Operant Conditioning vs. Functional Analysis

I like the functional analysis approach, because it considers other criteria then just the behaviour. Everyone has bad days and the functional analysis approach considers that. It puts into consideration why people are acting a certain way. The functional analysis approach exams the student’s inappropriate behaviours as well as, their antecedents and consequences to determine why that person is acting that way. There are many reasons why people act the way they do and I think functional analysis approach considers these factors, unlike the operant conditioning approach. The operant conditioning approach just considers the behaviour and then you just deal with that behaviour accordingly. Therefore, I think the functional analysis approach is better, as you hopefully will be able to fix the behaviour altogether for the student, by teaching desirable behaviours, constantly reinforcing good behaviour, creating a predicable schedule, providing frequent opportunities for choice and providing accommodations to support academic success. I think all these strategies are what a teacher should do to help their students succeed in their schooling.  

I think teachers need to continually look at their class and think is there anything I need to change or do to make this better. The teacher could ask themselves this there something that I am doing to make the situation worse? I think these can be hard questions to ask, but I think it is beneficial for everyone. Teachers need to continually recess their classroom and how it is working, because all classes are different. What might have worked one year might not work the next year with a different set of students. The teacher’s classroom management technique might be extinction, as the teacher over used it, so the teacher has to think of different classroom management technique for their classroom.