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Alpine School District outlines new behavior supports, case review process and crisis-response team
Summary
Student support services reported a year of new behavior support materials, training and an expanded crisis-response and community-outreach effort. Staff said district-created courses and a behavior toolkit aim to replace prior third-party remediation programs and to deliver more targeted, school-led interventions.
Alpine School District student support services presented a year-end report to the board on June 17 detailing new behavior supports, documentation changes, crisis response work and an expanded community outreach effort.
Outgoing director Amy Sysam and incoming director Dr. Kim Jones described a behavior-support toolkit created during the year at the request of school administrators. The district said the toolkit centralizes resources for classroom teachers and administrators and clarifies a multi-tiered system of behavior supports (tier 1 general strategies, tier 2 targeted interventions, tier 3 intensive services).
Staff said they developed in-house, short courses schools can use as behavior‑change interventions; the courses were piloted at several junior highs this year and are being made available to all schools.…
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