Antecedent Strategies

Antecedent Strategies are interventions staff will do prior to behavior. These strategies are a redesign of the environment and serve the purpose of decreasing motivation to demonstrate problem behavior in order to avoid attention or interaction.

• Start by considering what is aversive about the attention/interaction and adjust the quality of attention or remove altogether

  • Example: student going through a difficult time at home isn’t asked about weekend activities

• Offer choice to individuals to interact with during group work

• Provide non-contingent escape

• Remind the student to engage in the replacement behavior to request removal or avoidance of the interaction