Setting events

A setting event is the environment (i.e. bus, playground, bathroom), ecological event (i.e. lack of sleep, medication), or activity (i.e. math time, playing with Legos) that sets up an antecedent to trigger the occurrence of a behavior. - It is an antecedent but not the immediate antecedent that triggers the response. Without the Setting Event - a certain Antecedent does not trigger a target behavior. - The same antecedent can trigger a different behavior in a different setting event.

EX:

Julie is a 6 year old who only got 4 hours of sleep last night. The next day at school, she is told "no" and engages in a severe tantrum.

Behavior: tantrum. Antecedent: Told "no". Setting event: Lack of sleep

ACTIVITY NEEDED TO GET DONE.

From the table below: Picture a child engaging in each behavior in column # 1. put a possible setting event in column # 2

Problem behavior	Setting event.
hitting peers
property destruction
fleeing work area
pinching caregiver