What Drives Challenging Behaviors? The Role of Antecedents, Triggers, and Functions

When it comes to successful interventions, knowing the “why” behind behaviors is key. As practitioners, we may have learned in school that there are four functions of behavior: escape, attention, tangible, and sensory. However, in practice, things aren’t always so cut and dry. Here, we dive into the roles of antecedents, triggers, and functions so we can better understand what drives challenging behavior. In this conversation, we discuss setting events and how what comes right before a behav...