Jailyn has dyslexia and withdraws from her group when the task involves oral reading.When her teacher realizes the function of this behavior,she tells Jailyn to ask one of the other students to read in her place.This intervention allows Jailyn to skip the oral reading without withdrawing from her group.This type of intervention is called:
A)positive behavior support.
B)self-management.
C)functional behavioral assessment.
D)positive practice.

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This intervention is an example of positive behavior support. The teacher is providing a positive alternative behavior to help Jailyn avoid the negative behavior of withdrawing from the group task. Positive behavior support aims to promote positive behavior and prevent negative behavior by addressing the underlying function of the behavior. In this case, the function of Jailyn's behavior was to avoid oral reading due to her dyslexia, and the positive alternative behavior was to ask another student to read in her place.

Jailyn Has Dyslexia and Withdraws from Her Group When the Task