Behavior Plans, Explained

14/04/2025 24 min Episodio 145
Behavior Plans, Explained

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⭐️ Want support with real-world strategies that actually work on your campus? We’re doing that every day in the School for School Counselors Mastermind. Come join us! ⭐️**********************************You’ve been looped into a student’s behavior.The teacher wants it fixed.Admin wants a behavior plan.And now everyone’s looking at you.If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t even know where to start,” this episode is for you.We’re walking through the full behavior intervention process, from collecting ABC data to building a real Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), so you know exactly what’s involved, what your role should be, and how to stop being the person everyone hands it off to.You’ll learn:What actually makes a behavior plan effectiveWhere school counselors fit into the process (and where we don’t)How to avoid the “throw spaghetti at the wall” method of interventionWhy consistency- not quick fixes- is what really moves the needleThis episode won’t give you a one-size-fits-all template.But it will help you understand the full picture, speak the language of your behavior teams, and start showing up like the professional you already are.Resources:American School Counselor Association. (2022). ASCA ethical standards for school counselors. https://schoolcounselor.org/ethicsChandler, L. K., & Dahlquist, C. M. (2015). Functional assessment: Strategies to prevent and remediate challenging behavior in school settings (4th ed.). Pearson.Shahan, T. A. (2022). A theory of the extinction burst. Perspectives on Behavior Science, 45(3), 495–519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40614-021-00297-zU.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. (n.d.). What Works Clearinghouse. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/**********************************Our goal at School for School Counselors is to help school counselors stay on fire, make huge impacts for students, and catalyze change for our roles through grassroots advocacy and collaboration. Listen to get to know more about us and our mission, feel empowered and inspired, and set yourself up for success in the wonderful world of school counseling.Hang out in our Facebook groupJump in, ask questions, share your ideas and become a part of the most empowering school counseling group on the planet! (Join us to see if we're right.)Join the School for School Counselors MastermindThe Mastermind is packed with all the things your grad program never taught you IN ADDITION TO unparalleled support and consultation. No more feeling alone, invisible, unappreciated, or like you just don't know what to do next. We've got you!Did someone share this podcast with you? Be sure to subscribe for all the new episodes!! This work is part of the School for School Counselors body of work developed by Steph Johnson, LPC, which centers role authority over role drift, consultative practice over fix-it culture, adult-designed systems and environments as primary drivers of student behavior, clinical judgment over compliance, and school counselor identity as leadership within complex systems.

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