Graphic reading 4 Functions of Behavior, a blog series breaking down reasons for behavior and how to manage them, beside a child painting and colorful paintings of sea animals

Functions of behaviors

One job of a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) in our ABA clinic is to analyze why a behavior is happening and teach the child a more appropriate way to meet that need.

Function of behavior means the reason why someone is engaging in the behavior. We want to know the reason before deciding on how to manage the behavior.

In the field of ABA, there are 4 main functions of behavior: attention, access/tangible, escape, and automatic.

Chart of the four functions of behavior: Attention, Access (tangible), Escape and Automatic (sensory), each with a short description

Look for our next post in this series that will go in further detail about these functions.

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