Behavior

PCOE Public Facing Web Site

​Samples of Services Provided in PCOE Classroom Settings:

• Training classroom staff how to effectively prevent and manage challenging behaviors via modeling, role playing, coaching, and feedback
• IEP support
• Training district and county office staff how to provide comprehensive program support and develop individualized behavior plans
• Focus on research-validated positive interventions and reinforcement strategies
• Recommendations based on observation and data
• Assistance with determining the need for additional staff support
• Enhance systems for team collaboration

PCOE's Philosophy for Addressing Challenging Behaviors Includes:

• ​A systematic, data-driven approach for changing behavior based on positive interventions
• Individualized and group interventions based on best practices and research
• Developing team member’s understanding of the student’s underlying needs which lead to challenging behavior
• Teaching the student new, adaptive skills to replace their challenging behavior
• A holistic approach that considers all of the factors that impact the student, and the student’s behavior
• Analysis of how the environment and adult behavior impact the student’s challenging behavior
  

​Services Can Be Provided Within the Placer County SELPA for:

• Districts & County Offices of Education
  
• Non-Public Schools
  
• Charter Schools
  
• Parents/Caregivers
  
• Transportation staff
  

• ​Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Positive Behavior Plan Development
• Staff training on Applied Behavior Analysis principles and intervention strategies
• Phone or face-to-face consultations
• Consultations that focus on increasing the fidelity of plan implementation
• Trainer-to-trainer consultation to district staff on how to conduct FBAs, develop behavior plans, and provide staff support
• In-Service Trainings 

Topics Can Include:

• ​​Behavioral Strategies for the Classroom
• Create Positive Behavior Supports for Your Child at Home
• Crisis Cycle, Behavioral Emergencies, and Behavior Reporting
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Principles of Reinforcement
• Discrete Trial Training and Promoting Generalization of Skills
• Maintaining Professionalism Under Challenging Circumstances
• Maximizing Powerful Reinforcement in the Classroom
• Physical Restraint Versus Prompting
• Training for Substitutes on Basic behavior Principles in the Classroom
• Classroom Set-Up and Instruction
• The Competing Pathways Model​