Behavioural
assessment form (BAF)
Residential Care Facility:
Client Name:
Instructions: The BAF should be completed every time a significant incident takes place.
Section A:
1. Behaviour – begin by filling out the middle column, i.e. clearly describe the behaviour
2. Antecedents – describe what was happening before the behaviour occurred; and
3. Consequences – what happened immediately afterwards (before you intervened)
Consequences of the
Behaviour (what, exactly,
Antecedents or activating behaviour
was the incident).
events (what was happening (what happened immediately
Start in this section by
before the incident) afterwards? Who was
describing the behaviour
affected and how?)
Date: Observed behaviour: What interaction/s took
place immediately after
Time: the behaviour occurred?
Where did it take place?
What interaction was going on?
What else was happening? How long did it last? What else happened?
(Noise, unexpected events, etc.)
Section B:
Describe what your actions were and what effect they had on the person’s behaviour.
Intervention/s Effect
V2020: for review May 2022
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