The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma}

EP 271: 4 Functions of Behavior, FBAs, and a Nervous System Approach

June 23, 2026·48 min
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For years, "the four functions of behavior" has been the go-to framework for understanding why kids do what they do: attention, escape, access to tangibles, sensory. It's not wrong, but it's not the whole story either. In this episode, we dig into where this model actually came from, what it leaves out, and what's underneath it once we go looking with a relational neuroscience lens. In this episode, you'll learn: Where the four functions of behavior actually came from, and why this is r...

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