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My child receives speech therapy services from an SLP. The SLP feels my child’s behavior has an adverse affect on his learning (more so than his speech impairment).
His SLP wants to conduct an FBA to determine the underlying conditions? Can he do this?
Some students who have speech problems may also have behavior problems that need to be evaluated.
However, a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) should NOT attempt to do a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) unless he has the training to do so.
If your son’s SLP has observed behavior problems, a trained evaluator or behavior analyst may obtain information or a report from the SLP as part of the assessment.
FBAs include interviews and observations in different environments, and may include manipulating environment events.
My child receives speech therapy services from an SLP. The SLP feels my child’s behavior has an adverse affect on his learning (more so than his speech impairment).
His SLP wants to conduct an FBA to determine the underlying conditions? Can he do this?
Some students who have speech problems may also have behavior problems that need to be evaluated.
However, a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) should NOT attempt to do a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) unless he has the training to do so.
If your son’s SLP has observed behavior problems, a trained evaluator or behavior analyst may obtain information or a report from the SLP as part of the assessment.
FBAs include interviews and observations in different environments, and may include manipulating environment events.
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