Behavioral Coordination Services

Mission

To provide consultant services to school districts to support students with behavior challenges in the least restrictive environment.

Program Description

• Provide a variety of instructional methods and support to the student in the areas of social skills, instructional modifications to the classroom curriculum, behavior management and positive support plan techniques.
• Provide training and support to BOCES and public school staff members in techniques for identifying, teaching, and supporting students with emotional and behavioral needs in the public school setting.  This may include autistic students.
• Provide training in small groups such as with a child study team and with individuals on a case-by-case basis.
• Provide school personnel with information and skills, which would allow them to successfully educate students with emotional and behavioral challenges in the community and to integrate these children with regular education students to the fullest extent possible.
• Evaluate individual students by reviewing information and procedure, (i.e., learning style, teaching style, management plan, pull out services, routine, classroom layout, specifics on concerns), observing, seeking feedback from involved individuals, and performing informal assessments where indicated.
• Detail possible causes for the observed behaviors in a written report, which would include recommended academic and behavior management strategies.
• Be able to guide documentation and facilitate communication assuring a smooth transition through the continuum of care including hospital, day treatment, tutoring and public school settings for those students with needs severe enough to temporarily require a higher level of care.