Direct Observation A-B-C Recording Form
Real-time data on what's happening before, during, and after the behavior.
An ABC Chart is a direct observation tool for capturing what's actually occurring in a student's environment as it happens:
- A – Antecedent: what happened immediately before the behavior
- B – Behavior: what was observed
- C – Consequence: what happened immediately after
Recorded across several observation sessions, ABC data helps a team spot patterns, form a hypothesis, and confirm the function maintaining a problem behavior. It also works well retrospectively — as a shared reference when a team is comparing notes on behaviors they've each observed over time and across different settings.
Download Direct Observation A-B-C Recording Form
In Behavior Advantage: Use ABC data to identify Target Behaviors, Antecedents, Consequences, and Hypothesized Functions in the FBA Tab.