Co-Ser 530

The goal of the Preventative Action Team at Ulster BOCES is to provide tiered interventions to meet the needs of individual students in the entire school system. These supports are proactively crafted to offer short- and long-term solutions for different behavioral challenges. The services offered are provided by a Board Certified Analyst (BCBA) and licensed school social workers who can serve as liaisons, offering wrap-around services between the district, home, and community resources. The main components of these services include a review of records, behavioral observations, written intervention plans for both classrooms and students, implementation training, support, data collection, and analysis.

The base service includes two three-hour sessions of professional learning.

Possible professional learning conference options include topics such as:

• TA-specific training
• Parent engagement
• Community engagement
• Student anti-bullying workshops
• Culturally responsive practices
• Universal Design for Learning

Requirements or Special Provisions: Districts must participate in the base services Co-Ser 530 to access Tier 2 or 3 extensions.

Behavioral Support Services Individual FTE [Extension]

530.000.001 ~ Tier 2

Possible Tier 2 Options

• Affinity groups
• RtI support
• Classroom interventions
• Classroom community and management
• PBIS support
• MTSS support
• Restorative practices
• Mediation
• Wraparound services
• Professional learning for faculty/staff meetings

Evaluations [Extension]

530.000.002 ~ Tier 3

The BCBA conducts a comprehensive Behavior Intervention Plan, which includes observation, data collection, and recommendations as to whether a Functional Behavioral Assessment is needed. This evaluation is shared by the BCBA at the CSE meeting for up to an hour as needed.

Possible options for Tier 3 Evaluations or per-event services include:

• FBA/BIP
• Behavior Threat Assessment Training (CSTAG)
• Parent counseling and training
• Needs assessment

Supportive Learning Environments/Positive Youth Development/ School Safety [Extension] 

530.000.010

In New York State, school districts are expected to provide equal opportunity and dignity for all students to learn and prosper. Consistent with that, our mission is to assist schools in creating environments that provide all students with the skills, attitudes, and dispositions essential to learning and success in a changing world.

The goal of this extension is to work with schools to develop and maintain predictable, safe, and supportive learning environments for students and staff by examining factors that interfere with student readiness to learn. The supports offered in this extension may include but are not limited to:

• Research-based strategies utilized to help staff and students manage behavior and support learning.
• Small group support
• Basic and customized services and assistance in topical areas such as crisis intervention, crisis emergency support, behavior management, bullying prevention, mediation, youth development, and data-based behavioral planning and interventions for students, which are available through our content experts.
• Staff development through workshops, facilitated networking sessions, on-site coaching and technical assistance, and crisis response.
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) practices aligned to the NYSED Culturally Responsive Sustaining Educational Framework.