SPEC 605 - Positive Behavior Support

Credits 3
Develops the needed skills to create an educational environment which utilizes Restorative Discipline practices to assure that students feel safe and secure, while being able to learn. Topics investigated include the continuum of behavior disorders, classroom organizational models, writing behavior intervention plans to address challenging behaviors, laws related to behavior and methods to establish the criteria for the manifestation determination of behavior. Candidates complete 25 hours of field study in a general education or special education classroom. Coupled with the other information learned in class and in collaboration with the site support team, students use their field study to identify a student/behavior problem, collect data, write an anecdotal report and develop a behavior intervention plan to extinguish challenging behavior and teach replacement behaviors.
May not be audited.