Behavior Intervention Services
Our comprehensive behavior interventions and supports meet the needs of a broad range of students.
Program Overview
Our Behavior Intervention Teachers provide behavioral support to teachers and school teams for students (in pre-k through grade 12) receiving general and special education services.
Our services include:
- Providing collaborative behavioral support to teachers and school teams to help build capacity to meet the needs of a broad range of students.
- Professional development for school staff on research-based behavior strategies.
- Workshops for parents to help bridge the home and school environments.
- Assisting school teams in using data to inform effective behavioral programming for students.
- Providing school teams with student crisis intervention support.
Behavior Intervention Services consists of:
- a Program Manager,
- 2 Specialists, and
- 25 Behavior Intervention Teachers (this includes a Central Office Behavior Intervention Teacher who is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) that focuses on supports for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Trainings for Families
Behavior Intervention Services offers trainings for families below. All training videos contain a playlist menu. Select the YouTube playlist icon in the top right corner of each video to view a list of available videos.
Encouraging Positive Behaviors at Home: A Behavioral Support Webinar Series for Families
Behavior Intervention Services and the Family Resource Center have worked together to offer a behavior support webinar series for families. This series provides families with strategies and positive supports to help encourage social, emotional, and behavioral growth.
- Behavior Solutions for Secondary School Parents: Proactive Strategies for Effective Communication
- Behavior Solutions for Parents of Primary Students: Proactive Strategies for Effective Communication
- Behavior Solutions for Parents of Primary Students: Taming Tantrums and More
- Setting the Stage for Behavior: Routines, Procedures, & Expectations
- Challenging Behaviors: Prevention Strategies and Teaching Self-Control
- Challenging Behaviors: ABCs of Behavior & How to Respond
- All Behavior Happens for a Reason: Behavior as Communication
- Strategies for Increasing Replacement Behaviors
- Teaching your Child to Follow Directions
- Effectively Communicating with Your Child
- Minimizing Prompts and Maximizing Your Child’s Independence
Parent/Guardian Avoiding Power Struggles Quick Tips
This video series includes quick tips on how to avoid power struggles by:
- Using Redirection
- Offering Controlled Choices
- Increasing Independent Tasks
- Breaking Down a Task
- Minimizing Distractions
Parent/Guardian Executive Function Strategies Quick Tips
This video series includes quick tips on the following Executive Function strategies:
- Working Memory Strategies
- Self Control Strategies
- Goal Directed Persistence
- Metacognition Strategies
- Goal Directed Attention and Focus
- Cognitive Flexibility and Shifting
Contact Information
Lori Kraden
Program Manager
571-423-4873
[email protected]
Janeen Waddell
Behavior Intervention Specialist
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Ashley Enright
Behavior Intervention Specialist
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