My motto: if it’s not easy and too complicated – you won’t do it! Figure out a system that you will use. I recommend finding what works for you and is easiest. Here are some cool checklists: ABC checklistĪnother checklist: ABC Checklist – this looks super complicated but if you found several options that happened frequently you could highlight them and then this could be very quick to fill out in-situ. Write the behaviors in the top row in the gray boxes. you can take data for all behaviors on one form. Lots of similar behaviors: ABC data sheet I use this one a ton! For a child that has many similar behaviors – such as hitting, biting, kicking, throwing items, etc. Then photocopy the page you wrote on and then when you are taking data you can just circle the consequence that occurred. For example, under consequences, if usually kids talk back to student, teacher reprimands, or student is ignore you could write abbreviations for each and write them in each box under consquence. Pretty Basic: ABC data sheet – For this sheet, you could write in consequences or antecedents that frequently happen. Here are some examples of ABC data sheets that are easy breezy: from 9-9:30, 12- 12:45 and 1:30-2 and record during those times the next day do the opposite time periods) Pick a few time periods throughout the day.create data sheets where you can just check or circle options.If that doesn’t sound doable to you – don’t worry! That doesn’t sound doable to me either. There are some ways we can make this process simpler.
So basically – when taking ABC data you are going to write down what the individual says and does, use abbreviations as much as possible since you may be writing a lot, don’t write down interpretations, include time (what time the behavior happened, how long) if possible, include how many behaviors occurred together, and note other important things that happened that day – did you have gym? something specific for lunch? did the child take the bus instead of mom or dad driving them? The consequence for one behavior can also be the antecedent for the next. Antecedents and consequences can easily overlap. Behaviors don’t occur nicely and discretely as one simple occurrence. Identifying the antecedents and consequences for a behavior will help clue you into why the behavior is occurring.ĪBC data is not easy to take. Antecedent = what happened before, Behavior and Consequence = what happened after. The main type of data taken to figure out function is called ABC data. In order to determine why a behavior is occurring you need to take some baseline data.
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