{"id":12521,"date":"2017-02-23T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=12521"},"modified":"2022-01-19T23:03:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T03:03:27","slug":"struggling-during-recess-school-activities-address-pbis-in-the-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/struggling-during-recess-school-activities-address-pbis-in-the-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Child Struggle with School Activities? Request Positive Behavioral Interventions in the IEP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Does%20Your%20Child%20Struggle%20with%20School%20Activities%3F%20Request%20Positive%20Behavioral%20Interventions%20in%20the%20IEP\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/bs\/sad.girl.picked.on.jpg\" alt=\"Girl in the foreground looks sad as two girls whisper behind her back.\" width=\"186\" height=\"278\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young girl with a backpack looks sad as two girls whisper behind her back.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My daughter has autism.\u00a0 She has trouble connecting with other kids in recess and other school activities. She wants to participate in after school activities but she will need help. The team said Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) don&#8217;t apply to recess and other non-academic activities.<\/p>\n<p>Can I request an IEP meeting to ask the school to provide a person who can help her learn social skills?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Yes. When Congress reauthorized the IDEA, they made several findings about how the law was implemented. They found that for special ed to be effective, schools needed to provide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to children with special needs.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Almost 30 years of research and experience has demonstrated that the education of children with disabilities can be made more effective by &#8230; providing incentives for whole-school approaches, &#8230; <strong>positive behavioral interventions and supports<\/strong>, &#8230; to reduce the need to label children as disabled in order <strong>to address the learning and behavioral needs<\/strong> of such children.&#8221; (1400(c)(5)(F))<\/p>\n<p>Open your <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.store.html\">law book<\/a><\/span> and turn to page 103 &#8211;\u00a0 20 U.S.C. Section 1414(d)(3).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(3) <strong>Development of IEP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(B) Consideration of <strong>Special Factors.<\/strong> The IEP Team <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">shall<\/span><\/strong>&#8211;<br \/>\n(i) in the case of a child whose behavior impedes the child&#8217;s learning or that of others, consider the use of <strong>positive behavioral interventions and supports<\/strong>, and other strategies, to address that behavior &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The schools tell parents they are not required to provide assistance for these school activities since they occur after school, take place off the school grounds, or do not involve academics.<\/p>\n<p>Goals, accommodations, and supplementary aids and services include social and behavioral areas (social skills development, peer support, interaction, friendship) in addition to academics and instruction.<\/p>\n<p>The IEP team needs to identify appropriate activities for your child and include them in the IEP. These activities <strong>are not limited<\/strong> to &#8220;academic&#8221; activities to \u201ceducate the child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Your child&#8217;s IEP should <strong>identify all<\/strong> <strong>her needs<\/strong> and provide supplementary aids and services to help her \u201cparticipate in extracurricular &amp; other nonacademic activities\u201d. 34 CFR 300.320(a)(4)(ii). (p. 245)<\/p>\n<p>Recess, extracurricular activities and clubs are &#8220;nonacademic activities.&#8221; 34 CFR 300.117 (p 208)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>US Department of Education Issues Guidance (08\/01\/16)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ed.gov\/idea\/idea-files\/osep-dear-colleague-letter-on-ensuring-equity-and-providing-behavioral-supports-to-students-with-disabilities\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Guidance on the Use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports<\/span><\/a> to address children&#8217;s behavior issues. IDEA requires schools to provide behavioral interventions as part of the IEP process. In this Guidance, the Office of Special Education Programs warns that a failure to to provide these interventions is likely to mean a child is not receiving a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and meaningful educational benefit, as IDEA requires.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>OK, But What Does That Mean for Me?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The IEP team is required to assess your child in all areas, including her social and emotional status. The team needs to provide ways to meet her functional needs, in addition to her developmental and academic needs.<\/p>\n<p>The new guidance clarifies that Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports may be a required component of your child\u2019s special education program, in addition to related services. The overall goal is to enable the child to participate in extracurricular and non-academic activities. 34 CFR 300.320(a)(4)(i) and (ii). This includes providing supplementary aids and services in extracurricular and nonacademic settings. 34 CFR 300 -114-300.116.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/policy\/gen\/guid\/school-discipline\/files\/dcl-on-pbis-in-ieps--08-01-2016.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/policy\/gen\/guid\/school-discipline\/files\/dcl-on-pbis-in-ieps&#8211;08-01-2016.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You Can Request an IEP Meeting to Consider PBIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need to understand the role of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support in the IEP.<\/p>\n<p>As you review the US Department of Education&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/policy\/speced\/guid\/idea\/discipline-q-a.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Q and A on Discipline<\/span><\/a>. (Print a copy for the IEP Team), take a look at Question E-3:<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-3. How can an IEP address behavior?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When a child\u2019s behavior impedes the child\u2019s learning or that of others, the IEP Team must consider the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports, and other strategies, to address that behavior (34 CFR \u00a7300.324(a)(2)(i)).\u00a0 Additionally, the Team may address the behavior through annual goals in the IEP (34 CFR \u00a7300.320(a)(2)(i)).\u00a0 The child\u2019s IEP may include modifications in his or her program, support for his or her teachers, and any related services necessary to achieve those behavioral goals (34 CFR \u00a7300.320(a)(4)).\u00a0 If the child needs a BIP to improve learning <strong>and socialization<\/strong>,<strong> the BIP can be included in the IEP and aligned with the goals in the IEP.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbis.org\/resource\/268\/tips-for-parents-incorporating-positive-behavior-support-pbs-into-the-iep\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Tips for Parents: Incorporating Positive Behavior Support into the IEP<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbis.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">PBIS: Positive Behavioral Interventions &amp; Supports, OSEP Technical Assistance Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter has autism.\u00a0 She has trouble connecting with other kids in recess and other school activities. 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