Board hears overview of behavior interventions as staff training increases

Calvert County Public Schools officials told the Board of Education on Tuesday that the district is expanding staff training in tiered behavior interventions to respond to an increase in student dysregulation across grade levels.

Suzanne McGowan, supervisor of student services, and Dr. Kendi Anderson, director of special education, presented the framework the district uses — a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) — and described three evidence-informed interventions that staff are being trained to use: Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS), TEACCH-style structured teaching (an approach from the University of North Carolina), and Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI). They also described crisis-prevention training and a restraint-reduction strategy that uses padded mats for…