Staff Debrief after a Behavioral Incident
Behavioral Incidents Happen! It doesn't matter if you have the best staff/team, FBA, BIP, updated reinforcement inventory, or relationship with a student - behavioral incidents happen! What's important is how you handle the incident and how you make changes following the incident. One of my favorite tools to use following a behavioral incident is the Staff Debrief Form. That way, there is documentation of the conversation, and also - if I have action steps following the chat, I can remember what I need to do! Of course, finding TIME to debrief is always the biggest issue, but IMO, the debrief is a step that cannot be skipped. This is also a good time to plug A-B-C (Antecedent - Behavior - Consequence) data. If you aren't already collecting this data, now is a good time to start! Link to a sample/editable ABC data sheet on TPT here . This is the debrief form my team uses (linked below): ...and here's how we use it. Date, team members, date of incident, time of inciden...