Often times coaches are faced with issues of gaining trust and buy-in from practitioners who feel overwhelmed with implementing new skills due to behaviors in the classroom they find challenging. The Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) was developed by the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations, and can be used as a coaching tool at the classroom level to support practitioners in understanding the behavior that is occurring in their classroom (e.g frequency, behavior type, motivation and responses to the behavior). This webinar reviews the BIRS, and how it can be used as an effective coaching tool to support practitioners in individual classrooms. Discussions address supports that might be helpful for coaches to use when helping practitioners reflect on the types of supports already present in the classroom, and what may need to be implemented.
Using the Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) to Support Practitioners Around Children Who Engage in Challenging Behavior
Date:
Dec 11, 2019Time:
12:00 AM(Eastern Time Zone)
Duration:
51 min
Related Resources
- Webinar PPT Handout
- Behavior Incident Report System (BIRS) — Includes Behavior Incident Report System v2.0 Excel Spreadsheet, Behavior Incident Report Form, Behavior Incident Report Instructions, and BIRS Data-Based Decision-Making Guide
- BIRS Data Entry Guide
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Mary Louise Hemmeter
Vanderbilt University
Mary Louise Hemmeter, PhD, is a professor of Special Education at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on effective instruction, social emotional development and challenging behavior, and coaching teachers. She has been a PI or Co-PI on numerous projects funded by the US Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. Through her work on the National Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning and IES funded research projects, she was involved in the development of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Young Children and a model for coaching teachers to implement effective practices. She is currently the PI on an IES funded development project around program wide supports for implementing the Pyramid Model and a Co-PI on an IES efficacy study examining approaches to supporting teachers to implement embedded instruction. She was co-editor of the Journal of Early Intervention and President of the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Early Childhood. She received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award.
Johanna Wasser
University of Denver
Johanna Wasser is a Senior Research Assistant for Positive Early Learning Experiences (PELE) Center at the University of Denver. Her current projects include LEAP Model and PTR-YC consultation; and is part of the NCPMI Family Engagement Work Group. Johanna has dedicated her professional career to promoting social emotional competence and inclusion practices in early childhood education for over 20 years and has been a coach of the Pyramid Model since 2007. She has a Master’s in Early Childhood Education and maintains her license as an Early Childhood Special Education. Johanna has worked with children, families and professionals in a variety of settings including home, community, early childhood programs, and public school districts. When Johanna is not hard at work she enjoys spending time with her family and playing in the mountains.
Myrna Veguilla Figueroa
University of South Florida
Myrna Veguilla Figueroa, MSMS, MPH is a Senior Social & Behavioral Researcher in the Department of Child and Family Studies in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences of the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her work includes evaluation activities for the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) and the Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center), supporting research and development teams on funded projects examining Pyramid Model implementation, as well as developing data tools and guiding programs in their use of data. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Measurement and Evaluation at the University of South Florida.
