Happy Student

Jenna Sage has worked in multiple capacities in the field of education for over 20 years. Her passion for making educational shifts and assisting educators to be successful and happy comes from her own personal experience as a student that struggled in school.

• IntroductionPart I: Functional Behavior AssessmentChapter 1: Do you See What I See? Describing and Defining the Target BehaviorChapter 2: Asking the Right Questions: Understanding the Target BehaviorChapter 3: The Right Place and the Right Time: Observing the Target BehaviorChapter 4: At a Glance: Visualizing the DataChapter 5: Hypothesizing the Why and Determining the FunctionPart II: Behavior Intervention PlanChapter 6: Planning the How: Developing a BIPChapter 7: Chocolate for Almonds: Understanding the Functionally Equivalent Replacement Behavior (FERB) Chapter 8: It’s About to Go Down: Strategies to Decrease BehaviorChapter 9: What is Caught should be Taught: Strategies to Teach and Reinforce Behavior Chapter 10: Strategies to Increase Integrity and Generalization of ImplementationConclusionAppendix A: Blank Functional Behavior PlanAppendix B- Sonya’s Functional Behavior PlanAppendix C- Murray’s Functional Behavior PlanAbout the Author

Dr. Sage has created another wonderful resource to help teachers and other school-based  professionals to address challenging behaviors. She has created a resource to help teachers to better identify behaviors in an observable way, understand the functions of behaviors, and create plans to change the behavior. Her experience in classroom settings means that she is able to provide realistic ideas and tools that any teacher would be able to implement.