TMCSEA's Behavior Support Department delivers comprehensive, ongoing behavioral support and training for our 21 member school districts. It is our goal to support TMCSEA's member districts in their efforts to design educational programming and behavior interventions that improve learning for all students. Services for our school districts are designed specifically for each system’s individual needs.
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Direct observation, consultation and support for administration, individual students, classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, and support staff.
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Development and implementation of functional behavior assessments (FBAs), skill acquisition programming, and behavior intervention plans (BIPs).
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Professional development.
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Conduct observations, record reviews, and interviews with staff.
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Model and support implementation of specific behavior interventions.
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Building competency and fluency with staff to maintain quality services.
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Implementing research based practices in the classroom.
-B.F. Skinner
A Board Certified Behavior Analyst is a masters level clinician with at minimum of 750 hours of supervised experience in the field of applied behavior analysis. BCBA's must pass a rigorous and comprehensive exam in order to become nationally certified. Additional licensing can also be attained in some states to become an LBA or Licensed Behavior Analyst. Professionals who are certified at the BCBA level are independent practitioners who provide behavior-analytic services.
A RBT is an educational professional who has completed a 40-hour training course and practices under the close and ongoing supervision of a BCBA. A RBT is primarily responsible for the direct implementation of behavior analytic services.
Behavior Analysis is the scientific study of principles of learning and behavior. Two primary areas of study include the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis. The experimental analysis of behavior is the basic science of the discipline and has, over many decades, accumulated a substantial and well-respected body of research literature on how behavior is learned and changes over time. The experimental analysis of behavior is the scientific foundation of applied behavior analysis (ABA). ABA is a systematic approach for influencing socially important behavior through the identification of reliably related environmental variables and the production of behavior change techniques that make use of those findings.