Foundations of Education – ABC Charting/Interpretation

Behaviour Observation/Interpretation Assignment: DUE: November 6, 2022 in Dropbox

BY: HOPE HILL

Chart appropriate or inappropriate target behaviours you have observed with your CICE
student, or a child/student you have regular contact with. On page 2, analyze and consider
whether the consequence of a behaviour will increase (encourage) or decrease (discourage) the
behaviour.

Part 1: (10 marks) Observe at least 5 different behaviour sequences – use clear, specific and
non-judgmental language to describe the Antecedent – Behaviour – Consequence for each.

ANTECEDENT BEHAVIOUR CONSEQUENCE

What happened before the What specific action occurred? What happened after the
behaviour? behavior?

1. Working in loud Student: Talking to Friend and I suggested that we relocate to a

classroom looking around not doing quite space, she she’ll focus on
assignment the task more

- Lots of people around and

CICE student get over
stimulated
2. CICE student asks about
pop culture happening
CICE student goes onto searching
online more about the topic she
asked me about
Student: Agreed and located to a
quite space
I let her look up the topic for a few
seconds then reminded her the
task we need to finish

I give her recognition on the

topic she brought up
3. I tried putting on a
Halloween costume on my
cousin (2 years old)
She is now not focused on the
assignment that needed to be
completed by the end of class
Started crying, screaming, trying to
get back into car to leave the party
Student: responded positively
saying sorry and going back to
researching assignment
Took the costume off him
He Stopped crying and feel asleep
on the floor.
4. Dinner time sat down He started fussing / crying when Took the peas away and he
with family and cousin being fed peas stopped crying

(2 years old) we began

eating and cousin had peas
to eat for supper Gave him what we were eating
and he was happy
5. Told my cousin that he Started to yell at me and crying Walked away and let him cry but
couldn’t go downstairs to didn’t let him go downstairs
the basement since it
dangerous
Part 2: (3 marks)

Select one of the sequences of behaviour you have observed and charted and provide further
detail and insights - Choosing situation 2 in the chart above

Antecedent - What happened prior to the behaviour (include all relevant factors that you are
aware of) – previous discussion/observations/experiences that may have affected the situation.

We bagan to read the assignment and look at the questions that needed to be researched.
Then we started to google information on the first question, she started to ask me questions
about if I knew about a certain celebrity. I answered yes then it lead to her behaviour.

Behaviour - Provide more detail on the specific observations/action(s) that occurred - (physical,
visual and/or auditory)

After I answered her question about a celebrity she began to use our time together to research
about the celebrity rather than the questions in the assignment that needed to be completed
by then end of the period.

Consequence - What happened after the behaviour i.e. how did others respond to the
behavior? Were there delayed responses or other consequences that may have occurred later?
E.g. at home, back in class, etc.

I allowed her to look up for a few seconds but kept reminding her what we needed to get done
before lunch. The first two time she just kept looking on her computer and not doing the
assignment but the third time I asked her to look up the topic she said sorry. After she
apologized, she was focused for the rest of our time together and she was able to get the
assignment completed.

Part 3: - Interpretation: (2 marks)

How did consequence or antecedent increase or decrease the behaviour? Why?

The consequence decreased the behaviour because I repeated myself and also changed my
tone the last time I asked her to focus on the assignment which made her realize that she
needed to get back on task.

How could the antecedent or consequences be changed to increase the desired behavior?

I probably could have changed my antecedent in the same scenario with my CICE student by
not engaging in talking about things other than the assignment or I could have somewhat
discussed it with her but directed her when talking that we needed to research the questions
then talk more about it later.