Behavior plan starter and ABC data sheet v0.1.0
A starting point, not a diagnosisThis is a classroom starting point built on positive behavior support. It does not diagnose, label or rank a child. If a behavior is serious, frequent or unsafe, ask for the school team's functional behavior assessment and a behavior plan written with the family. Peabody gives no legal or clinical advice.
Positive behavior support plan
Strengths and what works
1. Target behavior (what we can see and hear)
2. Likely function (a guess to test)
To get attention or connection. The behavior may help the child get a grown-up's or a friend's attention.
3. Prevention: what we change before
4. Replacement skill we will teach
5. Response: what adults do
6. Data we will take
- Count each time it happens (frequency)
- Write down what happened before, during and after (ABC sheet)
- Count each time the replacement skill is used
7. Look again
in 4 weeks. Do the data show the replacement skill growing and the behavior shrinking? If not, change the plan, not the child.
The ABC sheet is a blank table: before, behavior, after. Take notes for a week or two, then look for patterns together.
A simple positive behavior support template: the behavior in words a camera could see, a likely reason, what to change before, a skill to teach instead, how adults respond, and the data to take. Print the one-page plan and a blank ABC data sheet. Free, no AI, nothing sent.
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How to use it
- Start with strengths, then describe the behavior by what you can see and hear: no labels and no guesses about feelings.
- Choose a likely reason (function) as a guess to test, and tick the prevention, replacement and response ideas that fit.
- Choose the data to take, print the plan and the ABC sheet, and note what happens for a week or two.
- Look again on the date you set. If the replacement skill is not growing, change the plan.
Ideas for class
- Teach the replacement skill when everyone is calm, and practice it often with the whole class.
- Count the good times too: when did the behavior not happen, and what was different?
- Make positive attention easy to get so the child does not need the behavior to get it.
- Pair the plan with a sticker chart for the replacement skill, not for being quiet.
- Share the plan with the family and ask what works at home.
- Bring your ABC sheets to the team meeting. Patterns are much easier to see with a few weeks of notes.
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Questions
Is this a behavior intervention plan?
No. It is a classroom starting point built on positive behavior support. A formal functional behavior assessment and behavior intervention plan are written by the school team with the family, and this page does not replace them.
Why does it ask for a likely function?
Behavior usually helps a child get or avoid something. Naming a guess helps you choose what to change, and the data tell you whether it was a good guess. It never says anything about the child's character.
Does it label or rank children?
No. It asks for strengths first, uses observable words, and warns if a label or diagnosis is typed in. Nothing is scored.
Is a child's name stored or sent?
No. Initials or a nickname are optional, stay in this page, and are kept in this browser only if you press Save on this device. They never go in the address, a share link, the clipboard or our servers.
What is an ABC sheet?
A table with three columns: what happened before (antecedent), what the child did (behavior), and what happened right after (consequence). A few weeks of notes often show a pattern.
Nothing you type is sent to us. Initials or a nickname and the plan stay in this page and are kept in this browser only if you press Save. No sign-in, no ads, no AI. What each tool stores