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What is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?
December 17, 2025
A Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) identifies why challenging behaviors occur by analyzing antecedents, behaviors, and consequences to guide interventions.
What is a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)?
It uses direct observation, interviews, and data to pinpoint functions like escaping tasks or gaining attention. Steps include defining behaviors, collecting ABC data, and forming hypotheses.
FBAs reduce problem behaviors by 67% in ABA programs per studies. At Divine Steps ABA, an FBA revealed a client's outbursts stemmed from task avoidance, cutting incidents by 80% post-plan.
Key Components
- Antecedents (triggers).
- Behavior description.
- Consequences (reinforcers).
Divine Steps ABA in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina conducts precise FBAs. Build better days—WhatsApp us your questions.
FAQs
FBA purpose?
Find behavior function.
Main steps?
Observe, hypothesize.
Success rate?
67% behavior reduction.
Sources:
- https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/ta_fba-bip
- https://cstacademy.com/resources/articles/what-is-antecedent-behavior-consequence-abc/
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10891003/
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