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  Behavior

  Helping educators improve their behavior management knowledge, skills, and practices.…

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  Leadership and Character Development: Schools of Thought

  Transitioning from a focus on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) to Leadership and Character Development (LCD) entails a broader perspective, including reviewing alternative paths to schoolwide behav…

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  A Lesson On School Discipline, By Dr. Stuart Ablon

  Traditional school disciplinary strategies are guilty – guilty of being woefully ineffective and failing kids and educators alike. They aren’t needed for most of the students in our schools, and…

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  Dr. Stuart Ablon On Rethinking Our Approach to Youth Mental Health Care

  KEY POINTS As the new year begins, we find ourselves in the midst of a youth mental health crisis, the likes of which we have not seen in the last half-century or more. I am afraid the ripple effects …

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  Behavior Specialist Collective

  Behavior specialists are crucial members of your district and campus' teams who help coordinate your behavior management systems. Our Behavior Specialist Cooperative gives districts and campuses who c…

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  Behavior Check-In Activity

  This quick check-in activity is designed to be used at the beginning of your class to check in on your students social and emotional health.…

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  Behavior Specialist Training Continuum

  The Behavior Specialist Training Continuum offers training and resources to Behavior Support Specialists of all experience levels.…

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  Changing Behavior in Preschool Classrooms

  Dr. Susan Catlett explores the functions of behavior in a preschool classroom and how you can change behavior for the better.…

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  Building Better Behavior Conference

  Welcome to the Building Better Behavior Conference 2027—a comprehensive professional development experience crafted to empower Pre-K through 12th grade educators and administrators in fostering po…

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  PAX Good Behavior Game

  Free training and materials designed to equip educators with evidence-based strategies to reduce disruptive behavior, boost academic performance, and enhance student engagement.…

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  Behavior Event Inventories

  The Behavior Event Interview (BEI) process is a specialized interview technique that captures detailed actions and thinking of candidates in past work events to assess readiness for the work of a turn…

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  Behavior Coordinator Training 2026-2027: Interventions Through the Tiers

  Learn how to build strong, data-driven behavioral supports at every tier — from schoolwide prevention to individualized, intensive interventions.…

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  Behavior Coach Endorsement Program

  A 240-hour, hands-on course for educators and leaders to build coaching skills in behavior support through virtual sessions, applied practice, and performance assessments.…

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  Behavior Learning Community Series

  Empowering educators and supporting positive student behavior This series is designed to provide staff with knowledge, skills, and effective practices for preventing, understanding, and responding to…

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  ESC Region 13 Behavior Coach Endorsement Program: Training School Behavior Leaders

  For over two decades, the Behavior Coach Endorsement Program at Education Service Center Region 13 has quietly transformed the way educators approach student behavior—and, more importantly, how they l…

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  New Teacher Behavior Academy

  Base price includes on-site visits, virtual visits, plus 6 self-paced online courses for a single teacher. Campuses may add up to four additional teachers for $250 each. One of the top struggles facin…

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  Classroom Behavior Charts Don’t Work, Here’s Why

  Plenty of schools use behavior charts to track their students’ behavior. Behavior charts come in all shapes and sizes and are used primarily to motivate students to behave better while in class. At th…

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  Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS) Training

  Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based practice for putting systems in place to provide positive academic and behavioral outcomes in your district or campus. The fram…

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  What Does a School Behavior Coach Do?

  Behavior coaches are educational professionals who work with students, teachers, and administrators to help improve school climate and reduce problem behaviors. They provide individualized student sup…

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  Real Strategies for Real Behavior Challenges

  Teachers are exhausted. By the time the bell rings, many teachers are already running on empty—drained not by lesson planning, but by the constant battle to manage behavior. The emotional strain of re…

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  Extreme Kindergarten Behaviors: Supporting Our Youngest Learners with Big Needs

  Learn developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent, understand, and respond to extreme early childhood behaviors while maintaining a positive learning environment.…

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  Managing a Behavior Crisis Safely and Effectively

  Learn to recognize escalation stages, respond safely, and support student regulation while protecting learning environments.…

