ABC-Based Behavior Intervention Plan for Learners with Special Needs in the Inclusive Classroom

The inclusion of learners with special needs in an inclusive classroom poses a challenge to the teacher’s classroom behavior management. These learners tend to present challenging behaviors during the teaching-learning process that disrupt the flow of the classroom system. This paper studied the challenging behaviors of learners with special needs in the inclusive classroom by recording and observing the behaviors through the ABC recording sheets and the classroom behavior management strategies employed by the teachers of the learners with special needs. A descriptive-quantitative research design was used in the analysis of data. The challenging behaviors displayed by the learner with ADHD were talking to seatmate, tappping pencil on her desk, and standing in the middle of the class. The challenging behaviors presented by the learner with emotional and behavioral difficulties were not paying attention, forgetting and not completing tasks, and not participating in classroom activities. The challenging behaviors manifested by the learner with ASD were throwing tantrums, defying teacher’s instructions, and hugging someone tightly. ABC-Based Behavior Intervention Plans are proposed to modify and improve the challenging behaviors of learners with special needs in the inclusive classroom.