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Best Practices for Physical Management in Classrooms: Understanding Challenging Behavior and How to Prevent It
In today's educational landscape, educators and administrators face the challenging task of managing classrooms where students may exhibit aggressive or self-injurious behaviors. Safety-Care by QBS, LLC understands the complexities involved in maintaining a positive...
Calm in the Chaos: The Role of Mindfulness in De-escalation
In education, healthcare, and other human services settings, interactions between staff and service recipients often occur during moments of high stress and vulnerability. These situations can escalate quickly, sometimes leading to dangerous circumstances. When staff...
Navigating the Thanksgiving Table: Food Sensitivity Strategies for Children with Autism
Mealtime for many families is an opportunity to provide structure and family bonding in otherwise hectic schedules. However, for families with a child with autism, it can be a stressful experience, as children with autism may engage in increased problem behaviors...
Tricks, Treats, & Teaching Moments: A Spooktacular Halloween Guide for Children with Autism
As Halloween approaches, many parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) look for ways to make this holiday fun for their children. Halloween can be overstimulating for some individuals, so we’ve provided parents with 10 practical tips to help create a...
What is Free Operant Assessment?
One of the most powerful tools in establishing and maintaining a change in behavior is the use of reinforcement. Reinforcement occurs when a consequence strengthens the behavior that it follows. For example, if lollipops are a reinforcer for a child, then if provided...
Deep Dive into Trauma Informed Care
“As human beings, the most important factor for our survival has been supportive relationships” - Patricia Jennings (AFT 2019) In recent years, ‘Trauma Informed Care’ has become a ‘buzz phrase’ in the human services field, including the clinical practice of Applied...
Three De-escalation Techniques in The Classroom
When addressing challenging behaviors and potential behavioral incidents, Safety-Care adopts a least to most restrictive approach. There is a great deal of focus first on the prevention of these incidents from occurring, then minimizing the intensity of incidents and...
ODE 8-2024, Updated Oregon Department of Education Procedures on Reporting Restraint and Seclusion
On December 22, 2023, the Oregon Department of Education submitted an update regarding the procedures for reporting restraint and seclusion. This update received approval from the Department of Education on February 15, 2024, and officially came into effect on...
How ABA Techniques Impact Student Success
The study of Applied Behavior Analysis focuses on making effective and socially significant behavior changes. Practitioners and researchers in the field work on identifying behaviors to increase or decrease and the environmental circumstances that will help to make...
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