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  Dr. Susan Catlett: Changing Behavior in Preschool Classrooms

  Dr. Susan Catlett explores the functions of behavior and gives tips and strategies for approaching challenging behavior in young children.…

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  Dealing with the Most Challenging Behaviors

  Learn practical response strategies that maintain dignity while restoring instructional environments. …

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  The Prepare Program for Behavior Intervention

  Our Prepare curriculum is a versatile program that can be used to support students in Structured Learning Environments, or students participating in an inclusion program.…

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  4 Effective Classroom Management Strategies for Better Classroom Behavior

  Finding classroom management strategies that improve classroom behavior can be difficult. We’ve written before about how to create efficient and effective classroom rules but building better cla…

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  I've Tried Everything

  Managing classroom behavior is a challenging job. Somedays your students are perfect and other days, well…let’s just say it’s a struggle not to scream. I’ve Tried Everything is a podcast dedicated to …

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  Turnaround Leadership Profiles through Behavior Event Interviews

  To help your leaders, our specialists utilize a behavior event interview (BEI) process to develop Turnaround Leadership Profiles. These profiles provide a detailed analysis of research-based competenc…

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  Behavior Coach Endorsement Program Web Payment

  When you submit a payment form, you will be taken to PayPal to provide your payment details securely. A PayPal account is not required to make a payment online. Student's Name …

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  I’ve Tried Everything, Season 2: New Behavioral Challenges

  One of the biggest challenges that teachers and administrators face is classroom behavior. And things have definitely not gotten easier since COVID irreparably changed the educational landscape. That&…

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  Life Skills Radio Ep.06: Challenging Behavior

  In this episode, host Jennifer Russell explores challenging classroom behavior: how it can leave you exhausted, the causes behind it, and how to better manage challenging classroom behavior. Audio Tra…

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  The Fifth Function

  The Fifth Function is collaborative professional learning community designed for educators and specialists who support students with complex behavioral needs.…

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  Building Better Behavior T-Shirt - White

  Designed for changemakers in the classroom and beyond, the Building Better Behavior tee is more than a shirt—it’s a statement. Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, behavior specialist, or simply p…

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  Structured Learning Environment (SLE)

  The Structured Learning Environment (SLE) program is part of a multi-tiered, systematic process of support and interventions to meet the needs of all students so they can reach their full potential.…

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  Why You Should Start Your Class With Behavior Check-Ins

  Good educators know that each and every day is a new experience for your students, and a new chance to build relationships. Just like in their academic work, students need consistency and regular rout…

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  Restorative Peer Mediator Program

  Restorative Practices focus on repairing harm, encouraging students to take responsibility for their actions and avoid such behavior. Peer Mediation is the process where students voluntarily facilitat…

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  Building Better Behavior T-Shirt - Navy Blue

  Designed for changemakers in the classroom and beyond, the Building Better Behavior tee is more than a shirt—it’s a statement. Whether you’re a teacher, administrator, behavior specialist, or simply p…

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  On the Plus Side

  On the Plus Side is a podcast dedicated to educators who are authentically finding wisdom, purpose, and happiness every day in their school communities. We intend to celebrate successes large and smal…

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  BEHAVE! 2023 On-Demand

  Behave! 23 was a rousing success this year and we want to give folks who missed it an opportunity to check out some conference highlights! Join us for 4 recorded sessions packed with information about…

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  RISE Conference

  The RISE Conference is designed for professionals working with at-risk or struggling youth, exploring the theme of resilience based on compassion for ourselves and others, with a focus on integrity, s…

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  Top 3 Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Behavior in a Preschool Classroom

  1. Understand and Identify the Student’s Positive Reinforcers Every teacher knows that each and every student in their class is unique. Each student has a different upbringing, has different cul…

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  8 Ways to Help Students Deal with Bullying

  While every issue a student might describe as “bullying” does not equate to the standard definition, all reports should be taken seriously, and appropriate support should be provided to th…

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  Restorative Practices: Custom PD

  Restorative Practices flip the script on traditional behavior management by focusing on community building and the development of strong and powerful relationships, not just punishment.…

