Table of Contents

Section 1: Case Studies of "Behaviors Impeding Learning"

1-1 IDEA Behavior Language
1-3 Kyle
1-4 Angie
1-5 Tom
1-6 Billy

Section 2: Conceptualizing the Behavior Change in the Context Before Beginning the Plan

2-1 IDEA Conceptual Underpinnings: Shifting Our Understanding of Behavior
2-2 Establishing Behavior Support for Students
2-3 Building Behavior Support Plans That Work: Underlying Principles
2-6 Addressing Behavior in Education Settings in California
2-7 What Every Teacher Should Know In Order to Positively Support Student Behavior
2-10 The Denver Model Classroom Checklist
2-13 Student "Diamond's" Approach for Classwide Behavior Support
2-14 Classwide Systems to Cue, Shape, and Model Behavior: Strategies for Teachers
2-20 Pit Crews: Utilizing Peers to Cue and Shape Positive Behaviors
2-22 Time Away

Section 3: Behavior Support Plans, Step-by-Step

3-1 Behavior Support Plan - Blank Form
3-2 Behavior Support Plan - Instructions
3-3 All Behavior Support Plans Should Address
3-4 Designing Behavior Interventions to Address the Needs of Students with Disabilities or Characteristics

Section 4: The Function of the Behavior Drives the Plan's Development

4-1 Communicative Function of Behavior
4-2 Activity: Hypothesize Function
4-3 Activity: Billy/Tom/Kyle/Angie
4-4 Hypothesis Statements
4-5 Application Activity: Matching Intervention to Hypothesis
4-6 Sample Hypothesis Statements and Possible Interventions

Section 5: Teaching Strategies, Environmental Structure and Reinforcement

5-1 Teaching New Behaviors
5-2 Details of the Four-Step Procedure
5-3 Example of Social Skill Teaching Strategies
5-4 Behavior Support (3 Circles)
5-5 Photo of Closure Chart
5-6 Reinforcement Cube
5-7 Questions and Answers Teachers and Parents Ask About Using Reinforcement
5-9 Activity Worksheet - Teaching Strategies/Environmental Structure/Reinforcement Procedures/Reactive Strategy
5-10 Thinking About My Inappropriate Behavior
5-11 Building Independence Through The Use of Adaptations and Enablers

Section 6: Article Explaining BSP Approach/ Sample Plans

6-1 Addressing "Behavior That Impedes Learning" As Mandated by IDEA Reauthorization
6-5 Ralph - Current Problem Behavior: Threat to Kill a Peer, Aggression, and Defiance
6-6 Behavior Support Plan (Ralph)
6-7 Behavior Support Plan (Colin)
6-8 Behavior Support Plan (Angie)
6-9 Behavior Support Plan (Harvey)
6-10 Behavior Support Plan (Mary)
6-11 Behavior Support Plan (Chad)

Section 7: Resources

7-1 Social Skills List
7-4 References
7-6 Commercially Available Materials
7-9 Resources for Teachers and Other Implementers