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(Step by Step)

Positive Behavior Support Procedures

Persistent and serious behaviors are either repeated patterns of behavior that significantly interfere with the learning of other children, or interactions with peers and adults that are not responsive to the use of developmentally appropriate guidance. This includes but is not limited to physical aggression, property destruction, and self-injury.

When staff identify a child with persistent and serious behaviors they will:

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Contact the Centers' Manager


Contact the Centers Manager to discuss concerns and forward the Persistent and Serious Behavior Report via email to the Centers’ Manager copy to ECMHC and the Program Manager.

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Collect and Review Information and Check-in with Family

 

Begin Collecting data and information on the child. Complete the “Behavior Support Child Information Sheet”. Begin documenting children’s behavior using running observations and Behavior Observation Reports(BOR). Send BOR’s weekly to Centers’ Manager and ECMHC. Begin discussions with the parent/ guardians on how to support the child’s safe participation in our program.

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Hold Meeting #1 (Child Success Team including the Centers’ Manager, teaching staff and ECMHC)


After two weeks of documentation collection, the Child Success Team including the Centers’ Manager, teaching staff and ECMHC meet to review documentation, classroom practices and do a functional behavioral assessment on the child. The team will use this information to develop a Behavior Support Plan. The plan will include strategies to:

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â–º Prevent challenging behavior from occurring and promote the likelihood that the child will use other, more desirable behaviors, instead

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â–º Teach the child how to use more desirable behaviors in the classroom

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â–º Reinforce the child’s use of more desirable behaviors

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Hold Meeting # 2 (Centers’ Manager, teaching staff, and parent/guardian(s)

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Meet with the Parent/guardian(s) to review the Behavior Support Plan and revise as necessary. The Child Success Team will also discuss with parent/guardian(s) opportunities for teaching and reinforcing social-emotional skills at home.

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Monitoring and Follow-Up
ECMHC will observe once per week to monitor and support implementation. Staff will continue to collect documentation including BOR’s and forward weekly to Centers’ Manager and ECMHC. Child Support Team including the parent/guardian(s) will meet once per month to monitor progress and revise plan if necessary.

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