Positive Behavior Support for a Child With a Developmental Disability: Factors Relating to the Feasibility of a Behavior Support Plan

Abstract

The purposes of the present study were both to implement a positive behavior support-based (PBS-based) intervention for a child with a developmental disability and behavioral problems, and to analyze some factors relating to the feasibility of the support plan. The participant in the study was a 9-year-old male student. After a functional behavioral assessment was conducted, a support plan was suggested to the student's teachers and his mother. The teachers' and the mother's answers as to whether they could or could not implement the plan were evaluated before implementation; their answers after implementation relating to the feasibility of the support plan were analyzed in relation to the degree of the support plan, implementing the support plan was effective in changing the student's self-injurious behavior except for his biting, for which it was ineffective. The discussion deals with some aspects of the feasibility of the support plan and factors related to individual abilities, costs of implementation, resources, influences on other people, and some additional possibilities, as well as further analyses of the validity of those factors. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)