A Functional Approach

The other day in class I learned that a functional approach is somewhat connected with operant conditioning. Operant conditioning is a powerful set of ideas for controlling behavior in the classroom while a functional approach  looks more at the behavior and asks why are they behaving like that? I think that using a functional approach will show the students that you respect and understand them. Giving a student detention or some kind of punishment without knowing the story behind the behavior, will not fix the issues that arise in the classroom.
I also learned that there are 5 strategies to using a functional approach. I feel that using strategy #3,"create predictable routines in the classroom", will help control most misbehavior in the class without you even doing anything. For example, if you had a routine that they read 15mins at the begining of class, most students will come in sit down and start reading their books without being asked. You may have to tell a few to start reading but its better than trying to tell the hope class to settle down and open their books.
I will definitely be using functional approach in my future classroom due to the fact that I think it's a great strategy to controlling a classroom. I believe it's a great strategy because I hated getting told not to talk when I was just the listener and my friend was talking to me. I would much rather the teacher realize that the issue is and whose actually in fault in situations. I like to treat others the way I'd like to be treated so with that said I will be the understanding teacher who finds out the problem before giving the punishment.