate a student's behavior problems. The interventions designed for a student were to be based on the results of an FBA.

Purpose of the Article

The purpose of this investigation was twofold. The first purpose was to:

Determine whether SEAs across the United States had developed resources for completing FBAs.

Evaluate the type of information available to school district personnel in relation to non-experimental and experimental FBA and FA procedures, and compare FBA component criteria provided by each SEA with the same component ...