Behavior Interventions and Best Practices

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Behavior Interventions and Best Practices

• Exceptional Childrens Department
• Opening Day
• August 22, 2007

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"There is a brilliant child locked inside every
student."

• Marva Collins

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Areas of Focus

• Types of Interventions
• Verbal
• Crisis Prevention
• Documentation
• Behavior Intervention Plans
• Tools
• Resources

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Verbal Intervention

• Remain Calm
• Isolate
• Body Language
• Be Clear
• Reflecting
• Silence
• Paraverbals

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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

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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

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Documentation

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

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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

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Resources for Behavior Checklists

• http//kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Free_Behavior_Char
  ts
• 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.pd
  f

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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

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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

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When to Complete a BIP

• When you notice a pattern of behavior
• Typically around Day 5 of Out of School Suspension

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Target Behavior

• What is the behavior you are seeing?

• Examples
• Misinterpretation of normal social exchanges as
  threats

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Expected Outcomes

• What behavior are you working toward?

• Example
• To accept constructive criticism
• To relate positively with peers

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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

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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

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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 ____________
• _______________________
• ________________________

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Tools Available at YOUR School

• The Tough Kid Tool Box
• The Pre-referral Intervention Manual
• The Behavior Intervention Manual

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Resources - Web

• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/supportprograms/
  resources/
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/ec/exceptionality/l
  earning
• http//www.proteacher.com/
• http//www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/behavi
  or_disorders.html
• http//www.specialednews.com/educators/lessonplans
  /lessons.html
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-managem
  ent/resource/5776.html?detoured1

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• 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.behavioradvisor.com/

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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