DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 247
October 3, 2008
INFORMATIONAL
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Functional Behavioral
Assessment and Behavior Intervention 3-Part Series |
The
Virginia Department of Education, Office of Special Education Instructional
Services, will offer a three-part training series on how to conduct a
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and develop a positive Behavior
Intervention Plan (BIP). The content for
the three-part workshop series includes:
Functional
Behavioral Assessment is a proven, effective approach to identifying the
reason(s) for a student's misbehavior, eliminating the problem behaviors that
impede successful teaching and learning, and developing a corrective plan that
emphasizes more appropriate and acceptable behavior.
Functional
Behavioral Assessment is a team problem-solving process. Accordingly, the Virginia Department of Education
is inviting school-based teams, (3-5 people),
typically comprised of general educators, special educators, specialists and
other support personnel, as well as a parent representative, to be trained
together in the FBA/BIP process. The
Department of Education, in collaboration with the Training and
Those
who register must attend all three days; the three days are interdependent.
This three-part training series will not be repeated during the 2008-2009
school year. The FBA/BIP team trainings
have been arranged as follows:
Regions 1/8:
Thursday,
November 13, 2008; Thursday, December 11, 2008; and Thursday, January
15, 2009 (Snow Date: January 21, 2009)
Registration
Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2008
Regions
2/3:
Thursday,
November 20, 2008; Thursday, December 18, 2008; and Friday, January 16,
2009 (Snow Date: TBD)
Registration
Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2008
Omni
Newport News Hotel
Region
4:
Friday,
November 14, 2008; Friday, December 12, 2008; and Wednesday, January 28,
2009 (Snow Date: February 3, 2009)
Registration
Deadline: Friday, October 31, 2008
Verizon
Auditorium
Region
5:
Friday,
November 7, 2008; Friday, December 5, 2008; and Friday, January 23, 2009
(Snow Date: January 30, 2009)
Registration
Deadline: Friday, October 24, 2008
400
Court Street
Regions
6/7:
Thursday,
November 6, 2008; Thursday, December 4, 2008; and Thursday, January 22,
2009 (Snow Date: January 29, 2009)
Registration
Deadline: Friday, October 24, 2008
Please
register online by accessing the Effective Schoolwide
Discipline website at http://www.ttac.odu.edu/esd. Upon registration, you and your team members
will receive a confirmation email from the ESD online automated registration
program.
For
further information, please contact
PIW/IWB/dlj