Behavior Topic Areas
ADHD
- ADHD and Kids
- Fast Fact: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, March 2012
- Behavioral Treatment for ADHD
- Coexisting Conditions
- Identifying and Treating ADHD (PDF)
- Myths and Misunderstandings
- Psycho-social Treatment for Children and Adolescents with AD/HD
- What is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD?
Anger Management
Autism
- Autism - CDE
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Colorado Autism Task Force
- Components of an Effective Autism Program (PDF)
- Fast Fact: Autism, 2008 (BEING REVISED)
- General Instructional Strategies - Autism (PDF)
Bully Prevention
- Bullying and Gay Youth
- Bullying: What To Do About It
- Colorado Trust
- Fast Fact: Bully Proofing and Intervention (PDF)
- Preventing Classroom Bullying: What Teachers Can Do
- Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support for Elementary Schools
- Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support for Middle Schools
- CyberSmart! Cyber-bullying Awareness Curriculum
- Stop Bullying Now!
Crisis Management
- Colorado School Safety Resource Center
- Practical Information for Crisis Planning (PDF)
- Safe School Initiative (PDF)
- Threat Assessment in Schools (PDF)
District Intensive Support Teams/BESTs
- Behavior Plan (PDF)
- Behavior Plan Review (PDF)
- Behavior Planning Team Meeting (PDF)
- Possible Pitfalls to Effective Behavior (PDF)
- Steps to Starting a BEST (PDF)
- Team Activity Log (PDF)
Family/Community/Partnerships (Collaboration)
- Epstein's Framework of Six Types of Involvement (PDF)
- Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement (PDF)
- A Dozen Prevention Tips for Parents (PDF)
- Parent/School Partnerships (PDF)
- Early Child and Elementary Parent/School Partners (PDF)
- Secondary Parent/School Partners (PDF)
Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBAs)
- ABC Observation Form 1 (PDF)
- ABC Observation Form 2 (PDF)
- Assessing Activity Routines Form (PDF)
- Brief Functional Assessment Interview Form (PDF)
- Competing Pathways (PDF)
- Competing Pathways, Part 1 (PDF)
- Competing Pathways, Part 2 (PDF)
- Competing Pathways Summary Instructions (PDF)
- Fast Fact: FBA - What, Why and How (BEING REVISED)
- FBA Guidelines (US DEPT OF ED)
- FBA-Behavior Support Plan Protocol (PDF)
- FBA-BSP Protocol from Horner and Crone (PDF)
- FBA Planning Tool (PDF)
- Federal Register (US DEPT OF ED)
- Functional Assessment (PDF)
- Functional Assessment Checklist for Teachers and Staff (PDF)
- Functional Assessment Observation Form (PDF)
- Functional Behavior Assessment Implementation Checklist (PDF)
- Functional Behavioral Assessment Matrix (PDF)
- Functional Behavioral Assessment Observation Form (PDF)
- Functional Interpretation of Behavior (PDF)
- Goodness-of-Fit Survey for Families (PDF)
- Problem Behavior Questionnaire (PDF)
- Project FACILE - Problem Behavior Questionnaire (PDF)
- Scatter Plot Assessment (PDF)
- Scatter Plot Form (PDF)
- Self Assessment - Context Fit in Schools (PDF)
- Student-Guided Functional Assessment Interview (PDF)
- Tips for Good Behavior Plans (PDF)
Legal Issues
- Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
- Educational Rights for Children with ADHD in Public Schools
- Eligibility of Students with a SIED (PDF)
- Reference Guide for Schools - Juvenile Sex Offenders (PDF)
- Procedural Safeguards Notice - Parent and Child Rights in Special Education
- Restraint Rules and Guidelines
- The Children's Defense Fund
- Use of Time-Out (PDF)
Mental Health
- A Guide to School Mental Health Services, June 2007 (PDF)
- America's Children: Key National Indicators of Child Well-Being
- Antidepressant Medication and Children
- Anxiety Disorders and Kids
- Bipolar Disorder in Children
- Building Bridges for Children's Mental Health - Tools
- Center for Mental Health in Schools
- Child and Adolescent Suicide
- Childhood Depression: Tips for Parents
- Conduct Disorder
- Depression in Children
- Depression in Teens
- Fast Facts: Evidence-Based Practice in School Mental
Health
- Anger Management and Violence (PDF)
- Anxiety (PDF)
- Behavior (PDF)
- Bipolar (PDF)
- Bully-Proofing and Intervention (PDF)
- Depression (PDF)
- Introduction (PDF)
- Social Skills (PDF)
- Suicide Prevention (PDF)
- Youth Gambling (PDF)
- Recognizing Mental Health Problems in Children
- Red Flags of Adolescent Behavior (PDF)
- Schizophrenia in Children
- Selected Evidence Based Research for Healthy Kids (PDF)
- Traumatic Events - Helping Students Recovering from Traumatic Events (PDF)
- What Every Child Needs for Good Mental Health
Seclusion and Restraint
- Considerations for Seclusion and Restraint Use in School-wide Positive Behavior Supports
- Restraint Rules and Guidelines
SIED
Social Skills
- Aligning Social Skill Acquisition with Colorado Academic Content Standards (PDF)
- Data Driven Dialogue Excerpt (PDF)
- Project Achieve and the Stop and Thinks Social Skills Program
- Fast Fact: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (PDF)
- Fast Fact: Social Skills (PDF)
- Social Skills Instruction (PDF)