The ABC’s of Behavior STEP 1: Defining the behavior. Behavior(s) of Concern (clear definition):_______________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Why is it a problem? (frequency, intensity, how it affects individual’s quality of life, how it affects others): _________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STEP 2: Develop Hypothesis about why behavior is occurring. Fill out what you know about the individual’s skills, antecedents, and consequences of the behavior in the table below: Person Setting Events (A) What are the person’s Distant antecedents, history and abilities that Environmental, social, may impact their or physical/biological behavior? events Antecedent (A) Behavior (B) Consequence (C) What happens immediately before behavior What behavior looks like What occurs after the behavior Person Setting Events (A) What are the person’s Distant antecedents, history and abilities that Environmental, social, may impact their or physical/biological behavior? events Antecedent (A) Behavior (B) Consequence (C) What happens immediately before behavior What behavior looks like What occurs after the behavior