Behavior

Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Behavior, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports, Inclusion

Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This rubric highlights best practices to facilitate learning for students with complex access needs. The document should be used as a guide by a campus/district team as they engage in reflection of their current practices and plan for program growth (T-TESS Dimension 4.2). To aid administrators in

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Priming

Priming is an antecedent strategy where relevant information is presented before an activity occurs to increase appropriate responding and reduce challenging behavior.

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Mentor's Guide for Behavioral Evidence-Based Practice Training

How can this guide help me? For mentors, finding or creating appropriate training for LEA staff can be time-consuming. This guide, created to accelerate this process, will help you: Select and tailor training assignments based on the individual needs of the educator Support the educator through a

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Power Card

A visual that uses a student’s interest as motivation to teach a skill or encourage a behavior.

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Task Progress Visual

This visual gives students a general idea of where they are in the sequence of an activity.

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Choice Board

When to use: Choice boards are effective in many situations such as: Food or Drinks Reinforcers Activities or Actions Places People Toys Materials/Supplies How to use: Use pictures, symbols, text, or objects, depending on the student's language and cognitive ability, to create a board. The way that

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Reinforcement Using Token System

For longer activities, earned tokens can provide a tangible representation of completing smaller components within the task. The tokens are often traded for a larger reinforcer at the completion of the task.

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Tips and Strategies for Special Education

Tips and strategies so you can survive and thrive in special education.

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Competing Pathways

Used to help identify an appropriate replacement behavior.

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Behavior, MTSS, State Guidance

Texas Behavior Support Initiative

Legal requirements concerning use of restraint and time-out, benefits of prevention-based strategies, interventions and supports that can be applied school-wide, in the classroom, and with individual students.

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