Purpose of B.A.I.T.
•    to help children make a positive changes in their behavior
•    support local building teams that work with elementary-aged children who display severe, challenging behaviors
•    to provide crisis support services
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B.A.I.T. Members
    B.A.I.T program team members include: School Psychologist/Coordinator, para-educators and Day School Teacher.  B.A.I.T. para-educators receive ongoing training in Applied Behavior Analysis, the functional behavior assessment process, observations, data collection techniques, as well as team building and collaboration skills.
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Referral Information
Appropriate referrals would be students who...
•    display significant aggressive behavior and/or extreme disruptive behavior
•    continue to exhibit aggressive and/or disruptive behavior after ongoing assessments and implementation of various behavior supports & FBA/BIP implementation
•    may require frequent restrictive interventions such as isolated time-out and physical restraints
•    may be referred for the day program
The referral liaison would be the school psychologist.
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Probable Interventions
•    assistance with observations, data collection and all other components of a behavioral assessment
•    intervention planning
•    intervention implementation
•    crisis support
•    interagency collaboration assistance
•    student involvement (could be direct, indirect or consultative)
•    staff training
•    student monitoring and data form creation
•    curriculum suggestions
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Crisis Support
    Crisis support services will be available to ALL students who engage in frequent episodes of extreme disruptive behavior and/or harmful forms of aggression.
     Services could include assisting SIT and IEP teams in implementation of behavior interventions, crisis prevention & response planning and/or help with physical restraint procedures.