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Sarah is a 3-year-old little girl who lives with her foster parents. She visits with her mother and father for short 2-3 hours time blocks about 3 times a week and stays over-night once a week. Sarah has normal language development, although she rarely talks. She most often uses gestures and a few signs. Although Sarah is toilet-trained, she has several nighttime accidents a week.
Sarah’s foster parents report that Sarah seems to be very sad, quiet, and plays alone most of the time. She will interact with adults if rocked or sitting in an adult’s lap. When Sarah visits with her parents she comes home with a very small appetite and has very restless nights waking 3-4 times a night crying. When this happens, her foster mother will lay with her until she falls asleep again. Sarah’s foster parents will often times fi nd her playing under tables or in her closet.
At preschool, Sarah seems to be socially isolated and weepy. She doesn’t really talk much during school. Her teacher reports that Sarah plays under furniture during centers. During arrival and dismissal times Sarah cries. She will sometimes cry throughout the day. Teachers can console her if they rock her or hold her.
Name: Sara
Observer: Teacher
Date: Wednesday
General Context: Centers/small group
Time: 11:35am
Trigger: Children are playing in centers. Teacher and assistant teacher are fl oating and assisting various children.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah begins to whine and builds up to a cry
Maintaining Consequence: Assistant teacher goes to Sarah and picks her up and rocks her.
Possible Function:
Name: Sara
Observer: Teacher
Date: Wednesday
General Context: Centers
Time: 9:00am
Trigger: Center time as children arrive to school. Assistant teacher is setting up breakfast and teacher is greeting children as they arrive.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah sits under the table reading a book.
Maintaining Consequence: Ignored until time to transition to breakfast.
Possible Function:
Name: Sara
Observer: Teacher
Date: Tuesday
General Context: Dismissal
Time: 3:45pm
Trigger: Children are sitting on the sidewalk waiting to be picked up to go home. Sarah sees the buses pulling up.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah cries.
Maintaining Consequence: Her mother comes to pick her up for an evening of visitation and Sarah stops crying.
Possible Function:
Name: Sara
Observer: Foster Father
Date: Tuesday
General Context: Mother drops off to foster parents
Time: 7:30pm
Trigger: Mother drops off Sarah at her foster home and says good-bye.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah cries loudly and reaches for her mother.
Maintaining Consequence: Mother picks her up, begins to cry and rocks her.
Possible Function:
Name: Sara
Observer: Foster Father
Date: Tuesday
General Context: Night
Time: 11:30am
Trigger: All are sleeping in bed. Parents are in their bed and Sarah is in her bed.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah wakes, crying loudly, and saying “Mommy, Mommy.”
Maintaining Consequence: Foster mother goes to her and lays next to her. Sarah stops crying. Her foster mother rocks Sarah until she falls asleep.
Possible Function:
Name: Sara
Observer: Foster Father
Date: Wednesday
General Context: Early Morning
Time: 3:45am
Trigger: Everyone is sleeping. Parents are in their bed and Sarah is in her bed.
Challenging Behaviour: Sarah wakes again, crying loudly, and saying “Mommy, Mommy.”
Maintaining Consequence: Foster mother goes to her again and lays next to her. Sarah stops crying. They sleep together until morning.
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