Behavioral consultation is described as a multi-step problem solving process that provides indirect service delivery to a client. This triadic relationship is facilitated through a consultant-consultee relationship in which the consultant works to change the client’s behavior by empowering the consultee with skills for future problem solving.
Behavioral consultation emerged in the 1970s and is now considered an integral part of school-based practice. Within the school system, the consultant is typically the school psychologist while the client is the student. The consultee is typically a teacher or parent who works directly with the student (i.e., client). The earlier models of behavioral consultation drew on the operant learning theory as its theoretical basis. This theoretical foundation remained at the core for years with an underlying assumption that the.
