Description
This Behavior Pattern Check for Teachers is a quick, prical behavior function tool designed to help educators identify why behaviors keep happening and decide what replacement skill to teach instead.
Rather than focusing on punishment or guesswork, this resource helps you spot behavior patterns, understand behavior function, and choose function-based replacement skills that meet the same underlying need.
What This Resource Helps Teachers Do
- Identify behavior function (attention, escape, access, or sensory)
- Understand why behaviors repeat in the classroom
- Reduce trial-and-error classroom management strategies
- Choose replacement skills aligned to student needs
- Respond proactively before behavior escalates
What’s Included
- Printable Behavior Pattern Check
- Clear pathways for:
- Attention-seeking behavior
- Task avoidance / escape behavior
- Access to items or activities
- Regulation / sensory-based behavior
- Step-by-step guidance for what to teach instead
- Teacher-friendly directions (no clinical or ABA jargon)
Perfect For
- Classroom behavior support (K–8)
- MTSS or PBIS problem-solving
- Special education or general education classrooms
- Individual student planning or team discussions
- Teachers looking for a fast, practical starting point
How It Works
- Notice when behavior happens most often
- Identify what the behavior helps the student get, avoid, or regulate
- Match a replacement skill to the same need
- Teach and reinforce the new skill intentionally
This tool works best when used proactively, not during moments of escalation.
🔗 Want to Go Deeper?
This resource works best when paired with tools that help teachers understand behavior and teach replacement skills clearly.
Start Here (Free Resource)
Why Students Misbehave: 4 Functions of Behavior – Visual Guide (FREE)
Use this quick visual to build a shared understanding of why behaviors happen before choosing interventions.
👉 Perfect for staff discussions, IEP meetings, or introducing the concept of behavior function.
Then Teach the Skill
Behavior Intervention Guide: What to Teach Instead of Problem Behavior
Once you identify the function, this guide helps you decide what replacement skill to teach for common classroom behaviors.
👉 Ideal for moving from insight → action.
⚠️ Important Note
This resource is a classroom support tool, not a diagnostic assessment.
It is designed to guide instructional decisions and skill-building.
Follow my store to be notified when new visual supports, social skills resources, and classroom behavior tools are released.
© Shelly Swift Books
For personal classroom or home use only. Please do not share or redistribute.
Identify Behavior Function & Replacement Skills | Behavior Pattern Check
Highlights
Description
This Behavior Pattern Check for Teachers is a quick, prical behavior function tool designed to help educators identify why behaviors keep happening and decide what replacement skill to teach instead.
Rather than focusing on punishment or guesswork, this resource helps you spot behavior patterns, understand behavior function, and choose function-based replacement skills that meet the same underlying need.
What This Resource Helps Teachers Do
- Identify behavior function (attention, escape, access, or sensory)
- Understand why behaviors repeat in the classroom
- Reduce trial-and-error classroom management strategies
- Choose replacement skills aligned to student needs
- Respond proactively before behavior escalates
What’s Included
- Printable Behavior Pattern Check
- Clear pathways for:
- Attention-seeking behavior
- Task avoidance / escape behavior
- Access to items or activities
- Regulation / sensory-based behavior
- Step-by-step guidance for what to teach instead
- Teacher-friendly directions (no clinical or ABA jargon)
Perfect For
- Classroom behavior support (K–8)
- MTSS or PBIS problem-solving
- Special education or general education classrooms
- Individual student planning or team discussions
- Teachers looking for a fast, practical starting point
How It Works
- Notice when behavior happens most often
- Identify what the behavior helps the student get, avoid, or regulate
- Match a replacement skill to the same need
- Teach and reinforce the new skill intentionally
This tool works best when used proactively, not during moments of escalation.
🔗 Want to Go Deeper?
This resource works best when paired with tools that help teachers understand behavior and teach replacement skills clearly.
Start Here (Free Resource)
Why Students Misbehave: 4 Functions of Behavior – Visual Guide (FREE)
Use this quick visual to build a shared understanding of why behaviors happen before choosing interventions.
👉 Perfect for staff discussions, IEP meetings, or introducing the concept of behavior function.
Then Teach the Skill
Behavior Intervention Guide: What to Teach Instead of Problem Behavior
Once you identify the function, this guide helps you decide what replacement skill to teach for common classroom behaviors.
👉 Ideal for moving from insight → action.
⚠️ Important Note
This resource is a classroom support tool, not a diagnostic assessment.
It is designed to guide instructional decisions and skill-building.
Follow my store to be notified when new visual supports, social skills resources, and classroom behavior tools are released.
© Shelly Swift Books
For personal classroom or home use only. Please do not share or redistribute.
