Behavior Monitoring Graphs

Behavior Monitoring Graphs

Last week we sent you charts to monitor targeted behaviors.  This week we want to follow up with graphs to record the data you collect.  They are a wonderful tool to visually display your student’s progress.  Students and parents respond to seeing the behavior graphed.  They can also be invaluable in the SIT process to show the effectiveness of a plan.  One graph is to show percentages; the other is to show frequency.  Both graphs will display a “trend line”.  This shows the average increase or decrease in the behavior. 
Using Behavior Monitoring Graphs

1.     Type the observation data for the target student in ROW #1 at the top of the page.
2.      Column A = Observation #1; Column B = Observation #2, etc...
3.     The data will automatically appear on the graph when you enter the numbers
4.  Row #2 will collect data for a comparison student, if you want to choose a random student to compare the targeted student with.  This is very helpful to determine if the target student's behavior is significantly different than the class on average.

Before printing the graph, CLICK ONCE ON THE BODY OF THE GRAPH. This tells the computer you only want the graph printed off and not the spreadsheet. (printing the spreadsheet causes A LOT of pages to print)

GRAPHS:
Frequency graph
Frequency graph example
Percentage graph
Percentage graph example