Jim Shriner
IEPs and Behavior Intervention Plans for Students with EBD
Illinois Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
February 2011Lisle, IL
Preparation of this presentation was supported, in part, by a grant (R324J060002) from the U. S.
Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center on Special Education
Research, and from the Illinois Stat Board of Education (Part B- Discretionary Programs) awarded to
the author. Opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the U. S. Department of
Education or Offices within it.
IEP-Q Focus
Support provided by the Tutorial will result in the development of higher quality IEPs that:
• Help prioritize annual goals in relation to state standards and the general education curriculum.
• Are used routinely in planning and implementing instruction on general curricular skills.
As a result, IEP goals will be reviewed and met with a higher frequency and there will be an increase in students’ standards-based achievement.
Site Features
Help Topics offer guidance, examples and answers to frequently asked questions for nearly every area of the Illinois IEP.
Links to IEP planning worksheets, examples, student scenarios and relevant tools on the site provide complete assistance gathered from an experienced group of IEP experts.
https://iepq.education.illinois.edu
Help Topics
Site Features
Our IEP Tools feature Goal Assistants to help instructors write Academic, Functional and Transition goals that are referenced to Illinois Learning and Social/Emotional Standards.
Other tools include reference charts, worksheets for teachers, parents and students, and links to other tools on the Web.
Toolbox
Site Features
Participants / Student StrengthsOperational Definition of Target BehaviorSetting / Antecedents / ConsequencesHypothesis of Behavioral Function
Functional Behavioral Assessment
Base the BIP on a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)
• Define target behavior
• Develop a hypothesis as to the function of the behavior
• Collect data (direct and indirectly)
• Validate the function and key context variables– Triangulate data
– Data analysis
• Develop the BIP
Behavioral Intent
Students act for a purpose
Behavioral intent = purpose sought by the student
Most children seek similar goals in social situations
Behavior used by students with behavior problems is not accepted or desired by others
Behavior Intervention Plans...
• Support desired alternatives that allow student to meet their needs
• Make the current undesired behavior less effective in meeting the student’s need
We must affect the efficiency of
target and replacement behaviors:
irrelevant
ineffective
inefficient
relevant
effective
efficient
Goals for Target vs. Replacement Behaviors
Focus on Positives
• Positive behavioral interventions, strategies and supports
• Long-term behavior change only comes from positives
• Need to balance the equation
Teaching Model
meet desired criteria
meet desired criteria
meet desired criteria
Setting
Event
Problem
BehaviorTrigger
(antecedent)
Naturally Maintaining ConsequenceLTO
Replacement Behavior
short term objective
short term objective
short term objective
Artificial Reinforcers
(teacher controlled)
Evaluating the BIP
• Systematic review
• Data collection
• Communication
• Criteria for success (long and short term)
Site Features
The Resource Library brings together important sources of information on IEP development, including books, journal articles, web sites, and behavior data collection forms.
Resource Library
The IEP Quality Indicator Scale: IQUIS
Mitchell L. Yell, Ph.D.
Erik Drasgow, Ph.D.
Insoo Oh, Ph.D.
XiaoFeng (Steven) Liu, Ph.D.
The IQUIS is an evaluation instrument used to assess the procedural and substantive quality of individualized education programs (IEPs)
The IEP Quality Indicator Scale -
IQUIS
IQUIS Substantive Requirements
Substantive requirements: Substantive components of the IEP refer to the quality or meaningfulness of the IEP
Example: If a goal is observable, measurable, and appropriate given a students (PLAAFP) statement that it meets the IQUIS definition of substantive
We have found no IEP assessment instruments that examine the substantive quality of an IEP
IQUIS & IQUIS-B Agreement
Agreement Highlights
•The IQUIS yields good overall agreement levels.
•Some sections (e.g. Behavior) need refinement to raise agreement levels.
•Procedural and Substantive items, when grouped on IQUIS, meet acceptable agreement levels.
•Supplemental Form B (Annual Goals/Short-term Objectives) contains substantive items only, and results in high agreement levels.
Study Highlights: Year 2
• Academic Year 2008-2009
• Focus on Academic Improvement
• 25% of students (n=37) had both Academic and Functional Goals (excluding Speech)
• 20 students had Behavior Intervention Plans
Preliminary Highlights: Year 2
Table A4
IEP quality comparison before/after Tutorial using the IEP Quality Indicator Scale (IQUIS) for both the High and Low Usage Groups.
* Before Tutorial/After Tutorial Percentage Change for Subscale Items (p< .05).
** Before Tutorial/After Tutorial Percentage Change for Subscale Items (p< .01).
Table A4 IEP quality comparison before/after Tutorial using the IEP Quality Indicator Scale (IQUIS) for both the High and Low Usage Groups.
Percentage of Items Rated as Adequate
Pre (n=147)/Post (n=143)
Before Tutorial After Tutorial
IEP Section Procedural Substantive Procedural Substantive
A- PLAAFP 88 54 90 71
B- Goals/Objectives 88* 31** 95* 44**
B- Goals Substantive -- 31** -- 44**
B- Objectives Substantive -- 31** -- 43**
C- Services 96 00 98 01
D- Accommodations 95* 76* 98* 84*
E- Transition 74 31 79 43
F- Behavior 77 20* 77 42*
G- Special Factors 95** -- 99** --
Overall Percent Adequate Items 92** 42** 95** 54**
* Before Tutorial/After Tutorial Percentage Change for Subscale Items (p< .05). ** Before Tutorial/After Tutorial Percentage Change for Subscale Items (p< .01).
Preliminary Highlights: Year 2
Comparison Highlights: IQUIS
•The percentage of items rated as adequate improved for PROCEDURAL items from pre-Tutorial use (92%) to post-Tutorial use (95%).
•The percentage of items rated as adequate improved for SUBSTANTIVE items from pre-Tutorial use (42%) to post-Tutorial use (54%)
•The use of an “all or nothing” scoring protocol limited the sensitivity of the IQUIS to capture the relative strength of pre-post changes within and across IEPs. However, goals and objectives did maintain an upward trend.
Initial Student Outcomes Data: Year 1(Pilot Test)
Figure 1: Mean score comparison of MAP Reading Assessment : Low Usage and High Usage Groups.
Status and Next StepsStatus and Next Steps
Efforts to expand the Tutorial content to include areas of access
skills and social/emotional learning
(e.g., study/organizational skills, social/behavioral skills, self-regulatory
skills, and self-advocacy skills).
Increased involvement/input of Related Services personnel (e.g.,
psychologist, school social worker)
Excluding Speech, Social/behavioral goals account for about 50% of
all related services entries (Illinois State Board of Education, 2008)