Pseudonym: Derek Age: 10

Define Target Behavior

(Be specific, describe what the behavior looks and sounds like that you hope to reduce or replace?)
The student is exhibiting behaviors like anger, walking around the classroom, throwing objects up in the air, running across the
room on all fours, leaving the room when he does not get his way, and yelling random things like “turkey” or laughing at an
increased volume. These behaviors are distracting the entire class’ learning and are attention seeking.

Shannon Creedon
FAIR Plan Part I

Date Setting and Children/Adult Antecedent Behavior Consequence (What

Time Activity s Present (What happened (Describe the happened immediately
Duration before the behavior) after the behavior?)
behavior?)
1. 11/15 The student was The whole class, He was informed He angrily walked The teacher went over to
8:30 in the Ms. Berna, Ms. that he could not through the talk about coping
10 minutes classroom. He McLean, me choose the seat classroom and took strategies that he could
was not able to that he wanted. a seat on the couch. use to deal with being
pick the chair upset about not getting
that he wanted the seat he wanted but
that day he ignored her and
because he did walked away.
not have first
choice.
2. 11/15 The student was The class, Me, The teacher He got up from his The teacher asked him to
12:30 in the classroom Ms. Berna turned to work seat and started come back and sit with
10 minutes for math. The with a different throwing an eraser her so they could finish
student was student while he into the ceiling fan his worksheet.
working with was working on so it would go flying
the teacher to his sheet. across the room.
finish a math
worksheet.
3. 11/18 The student is in The class, me, The teacher Derek got up and The teacher sternly said
8:40 the classroom. Ms. Berna, Ms. turned to the walked around that he needed to come
5 minutes We are in McLean student next to rather than staying back to the meeting.
morning her to give them seated. He was
meeting high a high five and angry when the
fiving the saw good teacher instructed
person next to morning. him to come back to
each other for join her.
our greeting.
4. 11/18 The students The class, Ms. The teacher gave He threw his folder The teacher directed the
12:20 were in the Berna, Ms. the students a up in the air and was student pick their papers
5 minutes classroom McLean, me direction to get catching it. He up and had to stop the
getting ready their writing stopped under the instruction so that she
for writing. folders. Derek fan so that the could direct him to clean
got his folder. folder would hit the up the mess. He refused
fan when he threw and walked out of the
it. The folder hit the classroom.
fan and all of the
 papers went flying.
5. 11/18 The students The whole 4th The student was He threw the I said stop four or five
2:45 are getting grade class, me, walking down football to his times until the ball was
5 minutes ready for Ms. Berna the hallway to a friends. thrown, one of the
dismissal in the different fourth students tried to catch it
hallway. grade class with but failed and it almost
a football. hit me in the face.
6. 11/19 The students The class, Ms. The student was He yelled about how Ms. Berna went out to
8:30 are coming into Berna, Ms. going to pick his he never gets the talk to him about how he
5 minutes the classroom McLean, me seat and saw seat that he wants should come into the
and doing their that the seat he and stormed out of classroom earlier to
morning wanted was the classroom. choose his preferred
routine. taken. seat.
7. 11/19 The students The class, me The student was He started to cut out I told him that was not
9:20 are working on given the the figure. what was expected at the
5 minutes a math worksheet and moment, took the
worksheet in was coloring it scissors and put the
the classroom. the way he worksheet in his cubby
wanted rather telling him that he could
than doing the bring that one home to
math and cut out later.
coloring the
worksheet the
right color.
8. 11/19 The students Half of the grade, The student was He jumped on the I told him to get down
11:20 are in the me sitting with his cafeteria table and then got Ms. Berna to
5 minutes cafeteria mixed friends at a table started dancing. take him to the
with different in the cafeteria. classroom.
classes doing a
keyboarding
program.

Who Is Derek

Derek is one of the oldest students in or class. He is 10 years old. Derek is one of the

most athletic kids I have ever been around. He is being recruited for junior level teams

for basketball but he is only 10 years old and kids who are on those teams are usually

14. He is also extremely good at football. His football team just won the championship

for his league and he plays the quarterback and the safety. At recess he plays sports

with his friends and he shows his athleticism every day.

Derek is very sweet. For example, at the beginning of the year he asked if he could take

a picture with his teachers so he could show his parents. The next day we joked and
said that he should show his friend after school and he smiled and took out his phone

so he could show his friends. He loves when you work one on one with him and if you

sit down and give him the attention that he wants he will work well with you and finish

his work. Derek is very outgoing as well. He is a funny student who wants to make his

classmates laugh even when it is an inappropriate time.

Derek is strong in all his academic areas. He knows his multiplication facts really well.

If you ask him what 8x9 is he can give you an answer in a few seconds. He is grade

level when it comes to reading as well. He enjoys writing creative stories especially if

it includes fictional writing.

Behavior

The challenging behavior that I was focusing on is the student getting angry and

walking away from the expected activity. The child was consistent with showing that

the was aggravated. He has a distinct behavior that he exhibits when there is something

that he does not agree with. The student does not say a lot when he is angry. If there is

something that is not going his way, he shows that he is frustrated. For example, when

he came into the room and was informed that he was not going to be able to pick the

seat that he wanted. He threw his hands in the air, said “I never get the chair that I

want” and stormed over to the couch that is in the classroom library. He stayed on the

couch for 10 minutes before the teacher and him came to an agreement he felt made the

situation better and he came back to join the class.

A different example that was recorded in the data is when he was not being given

attention during math. The second that Ms. Berna looks away to help a different student

he gets up and walks around rather than continuing working. When he is asked to return
he gets angry. He will roll his eyes and walk away or out of the room.

Setting of the Behavior

The place that this behavior was exhibited was in the classroom when all of the teachers

and students were there. We were in the classroom for all but one behavior. All of the

behaviors had all the students in the classroom or setting that he was in at the time. Only

two behaviors had only me in the room and all of the others had all three co-teachers in

the room.

What Happened Before

What typically happened before the behavior was the teacher was giving a different

student attention or the student found out that he could not get the chair that he wanted.

What Happened After

What typically happened after the behavior occurred was discipline coming from Ms.

Berna. This is a protocol in our classroom since Derek has been producing challenging

behavior. The school has seen patterns in students having a tough transition into a co-

taught classroom since there are three teachers in the classroom and behavior does not

go unnoticed which can be hard for students who have only had one teacher in the room

for most of their school career. Most of the interactions after the behavior were not

harsh but just a stern sentence that clearly stated that what he was doing was not the

expectation and he should go and do the expected activity. The child ignored the first

direction every time. The consequence for the student’s actions are to lose a Class Dojo

point which is something that the students work towards throughout the day. .
 Patterns

One pattern I do see is that all of the behaviors happened when the student was in the

classroom with all of the students. All of the teachers were present in the recorded

behaviors as well except for two. Two of the behaviors were due to the student not

being able to get his preferred seat for the day. Most of the behaviors that were recorded

happened either at the beginning of the day, math, or the end of the day.

Hypothesis
Thinking about the behavior that the child was exhibiting I think that the student is

communicating a few things. One of the things that he is communicating is that he wants to

have attention from a teacher during a time where he may not be getting his way. During his

behavior that he was showing because of not being able to have a chair that he wanted he got

angry and did not come back to the class activity until a teacher had talked to him and calmed

him down. When the child was getting up and angry after the teacher was giving her attention

to a different student the child seemed to be communicating that he wanted the teacher’s

attention.
Positive Behaviors
I want to see the child develop skills to be able to cope with things not going his way as well as

be able to see his teacher helping other students and understand that he will work on his work

and the teacher will check back in with him when she is done helping others.