必也正名乎──何謂Setting Events？

行為功能評量是用來找出誘發行為問題的立即前事與維持行為問題的行為後果。然而當我們無法找出可靠的立即前事時，需要思考是否有啟動事件影響立即前事與行為問題之關係。有鑑於啟動事件可能發生於校外或是發生於和行為問題不同的情境，常被忽略或不容易觀察到，因此，本文首先說明啟動事件的涵義、與動機操作的區別；其次說明啟動事件的多元評量方式與介入策略；最後，本文分享有關啟動事件的相關研究，希冀實務工作者在面對行為問題的處理時，能評估啟動事件對於立即前事－行為－後果的影響，以發展更有效能的介入方案。

The purpose of functional behavior assessment is to find out the antecedents of behavior problems and the consequences that maintain the occurrence of behavior problems. When a reliable antecedent cannot be identified, we need to think about whether there are setting events that impact the relationship between the antecedent and the behavior problems. Setting events that may occur out of school contexts or occur in different contexts from behavior problems are often neglected or not easy to observe. This paper first describes the definition of setting events and the differences between setting events and motivation operation. Second, this paper deliberates the assessment approaches of setting events and the intervention strategies. Finally, the paper shares research of setting events. When dealing with behavior problems, we hope that practitioners will be able to assess the impact of setting events on the relationship of antecedent-behavior-consequence to develop a more efficient function-based intervention plan.