Special Education

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

• Fast Fact:  Anger Management and Violence Prevention (PDF)
• Colorado School Mediation Project

 

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
  • English (PDF)
  • Espanol (PDF)
• 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

• Guidebook for Determining the Eligibility of Students with Significant Identifiable Emotional Disability (PDF)

 

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)

 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

• Brain Injury in Children and Youth : A Manual for Educators 2013 (PDF)
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

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