Behavior is often an attempt to communicate. Behaviors that are challenging often result from communication failure. Reframing what is viewed as an interfering behavior to be a student’s attempt to communicate, provides more positive options for intervening by teaching the student more effective means to communicate their wants and needs. This TIP includes an animated short video that demonstrates this concept.
Source: Kearns, J. (2022). Behavior is Communication (TIPS Series: Tip #30). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, TIES Center.