March ~ Behavior Bytes

Intended read time is less than 5 minutes.

For additional Behavior Coaching supports, visit the Behavior Coach tab of the Pyramid Model Share Site.

Consider how you will differentiate your support for different teaching teams. In some classrooms, you may end up teaching a strategy on a Behavior Intervention Plan; in other classrooms, you may model the strategy; and in other classrooms, you may have a supportive conversation around using a strategy. All of these options are positive supports you can provide as a Behavior Coach.

How can you use Trauma-Responsive Strategies and the Pyramid Model to support teaching teams? Take time to dig deeper into the signs and impact of toxic stress and trauma and integrate responsive strategies into the Pyramid Model.

The Fidelity of Strategy Implementation Checklist is a fantastic tool to ensure all steps of a Behavior Intervention Plan are being implemented in the intended manner. This form should be completed 2x/week for the first 3 weeks of an intervention plan and then 1x/week after that. One form should be completed for each adult implementing the Behavior Intervention Plan.

This fact sheet was developed to illustrate the measures used to understand disproportionality related to various groups of children and a particular factor or outcome: Understanding Common Measures of Disproportionality.

• This month, let us look at another portion of Step 3 (page 16) of the Equity Coaching Guide: Coaching Resources related to Implicit Bias. Consider sharing the following resources with staff and families related to talking to children about race:

  
  

  • An age-by-age guide to talking to kids about race and racism. Motherly
  • Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism. PBS
  • Your Kids Aren’t Too Young To Talk About Race: Resource Roundup. Blog with additional resources by Katrina Richie.