I believe and overwhelming research confirms that it is better to focus on increasing a behavior than decreasing one; but sometimes, there are behaviors that can not be totally ignored and must be addressed for safety reasons. (Please see What is an Asset? http://communitycollaboration.blogspot.com/2007/11/what-is-asset.html for additional information on assets vs deficits.) Sometimes you may want to do this, not because it is a particular focus, but because you want to gather valid and reliable data regarding the behavior.
Remember:
Conduct a functional assessment (see functional assessment under Writing a Plan for Problem Behaviors http://bestoutcomes.blogspot.com/2008/05/writing-plan-for-problem-behaviors.html ) to determine, as much as possible, and continually adjusting with additional information, what the functional purpose is of the problem behavior. Sometimes, a problem behavior becomes the most efficient way for a person to get their needs met.
Write a program/plan to provide an alternative and more appropriate way to achieve the same and underlying appropriate outcomes. If you look deep enough, there will be a basic and underlying reason for the behavior that can be fulfilled through another behavior.
Spend as much time as possible working on increasing positive behaviors. Ideally you should spend at least three times as much of the program time on increasing behaviors as on decreasing behaviors.
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