Date Written
Spring 2015
Document Type
Project
Your Major/Minor
Music Education-BME
Department
Education
Advisor
Sunhwa Jung, PhD
First Committee Member
Sunhwa Jung, PhD
Second Committee Member
Kristin Reninger, PhD
Third Committee Member
Sue Constable, PhD
Subject Categories
Education | Special Education and Teaching
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of implementing function-based intervention to decrease the off-task behaviors of a 6th grade student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in a large music classroom. By conducting a functional behavior assessment, the triggering antecedents and consequences maintaining the unwanted behavior were examined and the function of the behavior was identified. Following, a function-based intervention plan was implemented to minimize antecedents, teach replacement behavior, and decrease consequences maintaining the target behavior. Data were collected and analyzed during baseline and intervention phase using direct observation. Results indicated that function-based intervention was successful in reducing off-task behavior in the large classroom setting and social validity results concluded that both parents and the participant were satisfied with the outcomes of the study.
Recommended Citation
Testa, Nina A., "Function-Based Behavior Intervention to Decrease Off-Task Behavior of a Student with ADHD in the Large Music Classroom" (2015). Capstone Projects. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/stu_cap/2