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Behavior Support

 

The mission of the Gramon Family of Schools is to provide learning opportunities that enable each student to develop his/her fullest potential.  We believe that we can accomplish this goal in a structured, positive, and caring environment.  On-going collaboration among all members of the student's team ensures that each child receives the attention and support to progress through his/her individualized educational program.

 

Applied Behavior Analysis:

  • Among other supports, the Gramon Family of Schools utilizes ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) which offers evidence-based strategies for teaching new skills and replacing challenging behavior with more appropriate behavior.  

  • Staff participate in professional development in the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis and learn how to incorporate ABA into all lessons and activities. 

  • Staff emphasize the use of positive behavioral supports to reinforce desirable behavior throughout the school day. 

  • Staff utilize various components of ABA-based instructional strategies and behavior management techniques to meet the unique needs of each student, including but not limited to the strategies listed below: 
    • Reinforcement 
    • Antecedent strategies 
    • Prompting 
    • Discrete-trial teaching 
    • Incidental teaching 
    • Task analysis 
    • Discrimination Training 
    • Generalization 
    • Maintenance 
    • Functional communication training 
 

ABA strategies include:

  • Reinforcement

  • Antecedent strategies

  • Prompting

  • Discrete-trial teaching

  • Incidental teaching

  • Task analysis

  • Functional communication training.

Additionally, each year, staff are trained in QBS Safety-Care, a program designed to prevent and manage challenging behaviors as well as teach functional, socially acceptable replacement behaviors.
 

Behavior Intervention Plans

Individualized behavior intervention plans are developed on an as-needed basis.
  • Meeting with family, which includes a review of the behavior and permission to collect data.
  • Staff are trained on how to collect data on challenging behaviors.
  • The behavior analyst then analyzes the behavior data to determine:
    • a possible function(s)
    • Strategies to replace challenging behaviors with more socially acceptable behavior.
Before becoming a part of the student's IEP, The Behavior intervention plans are reviewed with:
  • The student’s parent(s)/guardian(s)
  • The school team
  • The District Case Manager            

 

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