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  Restorative Practices: Team Training

  Our restorative practices training is a practical approach for educators interested in implementing a behavioral process that proactively builds positive school communities while dramatically reducing…

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  Coaching Classroom Management

  A classroom management system is crucial to supporting the academic achievement of our students. We know that teachers who spend less time dealing with disruptions are able to spend more time engaged …

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  3 Tips to Create Great FBAs and BIPs

  We asked our education specialist, Amy Fanetti to give us a little bit of insight on how to write great functional behavioral assessments and behavior intervention plans. For newbies to the behavior w…

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  Trauma Informed Care

  Trauma informed care is a process that involves everyone in your school including administration, teachers, staff, students, and families.…

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  Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Network

  Our SEL Network provides evidence-based workshops aligned to CASEL standards. Your district and campus level teams will have the opportunity to learn how to infuse the five core CASEL SEL competencies…

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  The Whole Person Framework

  The Whole Person Framework fosters interconnectedness and unleashes unlimited potential by embracing strengths over deficits, providing comprehensive support from cradle to grave, and synergizing six …

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  Personal Accounts: Trauma and SEL

  Today our specialist, Monica Kurtz gives us her thoughts on trauma and the importance of teaching Social Emotional Learning in our schools. School shootings. Outrage. Fear. Helplessness. My newsfeed i…

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  Strategies for an Effective Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meeting

  Preparation is the foundation of an effective Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting. The special education process consists of three main players: parents, school agents, and students. Oftent…

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  What is Restorative Discipline?

  You’ve likely heard the term “restorative discipline” or “restorative justice” used on your campus before. It’s a philosophy that’s been getting a lot of attention lately in the education world. But, …

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  Schools of Care

  A unique system of support designed to encourage self-care in schools, combat teacher attrition, and provide personalized professional development opportunities for the well-being of educators and stu…

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  Assignment Access Sheet

  Use an assignment access document that details all the different locations (per class) in which assignments and materials are accessed or submitted. The document also includes contact information, as …

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  I’ve Tried Everything, EP. 03: Classroom Interventions VS Classroom Consequences

  In this episode of “I’ve Tried Everything” specialists Angela Isenberg and Melinda Marquez discuss the differences between classroom interventions and classroom consequences. Downloa…

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  3 Cyberbullying Tactics to Watch Out For

  Cyberbullying is a huge problem our students face daily. With the rise of smartphones and social media your students are communicating 24/7 with each other and others across the world. This means that…

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  Navigating Education as a New Teacher

  Being a new teacher has its own challenges in the classroom. Add coaching responsibilities to the plate, and you have a recipe for exhaustion. Brittany Harley shares her experiences as a new teacher a…

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  What is Bullying and Why is it Harmful?

  Bullying is all around us. It’s easy to do. A bully approaches someone else and pressures them to do something they don’t want to do, or never wanted to do in the first place. Bullies can tease, hurt,…

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  What is an LSSP and What Do They Do?

  You’ve likely heard about LSSPs before, but maybe aren’t 100% what they are. LSSP stands for Licensed Specialists in School Psychology, and they’re one of the foundations to a functional and healthy s…

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  Preschool Special Education Pyramid Model

  Ron Roybal from the University of Colorado Denver and the Pyramid Model Consortium gives an overview of the three-tiered model of behavior intervention at the Early Childhood level. Ron discusses how …

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  Pyramid Model Consortium

  Change can be hard for young children. Kelly Wilson From the Pyramid Model Consortium invites viewers to explore the 5 Big Bang Classroom strategies that can reduce challenging behaviors by up to 80%.…

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  I’ve Tried Everything, EP 05: Active Supervision

  In this episode, behavior specialist Angela Isenberg and Melinda Marquez discuss active supervision and the development of duty stations and how administrators and teachers can come together to create…

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  Personal Accounts: PBIS from a Principal’s Perspective

  When I was a principal at a local elementary school, I found out about Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) during my training as a behavior coach with Albert Felts, of the Behavior Te…

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  What Does an Ideal PBIS Team Look Like?

