Competing Pathway and Summary Statement Worksheet

Your Name: Stephanie Rutledge Date: 7/23/14

Behavior Pathway
Based on the pathway write a sentence that summarizes the students problem behavior.
Summary Statement(s)
Antecedent Problem Behavior Maintaining Consequence/
Function
EDSPE 524
Competing Pathway & Summary Statement
Consequence
Student leaves carpet to
engage in preferred activity
Setting Events
1
st
Activity,
story on rug
food from breakfast in
hand
Antecedents
Story > 5 mins
Teacher stops reading
to engage other
students
Hypothesized Function (check):
__Direct Access __Socially Mediated Access _X_Direct Escape _X_Socially Mediated Escape
Desired Behavior
Student to watch, listen and
participate in story/activity
for full duration.
Problem Behavior
Student turns back to teacher
and stops listening to the
story
Replacement
Behavior
Student signals to walk
around room 2-3 times and
then returns to the carpet
Consequence
Student able to participate
and answer questions
(comprehension check)
When the student is asked to change activities he walks/runs away and sometimes screams in order
to avoid non-preferred activities that counter his current perseveration.
A maintaining contingency is that the student is able to engage in a preferred activity which
encourages his current tangent, and he receives 1:1 adult attention in proximity to a preferred
activity.
EDSPE 524
Competing Pathway & Summary Statement