Positive Behavior Support at the Tertiary Level

This book focuses on tier three behaviour support for students who exhibit very challenging behaviour and who require intensive individual instruction to modify it. The educator will be able to read the book and use the information to successfully implement a functional behaviour assessment. The result will be a behavioural intervention plan which is based on data and positive and proactive strategies rather than on adult reactions to negative behaviour.

This easy-to-use guide will help K-12 educators understand the importance of having a plan and includes:

• An overview of functional support
• A problem solving model
• Data collection techniques and tools
• Antecedent and consequence modifications
• Replacement behaviour teaching
• Behavioural intervention planning with highlights from real students

Positive Behavior Support at the Tertiary Level helps teachers develop a better understanding of their impact on students’ behaviour and empowers them to make positive changes. Included are success stories, analysis forms, charts, and templates that show teachers how to “mine the data for gold,” create crisis plans, and steer students toward positive behaviors.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

1. Overview of Functional Behavior Assessment
2. Function Based Support: Mining the Data for Gold
3. Indirect Methods for Determining Function of Behavior
4. Direct Methods for Data Collection
5. Observing and Recording Behavior
6. Crisis Plans
7. Data Don t Lie: Real Data from the Field
8. Analysis of the Data
9. Behavioral Intervention Planning Using a Problem Solving Model
10. Antecedent Manipulations or Modifications for Proactive Planning
11. Behavior Teaching
12. Consequence Modification
13. Sample Interventions Based on Function
14. Carrying Out the Plan and Follow-Up

Appendix

"Dr. Laura Riffel has an incredible way of explaining behavior in a common sense way. Her approach to the material is scientific while based on many successfully improved situations in schools and clinics. Her ability to explain functions of behavior makes the subject clear for parents, teachers, administrators, and specialists. Real-life examples used throughout the book provide a deeper basis for understanding to the reader."
- Lisa Williams, Behaviour Specialist

"Dr. Riffel s materials are so practical that even new teachers can conduct a functional behavior assessment and implement a meaningful plan with ease. My students need strategies that work and do not take hours of learning to perfect. This book gives great examples and case studies that will guide my students to successfully mine that data for gold."
- Michelle Doty, Assistant Professor and Special Education Program Director