1. + East Elementary Michele Feld, Speech/Language Pathologist & Melanie Hill, School Psychologist

2. + Referral process for bFBA

3. + Our district’s primary resource:

4. + Brief versus Complex

5. + FBA interview form: http://goo.gl/5VsE0c Includes: Student Demographics Student Positive Asset Search (strength profile) Description of Behavior (focus on 1 or 2 behaviors only!) Looks like… Performance vs. skill Frequency, duration, intensity Antecedent description Consequence description Propose an ABC hypothesis Determine function Typically gaining or avoiding something…

6. + Then we plug in and share…

7. + Completed Competing Pathway

8. + …and then at next SST meeting with team and teacher we…

9. + Successes & Challenges Success! ~1% of entire population received a bFBA/BIP <15% students 2 or more ODRs (from 24% in 2009-10) Staff buy-in by a few, communicated out to colleagues Parent-school communication SST meetings became more focused and efficient Allotted PLC time for SST Having two able to interview teachers Challenges Lack of understanding of behavior modification Fidelity and intervention endurance Urgency of bFBA completion/timelines Students not responding to BIPs Finding common time for FBA interview

10. + Questions? mshill@barabooschools.net mmfeld@barabooschools.net