Behavior Intervention Specialists and Support Services

The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio provides Behavior Intervention Support Services that assist school personnel and parents in insulating and targeting interventions, and using positive behavior supports that result in improved student achievement. These services also can build a district’s capacity by training staff in non-violent crisis prevention strategies.

ESC behavior intervention specialists are trained in the Crisis Prevention Institute’s Non-Violent Crisis Intervention model of behavior de-escalation and intervention. Staff serving districts in Delaware and Union counties are trained in the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention model, which focuses on teaching staff to work through a crisis with students by helping them deal with frustration, failure, anger, rejection, hurt and depression.

Participating teachers and staff become familiar with IDEA’s positive behavior support mandates and benefit from customized training in the areas personal safety and crisis management as well as paraprofessional roles and responsibilities. Completion of this training qualifies staff to design, implement and monitor intervention plans related to individual students or specific classrooms, aid building intervention assistance teams.

Districts benefit from an increased capacity for ESC-trained employees to assess and handle behavior issues in the classroom, monitor/refine ongoing behavior intervention plans on-site and develop individual behavior plans aligned with student IEPs.