About the General Education Behavior Specialists
Who Are We?
We are licensed Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) who specialize in identifying and creating behavior plans around students’ needs. Contact the Team.
- Nicole Baird, M.S., BCBA, LBA
- Lennea Bower, M.A., BCBA, LBA
- Russell Howarth, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
What is a BCBA?
A Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) is a graduate-level certification in behavior analysis. All certified behavior analysts have completed coursework specific to behavior analysis, completed supervised field work experience, and passed a board exam. Certified behavior analysts also are required to complete continuing education credits to maintain their certification.
What Do We Do?
We support general education students with behaviors that have been resistant to Tier I strategies and Tier II/III interventions. We also support teams in the creation and monitoring of behavior plans and interventions for these students.
For Families
For Schools
Services provided by the General Education Behavior Specialists include Virtual Consultation and in-person support for students, behavior resources for schools, BHA Training, and Professional Learning. Learn more and access resources:
Levels of Support
Virtual Consultation/Office Hours
- School team may sign up for 15-30 minute consultation
- Bring data or other documentation / Gen Ed BIP draft
- BCBA will fill out Consultation Recommendation Form
- School team will take the recommendations from BCBA and implement with fidelity
- Have 1 additional consultation as needed or suggest behavior referral
Student Support Referral Process
Identify
The Student Support Team (SST) will identify a student who has demonstrated resistance to:
- Tier I strategies and
- Tier II/Tier III interventions.
Data
The SST will gather data to:
- Determine previous interventions implemented
- Analyze the effect of interventions
- Demonstrate need for additional support
Request
The SST and Administration will:
- Fill out the Behavior Specialist request form found on the MTSS Tile
- Attach the data or supporting documents
Behavior Team Responses
- A behavior specialist will conduct a 15-30 minute observation to collect additional data.
- The referral and data will be reviewed by the General Education Behavior Support Committee.
- A behavior specialist will reach out to the school team regarding the committee’s decision: Accepted Referral Consultation Only, Accepted Referral Standard Support, or Utilize Virtual Consultation/Office Hours and Re-evaluate.
Accepted Referrals
Consultation Only
- Hold 1-2 meetings with the school team for Tier III behavior intervention support
- Review referral and data
- Guide student centered problem solving discussion
- Conduct student/classroom observation if needed
Standard Support
- Hold an initial meeting to review referral and data
- Conduct student observations
- Facilitate a student centered behavior support planning meeting following the P-T-R Process
- Schedule follow-up data review meetings every 2 weeks
- Conduct fidelity checks every 2 weeks
- Create fading plan along with school team
Accepted Referral School Commitments
Elementary
- All school stakeholders need to be in attendance at all meetings
- Implement team created behavior plan with at least 80% fidelity
- Collect behavior data
- Make data based decisions
Secondary
- Necessary stakeholders need to be in attendance at all meetings
- Implement team created behavior plan with at least 80% fidelity with 2 or more teachers
- Collect behavior data
- Make data based decisions
Training for Schools
We offer many different behavior training options. We will always tailor the presentation to the specific needs of the audience and individuals requesting the training.
All options offered by the General Education Behavior Team.
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