Trauma Informed Care (TIC) – is an approach, based on knowledge of the impact of trauma, aimed at ensuring environments and services are welcoming and engaging for service recipients and staff.
Functional Behavior Analysis (FBA) – a process that identifies a specific or target behavior that interferes with a student’s education. The assessment attempts to designate the particular behavior, identify the factors that support the behavior, and determine the purpose of the behavior.
Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) – A behavioral intervention plan is a plan that is based on the results of a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and, at a minimum, includes a description of the problem behavior, global and specific hypotheses as to why the problem behavior occurs and intervention strategies that include positive behavioral supports and services to address the behavior.
Behavior Analyst: work with individuals of all ages to help improve their lives and their ability to interact with those around them. This is typically done by observing the individual’s interactions with various environments to identify social and behavioral issues, such as self-injury or aggression
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA): Scientific discipline concerned with applying empirical techniques based upon the principles of learning to change behavior of social significance.
Definitions sourced from various subject matter expert websites.