Educational Support
Provide help with academics for students who are not successful in their current educational setting or program. This contact usually results in one or more of the following:

• Assistance with behavior planning and programming
• Recommendations for classroom behavior management
• Recommendations for social skills enhancement
• IEP recommendations
• Assist school personnel, teachers, and paraeducators with tools to help manage a student’s behavior
• In-school support to assist educational staff in the classroom or working with students individually
• After school support at school or community setting
• Neutral site support with school personnel present for transition into school setting
• Social Skills Acquisition in school or community
• Home support with school work/social skills/behavior plans
• Functional Behavioral Assessments (FBA)
• Assist with students transitioning from CCIs, hospitalizations, or out-of-home placements

Research & Information

Assist in providing information about different diagnoses and disabilities as well as support options in the community. Provide referral resources if needed. Help provide information on a specific mental/emotional/behavioral disability to help educate school staff so they can better and more effectively meet the child’s needs .

Crisis Intervention

Assist in individual crisis planning at any level or stage. Participate in the practice of plan to extent needed.
 

CESA 9 Behavioral Strategist: David Kunelius