Creating a supportive and secure educational environment necessitates a comprehensive understanding of student behavior and the development of tailored strategies to address various intellectual and emotional challenges.
• Parents
• Service providers
• Community partners (e.g., school-community networks,
local businesses, police services, hospital services)
• Information from research
• Professional associations
• Provincial government agencies
(e.g., child and youth mental health centres,
children’s aid societies)
• Municipal government services
(e.g., public health units, mental health agencies)
• Experts (e.g., researchers, specialists)
• Postsecondary institutions
• Early childhood facilities
• Parenting centre
In-school/multidisciplinary team
• Safe school team
• Student success team
• Special education team
• Support services
• System Multidisciplinary Team
• Special education advisory
committee (SEAC)
the sum of all personal relationships in a school
all members feel safe, comfortable, and accepted
members of the school community demonstrate respect for others
understanding of student behaviour
identify appropriate strategies, tools, and resources they can use
to address specific challenges and meet identified needs
f the types of intellectual and emotional challenges
students may face
nowledge of strategies, tools, and resources
ongoing monitoring, reflection, and adjustment,
who will plan and carry out the actions, and what the time frame will b
Instr u c t io n a l Str at e g i es
Differentiated Instruction (DI)
The Tiered Approach
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Cooperative Learning
Assessm e n t an d Pl an n i n g Too l
Safety Plan
behaviour Support Plan (BSP)
Functional Behavioural Assessment (FBA)
Early Development Instrument (EDI
Str at e g i es to Promo t e Posi t i v e Be h av io u r
A Problem-Solving Approac
Restorative Practices
Direct Teaching of Social Skills
Understanding Student Behaviour
Behaviour is student and situation dependent.
Definitions of behaviour are variable and may be influenced by subjective
factors.
Implementation of a progressive discipline approach
They also need to plan for ongoing monitoring, reflection, and adjustment,
in order to identify further needed improvements and integrate them into
their implementation processes.
System and school
leaders need to identify a range of appropriate actions to be taken, as well
as who will plan and carry out the actions, and what the time frame will be