
Every behavior, no matter how weird, wild, or seemingly random, is doing a job for your child. It's getting them something. The behavior wouldn't keep happening if it weren't. Your job is to figure out what that something is. In behavioral science, that's called the function. Once you know the function, you have the key. Without it, you're just rattling the doorknob.
This guide is how you stop guessing. The full Function Detective Method for identifying which of the four functions is driving your child's specific behavior. Four worked cases from real life. Worksheets and a behavior plan blueprint you can apply immediately. Plus a bonus printable Quick-ID card you'll actually keep on the fridge. Built on 30+ years of applying Applied Behavior Analysis with real families.
What's Inside:
• The four functions of behavior, broken down with tells, examples, and the most common misreads
• The full Function Detective Method: five questions and a hypothesis-testing protocol
• Why function comes before strategy (and what happens when you skip this step)
• Four worked cases from real life, with the detective work and the resulting plans
• Four printable worksheets, including a behavior plan blueprint
• A Parent Cheat Sheet to keep close by
• ⭐ Bonus: "What's the Function?" Quick-ID Card — a one-page printable for the fridge