  Teamwork is important. We all do better work when we’ve got a great team supporting us. Positive Behavior Interventions and Support, or PBIS, involves the whole campus. To successfully implement PBIS …

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  What is a Restorative Conference?

  Your school or campus might already use conferences to deal with behavior issues, but restorative conferences are a bit different. In restorative conferences, victims, offenders, and their friends and…

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  Who Are Tough Kids and Why Are They Hard to Handle?

  As a teacher, you’ve likely encountered your fair share of difficult students. Students have all sorts of different behaviors and personalities. Some are aggressive, others are reserved, some never fo…

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  How to Teach Social Skills Through Role-Playing

  According to an Education Advisory Board (EAB) survey, since 2018, educators have reported a significant jump in opposition and emotional disconnection among students. Those findings align with a May …

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  What is the difference between reinforcement and punishment?

  One question I get asked when I teach my classroom management class is, “What is the best punishment for a student?” I reply, “There is none.” I’m sure the participants wonder why I’m qualified to tea…

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  How to Build a Positive School Culture with Active Listening

  Think about how much information you get every day from listening. Your boss, your colleagues, and your students communicate with you often. How much of what all these people say do you pay attention …

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  I’ve Tried Everything, Episode 06: Creating a Positive School Culture and Climate

  In this episode, behavior specialist Angela Isenberg, and guest specialist Melinda Marquez, talk about creating a positive school culture and climate for your campuses and schools. Download the full t…

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  Jeanine Fitzgerald Video Series

  Certified Human Behavior Specialist Jeanine Fitzgerald discusses how coping becomes a lifestyle for children who are in environments that do not support the optimal development of the brain. In this s…

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  I’ve Tried Everything, EP 02: Classroom Management

  In this episode of “I’ve Tried Everything” specialists Angela Isenberg and Melinda Marquez discuss classroom management and how teachers and administrators can work together to impro…

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  Introducing “On the Plus Side” Podcast: Episode 1

  Hello, I am Paula Freeman with ESC Region 13 and this is On the Plus Side, a podcast dedicated to educators who are authentically finding wisdom, purpose, and happiness every day in their school commu…

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  In School Suspension doesn’t work, here are 3 reasons why.

  The In School Suspension model is broken and yet most schools still use it. Schools across Texas and throughout the country practice the traditional, punitive, method of ISS. In this model, students g…

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  How to foster independent work for your students

  Figuring out how to foster and manage independent work in the classroom is always a challenge. Educators often forget that students aren’t born knowing how to manage independent work. They also …

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  What is Peer Mediation?

  Peer mediation is a process where trained students act as neutral mediators. These students work with their peers to uncover the root causes of their disputes and decide on fairways of resolving a con…

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  What is Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)?

  Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is more than just a buzz word in education. It’s not a new concept either, SEL, has been around for years, but has just recently started to gain respect, atte…

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  I’ve Tried Everything, EP 04: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

  In this episode of “I’ve Tried Everything” specialists Angela Isenberg and Melinda Marquez discuss implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support throughout your school. Download a ful…

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  Social Emotional Learning for Young Students

  Dan St. Romain explains the core functions of Social Emotional Learning in your young students and how to increase their SEL knowledge.…

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  S3 - Student Support Services Network Meetings

  A monthly meeting designed for Student Support Service Leadership.…

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  How to Support Students with Self-Regulation

  Self-regulation is a person’s ability to attain, sustain, and change alertness that is appropriate to the situation. In other words, self-regulation can prevent inappropriate behaviors. Dysregulation …

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  3 Tips for Setting Up Classrooms to Improve Classroom Management

  When we talk about classroom management, we often lean on theory but forget the practical steps you can take. One of the best things you can do for your classroom, is learn how to physically set up yo…

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  3 Questions to Help You Manage Aggression in Classrooms

  There’s an unfortunate reality about teaching that you’ll eventually comes across: you’ll eventually end up angry at one of your students or your students will be angry or aggressive towards you. It’s…

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  MTSS Comprehensive Virtual Conference

  A full day of practical learning designed to strengthen MTSS implementation and improve student outcomes.…