"Challenging Behaviors"

Module 4 "Challenging Behaviors"  Students that are evaluated as Tier 3 behavioral have been evaluated and have data-driven parameters that include behavioral analysis. Each student is unique and deserves a chance to succeed.  How can we expect parents to understand how to help their child behave in school unless they and educators understand where the behavior comes from so that we can help their child? W hen evaluating your child I first implement a collection of questions that I need to answer throughout a time period in order to collect data on your child. Some of these questions are: When did the behavior start? Is it happening in all classes? Does the behavior occur at home, by bus, or community? Did the student show signs of this behavior in his/her previous school years? How often does it occur?  Comprehending the behavior and how it occurs helps me and the team of professionals formulates a plan that is engineered just for your child. Each student is different and ea

 Module 3  "Challenging Behaviors" "What do we know?" As educators, we have a lot of acronyms and most of the time I have to keep a journal of what they all mean.  RTI-Respnse-to-Intervention SST-Student Study Team IEP-Individualized Education Plan BIP-Behavior Intervention Plan FERPA-Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act PBIS-Positive Behavior Interventions and Support MTSS-Multi-Tiered Systems of Support These are just a few of the acronyms used in an educator's language.  All of them have one thing in common? Supporting our children in school will create a successful well balanced human being.  In the classroom, educators are a student's first defender for evaluation of that student’s success. A Multi-Tiered System uses a framework for the implementation of evidence-based practices to achieve important outcomes for every student. “The MTSS framework builds on a public health approach that focuses on organizing the efforts of adults within systems to

 Module 2  Challenging Behavior Investigating: As an educator and a mother, I try to understand the behavior and why the child is exhibiting that behavior. During the pandemic, many of us as adults lost our way socially and then wonder why our children are behaving the way they are. What I mean is the way we interact with people on a daily bases. Watch TikTok, Instagram, and other social media videos about disruptive, argumentative, and aggressive behaviors and then look at our students?   Challenging behaviors in the classroom are defined as behaviors that interfere with instructional time and student learning, not those that constitute a threat to the safety of the classroom. Society as a whole has lost its way when it comes to social-emotional and behavioral developments.  Many who try to answer the question of why behavior occurs may answer with explanations that are based on their beliefs about a student’s personality, disability, home life, parents' ability to parent, or past