variables. One intervention talked about preventing bad behavior in classrooms as a positive alternative to punishment. This goes against reinforcement theory, which states that the consequence of the behavior drives the behavior. When it comes to behaviors in schools, the antecedent here (without intervention) could be a number of things:

# Attention from the teacher/peers
# An instruction from peers/teachers that the child does not want to do
# Communication from staff and students when the child in question has limited/no