What Question Does Functional Behavioral Assessment Answer

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Multiple Choice

What question does functional behavioral assessment answer?

• A) How does the student misbehave?
• B) Why does the student engage in that challenging behavior?
• C) What does the challenging behavior look like?
• D) What medications will efficaciously reduce that challenging behavior?

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Definitions:

Vision For Action

A theory in cognitive neuroscience which posits that visual processing in the brain is done for the purpose of performing actions, rather than for perception alone.

Subcortical Vision

Vision processing that occurs below the cerebral cortex, involving brain structures responsible for basic visual tasks and reflexes.

Conscious Vision

The aspect of sight that involves awareness of what one sees, depending on brain processes that interpret visual information.

Primary Visual Cortex

The region of the brain located in the occipital lobe that receives, integrates, and processes visual information from the retinas.