Territoriality - behavior of animals that enables individuals to occupy and dominate an area. Territory is an area where one or more individuals defend the area. Thus the two are interpedently interacting with each other to defend the area.…
Next a plan will be created for implementing a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) for each student. The plan will include: 1) replacement behaviors (What are the positive behaviors that will replace the negative ones? How will they be taught?), 2) proactive strategies (What strategies will be implemented to encourage alternative replacement behaviors? What accommodations or modifications will be used (seating, calm down room, etc)?), 3) reactive strategies (What strategies will be implemented to reduce reoccurrence of problem behaviors (prompting, loss of points, de-escalation strategies)?), 4) progress monitoring (How will this be done to ensure effectiveness of behavior plan? Who will collect data? How often will data be collected? How and…
Assuming that these results reflect the faculty across the entire school and based on my analysis, I believe Lacy Elementary is ready to implement a school-wide Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS). “The common features to implementing RTI and PBIS include the following: (a) coordination of schoolwide prevention efforts and systems, (b) universal screening and progress monitoring, (c) selection and use of evidence-based practices, (d) professional development that targets evidence-based practice, (e) evaluating outcomes using data-based decision making, and (f) leadership commitment from administrators and school-based teams that supports school-wide implementation” (Kame’enui, Good, & Harn, 2005; Sugai & Horner, 2006).…
In every school across the nation, there are students who are at-risk. As early as kindergarten, differences in students’ learning styles and academic abilities are apparent. Factors that influence these differences are previous formal schooling experiences, parental involvement, and exposure to basic language, math, and reading skills. Therefore, the question was not “Do we have students that are at-risk?” But rather, “Which students are at-risk and what interventions do we need to implement to provide additional support to the student and the regular education classroom teacher?” To answer this question, my principal, assistant principal, resource teachers, and classroom teachers collaborated and created an RTI (Response To Intervention) committee. The committee’s purpose was to create a plan that every teacher could use to: identify at-risk students, implement suggested strategies, collect data on student progress, involve parents, and monitor student progress continuously to reevaluate the effectiveness of each students’…
“The behavior support plan represents the culmination of the assessment process. Typically developed in connection with person-centered planning, the behavior support plan is the team’s action plan outlining the specific steps to be used to promote the child’s success and participation in daily activities and routines. In order to be most effective, behavior support plans should be both carefully developed and clearly written using plain language, incorporate the values of the family and support team, identify any prerequisite resources and training needs for implementation, and include individual components that are both easy to use and easy to remember.” (Anonymous, 2011).…
Williams has taken to assist in creating gains in student achievement is to institute data board meetings at each grade level. As part of the PLC process, teachers gather data about students’ specific learning needs and meet together weekly to analyze this data together. Initial screening is done early in the year to establish a base line for each student’s level of learning. Teachers record this data on color coded cards and place them into targeted intervention groups and attach the cards to a bi-folding board. They bring this data to a meeting with Mrs. Williams as well as the intervention specialist and special education teachers. During these meetings each student’s needs are discussed and decisions are made as a team about what intervention programs will best meet their needs. After six to eight weeks of working with students with these initial interventions, the team reconvenes with a second round of assessment data to analyze progress that has been made. Then the team discusses what possible changes to make to the interventions being offered and make necessary changes. This process continues until the end of the school year. At the end of the year, all the colored cards are moved around on the board indicating the progress students have made. Teachers can see that the lower achieving students who started the year at the bottom of the board have moved up closer to the top. It is an excellent way to see the…
How do you know for a fact that the behavior(s) at hand is/are truly challenging? These with probably a million more are all questions that will be asked of you when you propose a Behavioral Support Plan. In order to be prepared to answer all these questions you will need to conduct behavioral assessments to support your concerns regarding any type of challenging behavior. This will assure that you aren’t heading into war without any weapons, so to speak. Conducting any and all necessary assessments will allow you to find the functions of each behavior you have proposed, specifically the Functional Behavioral Assessment. The functional assessment (a teacher’s way of collecting data) reveals the purpose of the challenging behavior by focusing on the environment immediately surrounding it (Carr,…
