Behavior Consultation

• Student and Teacher/Staff Workshops: Mindfulness and Nervous System Regulation/ Co-Regulation to address  challenging behavior, foster social and emotional development and self  care practices. 
• Individualized Behavior Intervention Supports: Sometimes learners need extra support in finding what will help them be the most successful in the current situation. Interventions bring teams together to create a comprehensive individualized plan that is designed to address the learner's function of behavior and specific motivators.
• Parent and Family: Consultations for Relationship Building and Fundamentals of Behavior

Self  awareness and self regulation are key components to life long  happiness. Before we learn how to self regulate, we first learn through  co-regulation. Care providers (teachers and parents alike) regulate  learners through mirror neurons. Our brains sync up and can regulate one  another. Co-regulation includes building and maintaining warm  relationships, environmental structures, and positive skill  instruction. 

Whenever  we look at challenging behavior, it is important to look at the  environment where the behavior happens.  

How is the environment  supporting that behavior?  

Supportive learning environments provide a  safe place to make mistakes, learn, grow, and celebrate learners when  they hit milestones. 

What behavioral skills do we want to teach as a  replacement behavior instead? 

Systematically teaching social and  emotional skills takes deliberate practice that helps the learner  advance. 

We also want to look at how we might inadvertently reinforce  challenging behavior and how we intentionally make sure that we  reinforce desirable behavior instead. 

Intentional  and routine self care practices for care providers is essential for  co-regulation. The moments where you think you have the least amount of  time for self care are the moments you need it the most. Let's explore  strategies that can help you with your own social and emotional  wellness.