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The Educational Services Department believes that effective behavioral support should not only help to reduce problem behaviors but should also change the opportunities a person has for learning new skills, for social inclusion, for access to meaningful activities and for basic participation in the local community.
The Educational Services Department conducts functional behavioral assessments and develops, implements and monitors behavior intervention plans and provides ongoing behavior consultation to address behavior excesses in the classroom. Although Advance Kids primarily provides services to children diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum, over the last few years, we have expanded our behavior consultation to serve children across a variety of disorders including, but not limited to; ADD, ADHD, SLI, OHI, VI, and MD. In addition, we have increased the number of services we provide in the areas of staff training, general classroom consultation, and center-based services.
An assessment that includes direct observation and teacher interview to address the appropriateness and efficacy of staff support, behavior intervention services, development and modification of individualized curriculum, and staff training. This assessment includes written recommendations and attendance at an IEP to present our report and to determine appropriateness of continued services.
A assessment that includes direct observation and teacher interview to assess the appropriateness of the current placement, level of support services and efficacy of current behavior management procedures. This assessment includes written recommendations and attendance at an IEP to present report and to determine appropriateness of continued services.
A functional behavior assessment includes direct observations, descriptive measures (FAST, MAS,PBQ, FAI, RAISD), teacher and parent interviews, data collection and analysis to formulate a clear description of the problem behaviors , identification of the events, times and conditions that predict target behaviors, identification of the consequences that maintain the problem behaviors to develop effective and comprehensive behavior intervention plans.
A functional analysis assessment includes direct observations, descriptive measures (FAST, MAS,PBQ, FAI, RAISD), teacher and parent interviews, data collection and analysis to formulate a clear description of the problem behaviors , identification of the events, times and conditions that predict target behaviors, identification of the consequences that maintain the problem behaviors and systematic and experimental manipulation of the variables to determine the function of target behaviors to develop effective and comprehensive positive behavior intervention plans.
Services are contracted for students with a variety of disabilities within a district to provide ongoing behavior management, analysis and development of behavior intervention plans, consultation and support to classroom staff serving the role of a general behavior analyst for the school district.
Individual Behavior Management
Provides ongoing behavior consultation to address behavior excesses, staff support and training, communication and collaboration with parents and staff members, aide support and training, and includes recommendations for placement, goals and attendance at I.E.P's. This service can be highly individualized to meet the needs of the student and the I.E.P. team.
General classroom consultation provides recommendations and ongoing support for the teacher and classroom staff through individualized consultation regarding the classroom topography, visual effects, communication, reinforcement system development and modifications, transitional cues, lesson material modifications and teaching techniques.
Provides individualized recommendations for modification and adaptations to increase skill acquisition, implementation of discrete trial lessons and data collection, task analysis training, and support for instructional assistance on how to modify teaching materials in the classroom.
Offers feedback and support services to increase the level of appropriate socialization for an individual student within the classroom setting including communication, playing with peers, interaction with peers at lunch and recess and building relationships with same-age peers.
Provides general materials for the classroom to enhance learning and facilitate a positive behavioral approach including token charts, activity schedules, visual aides, modified materials, choice boards and icons.