Behavior Solutions Inc

Behavior Solutions Inc At Behavior Solutions Inc., we aspire to offer support to individuals and families within the Autism Community and beyond.

Every behavior your child or student does, every single one, is maintained by one of four functions.Escape. Access. Atte...
06/05/2026

Every behavior your child or student does, every single one, is maintained by one of four functions.
Escape. Access. Attention. Automatic.

That's it. Not stubbornness. Not manipulation. Not a bad day. Not a personality flaw. A function.

And the reason most behavioral interventions fail is simple: they treat behavior without identifying the function first. Punishing escape-motivated behavior increases escape attempts. Giving attention to attention-motivated behavior increases the behavior.

Function-based assessment is not optional in ABA. It is the first step.
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Happy New Month & Happy Global Day of Parents! June is here and what better way to begin a new month than by celebrating...
06/01/2026

Happy New Month & Happy Global Day of Parents!

June is here and what better way to begin a new month than by celebrating the most important people in every child's life: their parents.

To every mom, dad, guardian, and caregiver who shows up every single day through the challenges, the breakthroughs, and all the moments in between, this day is for you.
You are your child's first teacher, first safe space, and greatest champion. ❤️

At BSI, we believe that when parents are supported, children thrive. Behavior matters and so do YOU.

Here's to a new month full of new milestones, new breakthroughs, and endless love. 🎉

05/31/2026

60 years of showing up for children.

We were proud to be in the room.

Congratulations to Long Island Head Start on a milestone that represents so much more than time, it represents thousands of children whose lives are better because of the work you refused to stop doing.

To every child we've had the privilege of working with you are the reason we do this.Happy Children's Day from the BSI f...
05/27/2026

To every child we've had the privilege of working with you are the reason we do this.

Happy Children's Day from the BSI family. 💙 Here's to every breakthrough, every milestone, and every moment that reminded us why this work matters.

Some milestones deserve to be celebrated and 60 years of transforming the lives of children and families is one of them....
05/25/2026

Some milestones deserve to be celebrated and 60 years of transforming the lives of children and families is one of them.

BSI was honored to be represented at the Long Island Head Start 60th Anniversary Celebration by our Clinical Director, Dr. John Udaze who attended both in his role at BSI and as a Board Member of the Long Island Black Educators Association (LIBEA).

For 60 years, Long Island Head Start has done the quiet, consistent, foundational work that changes the trajectory of children’s lives. Early childhood education. Family engagement. Wraparound support. Inclusive programming for children with diverse developmental needs. This is not just a program, it is a lifeline for thousands of families who might otherwise have had nowhere to turn.

At BSI, we believe what Head Start has always believed: that what happens in the earliest years of a child’s life determines more about their future than almost anything else. That equity in education is not a bonus, it is a right. And that children with behavioral and developmental differences deserve to be included, supported, and given every opportunity to thrive from the very beginning.

Congratulations to Long Island Head Start on 60 years of extraordinary service. The community is better because you exist.

And to Dr. Udaze thank you for continuing to show up at every table where children’s futures are being shaped. 💙

Treating a meltdown like a tantrum with consequence-based responses, demands, or punishment does not work. It escalates....
05/22/2026

Treating a meltdown like a tantrum with consequence-based responses, demands, or punishment does not work.

It escalates. It extends the meltdown. And it teaches the child that reaching overflow results in more input at the worst possible moment.

Treating a tantrum like a meltdown with removal of demands and environmental accommodation reinforces the tantrum and guarantees it will happen again.

The distinction matters completely. And it's one of the most common sources of behavioral mismanagement in homes and schools.
This carousel explains the difference clearly, with markers for each type and a specific response framework for both.
Share this with every parent and teacher in your network who is in the middle of figuring this out.

Most school behavioral interventions are reactive. Student acts out → student is referred → student is suspended → stude...
05/20/2026

Most school behavioral interventions are reactive.

Student acts out → student is referred → student is suspended → student returns → cycle repeats.

The research on this cycle is unambiguous: it doesn't work.

Exclusionary discipline does not reduce behavioral incidents. It displaces them, delays them, and adds trauma layers that make the next incident more likely, not less.

This carousel is for the principals, assistant principals, special education directors, and district leaders who know that something needs to change in how their school responds to behavior and want a framework grounded in evidence, not intuition.

If you want to understand why a child does what they do and more importantly, how to change it you need to understand on...
05/18/2026

If you want to understand why a child does what they do and more importantly, how to change it you need to understand one model.

The ABC Model: Antecedent. Behavior. Consequence.

This is not a theory. It is a framework developed from decades of behavioral research, tested in thousands of clinical and educational settings, and used by BCBAs, RBTs, psychologists, and educators worldwide.

The most important insight in this model is often the one people skip: the consequence, is not just what you do intentionally. It is everything that happens after the behavior. And very often, without meaning to, adults are reinforcing the exact behaviors they're trying to reduce.

This infographic breaks down all three components with examples, operational definitions, and the key principle behind each one.
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To the MOTHER who researched every therapy, every strategy, every intervention at midnight while the rest of the house s...
05/10/2026

To the MOTHER who researched every therapy, every strategy, every intervention at midnight while the rest of the house slept.

To the one who has held it together in public and fallen apart in the car.

To the mother whose love looks like data sheets, visual schedules, and sensory kits packed into a bag before 7am.
Whose patience has been tested in ways most people will never understand and who showed up anyway. Every single day.
We see you.
To the mother who has sat in every IEP meeting and fought for her child to be seen not just accommodated.

Not just today. But on the Tuesday morning when the meltdown happened before school. On the Friday when the therapist said "no progress this week." On the ordinary days that are anything but ordinary when you are raising a child who needs a different kind of extraordinary support.

You are not just a mother. You are the intervention.
Happy Mother's Day from our entire team at BSI, Your strength is not incidental to your child's progress. It is the foundation of it.

We're doing something a little different today.Below is a real behavior scenario the kind that plays out in classrooms a...
05/07/2026

We're doing something a little different today.

Below is a real behavior scenario the kind that plays out in classrooms and homes every single week. Your job: identify the function of the behavior.
In Applied Behavior Analysis, all behavior serves a function. Understanding that function is what makes the difference between an intervention that works and one that accidentally makes the behavior worse.

Drop your answer A, B, C, or D in the comments. We'll share the full explanation tomorrow, including why the "obvious" answer might not be the right one.

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