The ultimate goal of Acelero Learning is to support a successful future for the children and families served through the program. In order to do this, it is important that data is collected and analyzed continuously so that planning for improvement is effective. According to Bernhardt (2004), a system has to be created that will lead to desired results the results are reviewed and reflected on so that all aspects of the system in improved upon (p14). The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Model looks at improvement not only success in the classroom but at success of the school. It can be adapted to a program when seeking school improvement through the establishment of goals, identifying methods used to achieve goals, collecting data and evaluating it. Currently, the assessments used in the school revolve around student achievement. While data is gathered regarding family goals, at this point educational assessments are the only ones available to a school system where the classrooms are all mixed aged (3-5) Head Start students and the results are visible to the teaching teams that serve them. Data is…
The animal that most resembles us is the ape. At the zoo, it is easy to observe behavioral and facial expressions in monkeys and apes that are very much similar to our own. A group of apes could very well seem like a family. A mother taking care of her young may seem familiar to the human onlooker. This is because the ape is our closest living relative. In the documentary Primate Behavior, anthropologists observe the behavior of monkeys and primates. The primates are mostly observed in the wild, as they are better understood while placed in a natural setting. This is where the social structure of the primate can really be interpreted.…
A student will respond differently depending upon the actions and reactions of the individuals around him. Behaviors that occur repeatedly are often serving a useful function for the student. Positive behavioral support strategies make problem behavior irrelevant by redesigning the environment. Positive behavioral support strategies teach students new skills that are meant to replace the problem behavior with a socially-acceptable alternative. Addressing the larger social context surrounding a student can reduce the amount of time spent implementing intensive positive behavioral support plans. Functional assessment gathers information regarding the events that both immediately precede problem behavior and the situations where a student is successful.…
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is not a modification plan for students with difficult behaviors; it is a system for modifying the environment; as well as the way that teachers respond to these difficult behaviors. "Such environmental interventions, in turn, serve to make problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant and desired behavior more functional" (http://www.ldonline.org ). Teachers first should utilize a functional behavioral assessment in order to determine if there may be different reasons for similar behaviors. If behaviors originate from two different motives, each behavior should be dealt with using different support plans. Steps in assessing such behaviors are: Define the problem, answer key questions, observe and record antecedents, behaviors, and consequences, develop a plan, use the plan, revise the plan (Positive Behavioral Supports for Special Educators). PBS plans are being implemented nation wide to prevent and correct undesirable behaviors by first assessing what invoked the behavior.…
Brigid Flannery, Hank Bohanon-Edmonson, 2004). Problem behaviors are different at elementary level, middle school and high school levels. In elementary school; physical aggression, temper and, not following directions. In middle school; insubordination and fighting. In high school; drug/alcohol and gang membership (George Sugai and K. Brigid Flannery, Hank Bohanon-Edmonson, 2004). For example, middle schools and elementary schools have less student enrollments than high schools. High number of enrolments causes less individualized attention in secondary education. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (2003), school size had a direct impact on discipline. One of the useful tool suggested by Positive Behavior Support System to promote positive behavior is the leadership. Students who arrive especially in elementary school are different in their understanding what is socially acceptable. Elementary school students are not mature enough to accomplish leadership roles in class and school settings. Because of school sizes, the increased workload combined with the stress of new environments, schedules, less parent involvement, expectations, teachers and classmates, Positive Behavior Support System should be developed and implemented differently at the elementary, middle school, and high school…
Three distinct elements make up tier 1 - a scientifically based core curriculum, screening and assessing of students at least three times per year, and professional development for teachers to ensure quality classroom instruction (Hughes). Approximately 80% of the student population falls into the category of tier 1 (special education guide). These students will be screened throughout the year in order to identify students who need additional instruction (RTI network). Methods used for screening are curriculum (or district) based measures and formative assessments (shenet). If a student is not performing up to the expected standards, that student is deemed to be “at risk” and he or she will be given additional instructional support during the school day for a period of no more than 8 weeks (RTI network). Students who show adequate progress during the 8 week intervention return to regular tier 1 instruction, while those students who continue to struggle are moved to tier 2 of the RTI…
When a young person has challenging behavior then the child will need a great deal of support from a wide range of different professionals. These could be professionals such as a behavior therapist and SEN (special educational needs) support staff. This would link into my key issues as all the professionals would help promote positive behavior and they will also help the child to develop within the setting and outside of it. However practitioners should be aware that the child may use this to their advantage, for example: if an older child has challenging behavior and they are aware of this and they do not want to go into a lesson then they could start misbehaving or just not turn up to lessons and go and see the support staff…
For this study, they monitored the behavior of a 10-year-old boy in third grade who consistently participates in disruptive behaviors such as, getting out of his seat, bad posture and…