School Improvement

Instructional Supports

Behavior Education Program (BEP)
Second Step
Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)

The Behavior Education Program (BEP)
BEP is a researched-based Tier 2 behavioral intervention that focuses on at-risk students who are accruing multiple referrals in multiple settings within the school environment. The BEP is designed to help the 10-15% of students who fail to meet school wide disciplinary expectations but do not require the highest level of behavior support. It is designed for students who are referred for behavior such as disruption, tardiness, defiance, inappropriate language, and refusal to comply, to name a few. It is not intended for students who are aggressive or violent.

The main component of the BEP is a “check-in/check-out” system with a staff member which occurs at the beginning and end of each school day. Students have clearly defined expectations/goals, daily prompts from a positive adult, daily prompts at each class/activity, daily feedback from teachers and parents, daily progress reports, increased opportunities for learning and reinforcement, and additional support available on a daily and as-needed basis. The BEP is also intended to establish parent involvement and participation through BEP meetings, progress reports, and behavior contracts.

Second Step
A Violence Prevention Curriculum is a research-based curriculum that teaches social and emotional skills for violence prevention. The program is user-friendly and contains parent education components. It aims to reduce impulsive and aggressive behaviors and increase protective factors and social competence in children from preschool through junior high.

Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA)
Functional behavioral assessment is generally considered to be a problem-solving process for addressing student problem behavior. It relies on a variety of techniques and strategies to identify the purposes of specific behavior and to help IEP teams select interventions to directly address the problem behavior. Functional behavioral assessment should be integrated, as appropriate, throughout the process of developing, reviewing, and, if necessary, revising a student’s IEP.Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA)
A functional behavioral assessment looks beyond the behavior itself. The focus when conducting a functional behavioral assessment is on identifying significant, pupil-specific social, affective, cognitive, and/or environmental factors associated with the occurrence (and non-occurrence) of specific behaviors.

This broader perspective offers a better understanding of the function or purpose behind student behavior. Behavioral intervention plans based on an understanding of "why" a student misbehaves are extremely useful in addressing a wide range of problem behaviors.

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