Session 32. Training School Counselor Candidates in the ABCs of FBA (Functional Behavior Assessments) to Promote a Positive School Climate: A Pilot Study
Printer-friendly versionResponse to challenging behavior in schools is typically a reactive solution, such as detention and suspension. Such responses generally hinder efforts to close achievement gaps. This presentation will describe how functional behavioral assessment knowledge can be paired with the advocacy, leadership, collaboration, and consultation skills of school counselors to promote positive interventions with teachers, administrators, and K-12 students conducive to learning and closing achievement and opportunity gaps. The study presented for this program is partially funded by Project ACCESS (Advanced Counselor Curriculum Education for Spanish Speakers), a Title III grant of the U.S. Department of Education Office of English Language Acquisition.
Presenters:
Andrew Livanis, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, Brooklyn, NY;
Ketrin Saud-Maxwell, Farleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ;
Kenneth Mendez, PS 130M, New York, NY
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