The Nerdy SSW

When completing a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA), the very first piece of data you need to collect is FACTS. This will get to the nitty-gritty of teacher concerns regarding the behavior they see in their classroom and narrow it to one specific behavior. From there, you will get the teachers hypothesis about what causes the behavior, what the teacher does when the behavior happens, and what the student gets out of the behavior. To make things more simple (especially if you have multiple

Student Incident Report; aligns with SWIS categories. To be used with School-Wide PBIS. Also referred to as an Office Discipline Referral (ODR).

I always like to give parents some things they can do at home to help kiddos with developing social-emotional learning. Here is a list of apps and books for kids/parents that I provide at the end of the school year. Work smarter not harder out there :)

Does your school do PBIS? This is a Behavior Flow Chart template you can use along with the job responsibilities of building staff related to behavioral referrals (ODR's).

Sensory Break pass with acheat sheet on the back with suggested coping skills. Laminate images back to back to make a single pass. Work smarter, not harder out there.

A helpful tool to use when establishing a child's reading level. Can convert different assessment scales to grade level to utilize in writing IEP's & IRP's. Also helpful for leveling classroom library books.

Fun staff activity for the beginning of the year. Staff have to take a selfie with different things/places in your building. Add in items specific to your building! Helps new staff identify important things around the building :) Work smarter not harder out there :)