1. Behavior Interventions and Best Practices Exceptional Children’s Department Opening Day August 22, 2007

2. "There is a brilliant child locked inside every student." Marva Collins

3. Areas of Focus Types of Interventions Verbal Crisis Prevention Documentation Behavior Intervention Plans Tools Resources

4. Verbal Intervention Remain Calm Isolate Body Language Be Clear Reflecting Silence Paraverbals

5. Tips for Crisis Prevention Be empathetic Clarify Messages Respect Personal Space Be aware of body position Ignore challenging questions Permit verbal venting when possible Set and enforce reasonable limits Keep your nonverbal cues non-threatening Avoid overreacting Use of physical contact

6. Why Document??????? Concerns of lawsuits Good documentation provides detailed account of an incident so that Appropriate follow-up action is taken Patterns and trends are identified Policies and procedures can be assessed Steps can be taken to improve the safety of everyone Good documentation takes practice

7. Documentation Know what to document Avoid delay List basic facts in chronological order Be objective Be accurate, concise, clear

8. More Documentation Behavior Checklists Behaviors are listed and check marks used to show exhibited behavior or not Hash marks during a specific amount of time Charts Graphs

9. Resources for Behavior Checklists http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Free_Behavio r_Charts http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Free_Behavio r_Charts http://lattitudes.org/behavioral-charts.html http://chartjungle.com/behavior.html  Must join to access – but it is free! www.usuedu/teachall/text/behavior/LRBIpdfs/ Data.pdf www.usuedu/teachall/text/behavior/LRBIpdfs/ Data.pdf

10. Behavior Intervention Plans What is a Behavior Intervention Plan? When to complete a Behavior Intervention Plan Components Target Behavior Expected Outcomes Interventions and Frequency of Interventions Persons Responsible Progress and Date Reviewed

11. What is a Behavior Intervention Plan? Plan developed to help a student change a specific behavior Multiple interventions and strategies Not punishment but ways to acquire/teach new alternative skills

12. When to Complete a BIP When you notice a pattern of behavior Typically around Day 5 of Out of School Suspension

13. Target Behavior What is the behavior you are seeing? Examples Misinterpretation of normal social exchanges as threats

14. Expected Outcomes What behavior are you working toward? Example To accept constructive criticism To relate positively with peers

15. Interventions and Frequency of Interventions When target behavior is exhibited, what are YOU (school personnel) going to do? Examples Planned activity with peers supervised by adult (home, school, community) Communicate with parents to share information concerning student progress

16. Persons Responsible Who are the people responsible for carrying out the interventions and monitoring progress? Examples Teachers Administrators School staff Para-professionals Parents Student Coach Mentor Big Brother Uncle Church Member

17. Progress and Date Reviewed Is the student making progress toward the expected outcomes? Determined in the IEP meeting When you chart behavior When you complete IEP Progress Notes or regular intervals when you report progress to parents Example: Date _________ Progress: ____________ _______________________ ________________________

18. Tools Available at YOUR School The Tough Kid Tool Box The Pre-referral Intervention Manual The Behavior Intervention Manual

19. Resources - Web http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/supportprograms/re sources/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/supportprograms/re sources/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/exceptionality/learni ng http://www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/exceptionality/learni ng http://www.proteacher.com/ http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/behavior _disorders.html http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/behavior _disorders.html http://www.specialednews.com/educators/lessonplans/ lessons.html http://www.specialednews.com/educators/lessonplans/ lessons.html http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom- management/resource/5776.html?detoured=1 http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom- management/resource/5776.html?detoured=1

20. http://www.disciplinehelp.com/ http://www.resiliencyinc.com/#Top http://www.nrcld.org/research/rti.shtml http://www.wested.org/nerrc/rti.htm http://www.interventionscentral.org http://www.w-w-c.org http://www.education- world.com/index.shtml http://www.education- world.com/index.shtml http://www.behavioradvisor.com/

21. Resources - Print The Behavior Survival Guide for Kids by Tom McIntyre, ISBN 1-57542-132-1 Teaching with Love & Logic by Jim Fay & David Funk, ISBN 0-944634-48-6 Building a Positive Self-Concept 113 Activities for Adolescents by M. Jacobs, B. Turk, E. Horn – J. Weston Walsh, Publisher, Portland Maine Managing Children & Adolescents with Emotional & Behavioral Problems. Produced by Helpful Children Enterprises, Phoenix, Arizona