href="#ulink_10125638-0729-5dd4-a4a4-9dbfdda3b553">Defining Behavioral Skills
Identifying the Importance of Behavioral Skills
1 Identifying, Defining, and Making Sense of Behavioral Skills
Creating a Collaborative Culture of Commitment
Identifying and Prioritizing Essential Behavioral Skills
Defining Key Behavioral Skills
Identifying and Defining Behaviors in Content-Specific Areas
Conclusion
Next Steps
2 Modeling, Teaching, and Nurturing Behavioral Skills
Focusing on Tier 1
Preparing Educators to Model and Teach Behavioral Skills
Screening Students
Modeling and Teaching Behavioral Skills
Nurturing Behavioral Skills
Conclusion
Next Steps
3 Measuring Student Success, Providing Differentiated Supports, and Intervening Appropriately
Formative Assessment of Behavioral Skills
Feedback That Empowers
Differentiation
Follow Up and Follow Through: A Feedback and Differentiation Strategy
Conclusion
Next Steps
4 Preparing for Tiers 2 and 3 Behavioral Supports
Interventions at Tiers 2 and 3
Questions to Ask When Designing Behavioral Interventions at Tiers 2 and 3
Tools for Behavioral RTI at Tier 2
Monitoring at Tier 2
Interventions and Monitoring Within Tier 3
Restorative Practices at All Three Tiers
Conclusion
Next Steps
5 Navigating the Predictable Challenges and Considerations for Implementation
School Culture
Administrative Support
Schoolwide Implementation
Parents
Time, Staff, and Resources
Data Collection, Management, and Analysis
Beliefs and Expectations
The Need to Teach All Students
Conclusion
Next Steps
Appendix A: Functional Behavioral Analysis
Appendix B: Behavior Support Plan
About the Author
Chris Weber, EdD, is an expert in behavior, mathematics, and response to intervention (RTI) who consults and presents internationally to audiences on important topics in education. As a teacher, principal, and director in California and Illinois, Chris and his colleagues developed RTI systems that have led to high levels of learning at schools across the United States.
In addition to writing and consulting, he continues to work in Irvine Unified School District in California, supporting some of the best and highest-performing schools in the country.
Chris has been in service to community and country his entire life. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, he flew C-141s during his military career. He is also a former high school, middle school, and elementary school teacher and administrator.
To learn more about Chris’s work, visit Chris Weber Education (http://chriswebereducation.com) or follow @WeberEducation on Twitter.
To book Chris Weber for professional development, contact [email protected].
Introduction
Behavior is a form of communication providing clues about what is missing in a young person’s life.
—JOHN SEITA
Jacob is a fourth-grade student in an urban school district. After losing his mom three years earlier, Jacob, his older brother, and younger sister now live in a single-parent home. Their father works two jobs
