What’s New With Behavior Plans?

Ventura County SELPAMary E. Samples,

Assistant Superintendent

What happened to the Hughes Bill?

• Repealed July 1, 2013

• What does this mean?

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What’s gone…

• No more BICM certification or requirements

• No more Functional Analysis Assessment with required elements

• No more Behavior Intervention Plan with required elements

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What stayed…..

• Behavior Emergency Reports for emergency interventions or serious property damage

• IEP within 2 days of behavior emergency

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What’s New?

• Behavior Analysis/ Review Worksheet (BARW)• Functional Behavior Assessment form • TWO Positive Behavior Intervention Plan

forms– one basic– one comprehensive

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Behavioral Analysis/Review Worksheet- BA/RW

An informal tool to figure out what is going on with the behavior:• Description, frequency, etc• Antecedents and Consequences• Communicative function• Replacement behavior that meets the same

need• Possible reinforcers

More about the BA/RW

• Typically developed prior to the meeting• Input from school staff (general and special

education), parents and others• Not attached to the IEP, considered to be a

worksheet• May be kept in the student’s file (cum or Sped)

The BA/RW is located in SIRAS under Tools/Added Forms/Behavior

Ventura County SELPA Behavior Analysis/Review Worksheet

Student Name: DOB:

Problem Behavior(s): (include frequency, duration and/or intensity)

Antecedents: (what typically triggers or is happening before the behavior?)

Consequences: (what usually happens as an immediate and/or delayed result of the behavior or is the “payoff” for the behavior?)

Communicative Function of the Behavior: (based on the antecedents and the consequences, what does the problem behavior allow the student to “get” or avoid/escape?) Escape Attention Sensory Tangible

Describe:

Positive/Replacement Behavior: (what do we want the student to do instead of the behavior that serves the same function but is more appropriate? Should not be simply a lack of the problem behavior.)

Reinforcers: (what activities, objects, people, etc. are motivating to the student?)

Functional Behavior Assessment- FBA

• Used if an assessment is needed to figure out what is going on with the behavior

• For complex behaviors or behaviors which are not responding to interventions

• Requires a signed Assessment Plan• Should only be completed by someone with training

in functional behavior assessment and analysis• IEP within 60 days with a Written ReportThe FBA template is on the SELPA website under Assessment Reports

Two new BIPs in SIRAS

• Positive Behavior Intervention Plan “PBIP”• Comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plan

“CBIP”

(The former PBSP Forms A, B and C are no longer available)

Which BIP form when?

The law no longer requires specific elements to be included in a BIP. Therefore, the IEP Team

should decide which form is most appropriate.

Positive Behavior Intervention Plan- PBIP

Consider this plan for behaviors that:• Are mild• Are not complex• Do not require complicated interventions or

reinforcement strategies• Can be addressed by classroom staffTypically developed by the Special Education Teacher who may use the Behavior Analysis/Review Worksheet (BA/RW)

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Comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plan- CBIP

Consider this plan for behaviors that:• Baseline information• Are more intensive or problematic• Are more complex• Require multiple interventions, reinforcement

strategies and fading plans

More About CBIP

• CBIP also has more detailed:– Reactive Strategies – Data Collection system– Communication plan

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Annual Goals

• PBIP- Requires at least one goal

• CBIP- Requires at least onegoal for the reduction of the problem

behavior or general skill development, and one goal to increase the replacement behavior

BIPs in SIRAS

• Both are available for all IEPs• If you choose one, the other is no longer

available• If you click the Behavior Intervention Plan

button on the SIS page, it requires you to develop one

Classroom Implementation Plans

• Available for both PBIP and CBIP• Available in SIRAS under Tools/Document Library:

– Click on name of student– Click on form

• Put in the name of the staff who will use the form• Edit to address the responsibilities of that staff • Print outRepeat for as many different staff who need one!

POSITIVE BEHAVIOR CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Ventura County SELPA

For (staff) Student Name (first only) Problem Behavior: Positive/Replacement Behavior: Please implement these strategies:

Questions? Please call ___________________________________________

To reduce problem behavior

To increase positive/replacement behavior

What to do if the Problem Behavior occurs:

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When is an FBA required?

• Lesser intensive interventions via the IEP are not effective and IEP team determines need

• Parent request and district agrees• Behavior Emergency report on a student with

no FBA-based BIP and IEP team indicates need• Tenth day of suspension, with a pattern and

Manifestation of the Disability

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When are a PBIP or CBIP required?

• As part of an IEP for behavior interfering with learning

• If an FBA has been conducted and indicates the need

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In Summary…..

It is the vision of the Ventura County SELPA that teaching students appropriate social and behavioral skills is a vital and integral part of the Special Education program. IEP teams must consider the most effective ways to develop and implement behavior supports and interventions that will enable students to access their educational program. The skills that we teach will help the young person to be successful in all future areas of life!

Questions or Comments?