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Behavior Series #7: Why is This Behavior Happening? Functions of Behaviors

From Special Education in Five Minutes · Hosted by David Poeschl

2026-09-01·339

Episode summary

In this episode of Special Education in Five Minutes: Why a problem behavior occurs is the basic question that Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) needs to be answered for the process to work. This is because almost every behavior is due to an underlying legitimate need the child is expressing in the only way they know how.

Original publisher description

Why a problem behavior occurs is the basic question that Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) needs to be answered for the process to work. This is because almost every behavior is due to an underlying legitimate need the child is expressing in the only way they know how. If a child needs attention, or to escape, or…