Tier 3: Practices & Supports

Our host Dr. Amy Yillik ends this season’s discussion of Culture of Care with a close look at Tier 3 needs and services. Her guest is Ryan Harding, Behavior Specialist with the Redmond School District, who explains that the Tier 3 program is more long-term and individualized than Tier 2, with a focus on providing students with whatever each one needs for success.

Continuing repercussions from the pandemic have made these services even more critical with students’ increased difficulties in socializing and self-regulating, often most evident on the playground, according to Ryan. He stresses the importance of including parents to achieve the goal of integration back into the classroom. This is an episode promoting empathy, trying to understand the needs and perceptions of others engaged in the efforts to support our students. 

 

Resources - 

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) - sometimes called a Behavior Plan or a Behavior Support Plan (BSP)

Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)

Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)

Oregon Senate Bill 819 concerning abbreviated school days

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