Behaviour

Positive Behaviour Support

The School District Behaviour Consultant is available to school teams with learners who show unsafe behaviour and/or behaviour which impacts the learner’s progress in school (academically and socially) or behaviour that has a disruptive effect on the learner’s school community e.g., distractions during classroom, challenging behaviour during recess. Tier 1/classroom management support to teachers is available upon request and require the teacher’s verbal consent for class observations. General introduction and training in behaviour support strategies are available for school teams upon request anytime.

To qualify for behaviour consultation for individual learners,  

• The individual’s behaviour either exists over extended time and regular in-class strategies (tier 1) do not show sufficient progress or
• Behaviour changes suddenly to severe behaviour (unsafe for the learner and/or others such as aggression, elopement, self-injurious behaviour) and recurs.
• Behaviour support can also be accessed for neurodivergent learners to support developing a therapeutic environment and interventions in the school with a focus on skills building to promote the learner’s successful engagement in his community and to increase the learner’s quality of life

Intake Process

School teams can contact the behaviour consultant directly, for informative support if the team is not sure if behaviour support might be suitable or

for consultation by forwarding the Behavioural Support Referral Form (available on TEAMS, please see page 16).

Varying resources will be used to assess a learner’s behaviour including his/her history and environment (initial intake meeting, behavioural interviews, file review, direct observations, behavioural and skills questionnaires for skills building). Written consent from the learner’s parent(s)/guardian(s) is necessary for individual behaviour services beyond informative support. Written consent needs to be renewed at the beginning of each school year if the learner’s team continues receiving behaviour support.

Behaviour Support Implementation

The Behaviour Consultant will offer recommendations and work with the learner’s team to develop a Positive Behaviour Support Plan, if applicable. Strategies can address classroom-wide, small group and/or individual approaches. If reduction of challenging behaviour is a targeted goal, a response to behaviour plan will be developed which should line up with the learner’s safety plan, if applicable.

If intervention is part of the behaviour support plan, the learner’s team will be trained and supported in implementing strategies and data collection. The Behaviour Consultant will support the team and monitor progress, adapt plans and strategies when necessary and as frequently as applicable.

Individual behaviour support will continue until behaviour-change goals are met, the school team requests discontinuation, or the learner is not benefiting from the service over an extended period despite plan adaptations.