AFIRM Module ABI

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AFIRM Module: Antecedent Based Interventions (ABI) URL: https://afirm.fpg.unc.edu Describe the four key concepts to fully understand what might be causing an interfering behavior. Behavior : the identified interfering behavior. Antecedent Stimulus : events or conditions that occur directly before the identified interfering behavior occurs. Consequence : events or conditions that occur directly after the interfering behavior occurs. Setting Events : anything that increase the likelihood that the identified interfering behavior will occur. Describe the behaviors that can be addressed with ABI and how can ABI help learners. Goals that can be addressed with ABI can be addressing adaptive behavior, reducing self- injurious behaviors, reducing challenging behaviors, initiating play skills, increasing communication, increasing social skills, etc. ABI can help learners by focusing on identifying the conditions in the environment that might contribute to the occurrence of the interfering behavior to help prevent/reduce interfering behaviors and increase engagement and on-task behaviors. What key information should one consider when planning for ABIs? When planning for ABIs, one should consider completing an FBA to assist in identifying a behavior that interferes with learning and/or development. Summarizes the ABI strategies. Learner Preferences: tasks/activities are modified and adopted to increase the learner’s interests. Changing Schedules/Routines: routines/schedules are changed to decrease interfering behaviors. Implementing Pre-activity Interventions: implemented before a task/activity associated with the interfering behavior. Choice Making: during activities or settings where interfering behaviors occur, learner is presented choice of materials or tasks. Altering the Delivery of Instruction: modify instruction in order to understand expectations. Enriching the Environment: provide access to appropriate behaviors. Scenario Garrison; Age: 7.9; Grade: 2nd Grade, 2nd Semester Garrison loves hands-on science activities almost as much as he loves dinosaurs, robots, and computer games. Garrison also likes playing with building blocks and has sometimes even brought

some from home to share with his peers. Unfortunately, Garrison is failing his grade-level requirements in reading and math—despite testing at grade level in both areas—and his parents and teacher are becoming increasingly concerned. Garrison has an identified learning disability and receives specialized instruction in written expression, which is provided by the special education teacher during small-group intensive instruction time. He grows easily frustrated when he has to write assignments in any subject, but he has a computer available to use in the classroom as needed. His 2nd-grade teacher, Mr. McGrady, believes Garrison is capable of doing the work required in class. Mr. McGrady has noted that Garrison participates in class discussions and hands-on activities; however, he avoids and rarely starts assignments by himself. Mr. McGrady reports that while other students begin assignments promptly, Garrison can be found fiddling with building blocks or drawing robots and superheroes. Getting Garrison started on most independent assignments is like pulling teeth, and even when he does get started he usually only completes around 60 percent of his work. Select an ABI Strategy you would recommend for Garrison. In one sentence describe the purpose of this strategy. Describe why you think this strategy would be effective for Garrison. Brief Description: Using learner preference by modifying and adapting tasks/activities to increase Garrison’s interest. Rational: This strategy would be effective for Garrison because using things such as dinosaur- themed pencils/pens, a robot-themed background on his computer, etc., it could help to increase his interest in completing his independent assignments. Scenario Students: Zach Age: 10.10 and Patrick Age: 11.4: Grade: 5th grade, 2nd semester Patrick and Zach are 5th-graders in Mrs. Anderson’s class. The class has 25 students—13 boys and 12 girls—three of whom have identified disabilities and receive intensive instruction with a special education teacher. Zach, who has a specific learning disability in reading, is one of these students. He receives 30 minutes of specialized daily instruction to address reading goals set by his special education teacher. Zach likes math and especially enjoyed a recent unit in geometry. Typically quiet during independent work time, Zach shows a tendency toward arguing and name-calling when paired with other students, Patrick in particular. For his part, Patrick enjoys taking part in classroom skits and plays. He likes to tell funny stories, often quite loudly, and being in the limelight. An average student academically, Patrick participates in community sports and especially likes softball. Other students complain that he “doesn’t stop talking” during class discussions and that he tends to call out unrelated or inappropriate information. Additionally, when he works in pairs (especially with Zach), Patrick often teases his partner with name-calling and hurtful comments. When Zach or another student inevitably asks him to stop, Patrick instead starts an argument. All these classroom disruptions have Mrs. Anderson on the verge of pulling her own hair out. Patrick and Zach appear to be “at each other” constantly. Not only do they get off task at these times, but the rest of the class is soon drawn into the spectator sport. Unfortunately, during these disruptions, little classroom work or instruction gets done. Select an ABI Strategy you would recommend for Zach and one for Patrick. In one sentence Zach: Strategy Description: Using choice-making by presenting choice of materials/tasks to Zach

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