Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
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National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

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Teachers’ Perceptions of School Behavior Support Systems: A Case Study

  • Laura N. Sarchet, M.S.Ed (Author) Niagara University image/svg+xml
    Laura N. Sarchet, M.S. Ed., is a graduate of Nazareth College. She was diagnosed with autism as an adult and uses her experiences as a neurodiverse person to raise awareness about autism and disability through her research and practice. A former special education teacher, Laura is a Ph.D. student at the University of Rochester Warner School and an adjunct professor at Niagara University. Her research interests include teacher education and teacher preparation programs, self-advocacy, developmental disabilities and autism, and neurodiversity of teachers.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.525
Abstract
Teachers at a public middle school were given a questionnaire assessing the supports for student behavior and emotional needs in their school and district. Results show that teachers at this middle school perceive themselves as highly effective in forming individual relationships with students. Areas of growth include more clearly communicating and consistently implementing a Response to Intervention (RtI) process for behaviors, clarifying expectations of student behavior for both staff and students, and providing staff with more proactive professional development related to working with students with Emotional and Behavior Disorders (EBD). Relationship- and community-building RtI supports (Jones et al., 2004; Morrissey et al., 2010) fit well into a schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program (Fairbanks et al., 2008). One teacher is a single entity within the context of an entire system, they can be an advocate for change within the building and continue to support students’ social, emotional, and behavioral learning.
Keywords
Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems, Expectation, Faculty Development, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
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Sarchet, L. N. (2023). Teachers’ Perceptions of School Behavior Support Systems: A Case Study. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 18(2), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.525

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