Behavioral Supports. Provide resources as requested, to define methods for improving client behavioral support work done in the community, in the areas of assessment, data collection, and analysis of behavioral programming. Facilitate the implementation of other initiatives as specified by DDA to support administration goals of increasing the effective use of positive behavioral support methods.
Behavioral Supports. 9.5.1 The purpose of the District-level program of behavioral supports and strategies is to xxxxxx a sense of agency, self-efficacy, belonging and a safe and supportive environment for students and professional educators. This will be accomplished through the implementation of a multi-tiered system of support, which includes school-based mental health professionals, access to the district-level mental health team(s), and other practices and engagement strategies.
9.5.2 The work of the Office of Student Support Services (OSSS) will include:
9.5.2.1 Overseeing and assessing the behavioral support needs of the District;
9.5.2.2 Building capacity within each school/program by working collaboratively with professional educators, building principals, and OSP Leadership;
9.5.2.3 Reviewing school-based behavioral Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports in place at the school and in classrooms.
9.5.2.4 Identifying and supporting implementation of appropriate Tier 2 and Tier 3 evidence-based behavior interventions to support all schools and programs.
9.5.2.5 Stabilizing critical situations for students and professional educators in a temporary capacity, until recommendations for support are communicated to the building principal, affected Professional Educators, and OSP Leadership.
9.5.3 Access to Mental Health and Tier III Rapid Response Teams:
9.5.3.1 Mental Health Teams will regularly connect with schools in their cluster to support building staff in the ongoing mental wellness of students.
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9.5.3.3 The terms of this article do not in any way modify or replace the current staffing models for the school based mental health professional educators as jointly defined in Appendix M. No positions current to the 2023-24 school year shall be eliminated or moved due to the outcome of the RRT MOA.
9.5.4 The responsibilities of the Tier III Rapid Response Team (RRT) include but are not limited to:
9.5.4.1 Stabilizing crisis situations for student and professional educators;
9.5.4.2 Determining what existing personnel in the District and in the building can do to meet the support needs of students and professional educators identified by the team to support Tier III Behavioral Support; and
9.5.4.3 Determining when additional personnel and/or resources are needed to meet the support needs of students and professional educators ide...
Behavioral Supports. Contractor shall provide 2 FTE Behavior Support Coordinator positions for Behavior Support Plan development, implementation, training, oversight and support. Contractor’s Behavior Support Coordinators shall:
a. Complete a person-centered evaluation, which is started at screening and completed 10 business days after admission;
b. Complete a Behavior Support Plan for each Individual within 15 days of admission. The Behavior Support Plan must:
(a) Address at a minimum the behaviors noted as referenced in the definition for Target Group;
(b) Identify, as needed, a crisis stabilization and emergency plan to prevent or minimize injuries, property damage, placement failure and emergency hospitalizations;
(c) Identify Individual-specific intervention and strategies that caregivers can implement and are incorporated into the activity plans; and
(d) Be reviewed each month by Contractor’s Behavior Support Coordinator, and modified as needed based on feedback from the direct caregivers, SPT and the Individual’s responses.
c. Contractor’s Behavior Support Coordinators are responsible for overseeing Behavior Support Plans and must:
(a) Be a member of the Service Planning Team;
(b) Assist in the screening of all admissions to the facility;
(c) Provide Individual-specific coaching and group teaching for Contractor’s direct care staff to ensure that direct care staff can implement the strategies defined in each Individuals Behavior Support Plan; and
(d) Assist in coordination with mental health, alcohol and drug treatment services, if an Individual receives these services.
