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How to Create an Effective Behavioral Intervention Plan for Kids on the Autism Spectrum

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In this post, we will look at how to create an effective behavioral intervention plan for students with Aspergers and High-Functioning Autism… Once the IEP team (including the parents) has conducted a functional assessment, the information obtained from that assessment should be used to develop a behavioral intervention plan. The purpose of this intervention plan is to spell out what behaviors are being targeted for change – and how change will be handled. Certain items in the behavioral intervention plan are required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, while others are simply good information to have included: description of how the child’s behavior will be handled should it reach a crisis stage (called a “crisis plan”) definition and description of the behavior being targeted description of how the success of the interventions will be measured description of previously tried interventions and how well they did - or didn’t - work in changing behavi