Instructing small kids to “use their words” to replace problematic behavior with communication skills might be enough. But for your students who’ve built up habits around their challenging behavior, it’s not so easy. It takes some thought and planning to make it work. In this episode, I talk about functional communication training and how this process of teaching communication skills as a replacement to challenging behavior can be hugely effective and work really well in the classroom... when done right.

3:47​ - The first step in functional communication training

4:41 - The single biggest decision you’ll make in your FC training

7:28 - Some guidelines to help you be efficient with step two of the process

10:57 - How I would approach implementing FCT in the classroom

13:08 - The keys to making functional communication training stick for the student

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