Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5006 – Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Students with Disabilities Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports for children with disabilities are requirements of federal and state law. Charter Local Education Agency (LEA) staff must address behavior when the behavior of a child with a disability impedes the child’s learning or that of others. To address the behavioral concern(s), the Charter LEA may, through the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, use their professional discretion to address behavior in a variety of ways, including the development of goals, conducting behavioral assessments, and developing positive behavioral interventions and supports and other strategies consistent with Title 20 of the United States Code § 1414(d) and Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations § 300.324 . The IEP must include a statement of the special education, related services, supplementary aids and services, and program modifications or supports that will be provided to the child ( Title 20 of the United States Code § 1414(d)(1)(A)(i)(IV ). 2.0 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports The Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) supports interconnected multi-tiered systems of support for behavior similar to the Response-to- Intervention (RtI) Model used for academic interventions. Tier I, universal supports for all children, creates the foundation for all subsequent interventions. Some children will benefit from additional strategic interventions and supports at Tier II. A few children will also require targeted and intensive Tier III interventions often in the form of a Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP).
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BP 5006 – Behavioral Interventions and Supports for Students with Disabilities Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/16)
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