Behavior Support IEP Toolkit for Parents and Teachers

*Now with 8 CECs!*

When behavior becomes a problem, everyone feels it.

Parents get phone calls, emails, and meeting requests. Teachers spend valuable instructional time managing crises. Students miss learning opportunities, get stuck in disciplinary cycles, and often become known for their behavior rather than their strengths.

And yet, despite countless meetings and conversations, many teams still struggle to answer the most important question: Why is this behavior happening, and what should we do about it?

That's where this toolkit comes in. The Behavior Support Toolkit helps parents, educators, and advocates understand what's driving behavior, identify effective supports, and make informed decisions without spending hours searching the internet, reading conflicting advice, or trying to decode education jargon.

Who This Toolkit Is For

This toolkit is for:

• Parents whose child is struggling with behavior at school
• Teachers supporting students with challenging behaviors
• Special education staff
• Advocates
• Related service providers
• Anyone involved in developing or implementing behavior supports

Whether you're dealing with aggression, school refusal, emotional regulation challenges, anxiety, elopement, classroom disruptions, bullying, suspensions, or ongoing behavior concerns, this toolkit will help you better understand the situation and determine next steps.

Save Yourself Hours of Research

Behavior is one of the most misunderstood areas of special education. Parents often spend hours trying to figure out:

• Does my child need an FBA?
• Is this Behavior Intervention Plan actually any good?
• When can I request a 1:1 aide?
• What should happen after a suspension?
• Is bullying causing these behaviors?
• What rights does my child have?
• What should replacement behaviors look like?
• Is the school following the IEP?

Teachers often find themselves asking:

• Why isn't this intervention working?
• How do I support this student without escalating the situation?
• What should I be documenting?
• How do I communicate concerns to families?
• What should a strong behavior plan actually include?

Instead of spending hours piecing together answers from multiple sources, this toolkit brings the information together in one place.

What You'll Learn

This toolkit focuses on practical solutions, not theory for theory's sake.

You'll learn:

• How to identify the causes and functions of behavior
• What replacement behaviors actually are and how to teach them
• When behavior may be related to anxiety, trauma, ADHD, autism, executive functioning, or unmet needs
• How to support behavior at home and in the classroom
• What a quality FBA should include
• How Behavior Intervention Plans should be developed
• How to recognize weak or incomplete behavior assessments
• How de-escalation plans work
• The discipline protections available under IDEA
• How bullying and school climate affect behavior
• When an aide or paraprofessional may be appropriate
• What to do when the IEP isn't being implemented
• How to improve communication between home and school

Most importantly, you'll learn how to move behavior discussions away from blame and toward meaningful problem-solving.

Why This Toolkit Is Different

Many behavior resources focus on consequences. Many special education resources focus on compliance. This toolkit focuses on understanding.

Because behavior plans are more effective when adults understand what is happening, why it is happening, and what supports are most likely to help. You'll find:

• Training modules
• Video lessons
• Real-world examples
• Practical guidance
• Behavior support strategies
• FBA and BIP instruction
• IDEA discipline information
• Collaboration tools and recommendations

This is one of the few toolkits I offer that was designed for both parents and educators. 

While parents are rarely responsible for conducting FBAs or writing BIPs, understanding those processes makes them better advocates and more effective members of the IEP team. Likewise, many educators are expected to implement behavior plans without receiving extensive training in behavior assessment.

When everyone understands the process, students benefit.

Created by an Advocate Who Sees This Every Day

Behavior concerns are one of the most common reasons families contact me for advocacy support.

I've seen students suspended repeatedly without appropriate evaluations. I've seen behavior plans that consisted of little more than punishments. I've seen parents blamed for school behaviors and schools blamed for home behaviors.

I've also seen what happens when teams understand behavior, collect meaningful information, teach replacement skills, and work together. The difference can be life-changing for students. That's why I created this toolkit (and it was reviewed by a BCBA and two Special Ed teachers).

Included With Your Purchase

• All current modules
• All future updates
• Video trainings
• Examples and sample scenarios
• Downloadable resources included throughout the toolkit
• Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for applicable modules

Scroll down to view the complete list of modules and lessons currently included.