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| Idaho
State Department of Education - Boise,
Idaho |
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The
Idaho State Department of Education (ISDE)
is using Behavior Connect (formerly B.I.
CARE) to improve and simplify the process
of creating, submitting and evaluating special
education progress reports known as Alternate
Assessments. Behavior Connect replaces the
paper-based processes that have proven cumbersome
and extremely time consuming for teachers
and administrators. Special education teachers
have long known that students cannot be
assessed using standard tests and progress
is difficult to measure using traditional
means. Now, teachers in Idaho will have
the ability to capture and upload video
of students with the click of a mouse. The
video is automatically uploaded to the teacher’s
computer where it can be annotated (with
teacher comments and observations) and then
added to a student’s online folder.
Paper documents can also be digitized through
an integrated fax solution.
Learn more: Recorded Presentation [Carol L. Scholz, M.Ed., Idaho State Department of Education]
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| Functional
Behavior Assessment / Autism Classroom Management
- 8 U.S. States |
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In
a two-year National Institutes of Health-funded
research study, involving 11 sites in the
U.S., researchers evaluated the acceptance
of Behavior Imaging in autism classrooms for
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) decision
support, staff & parent training, and
assessment. Adoption obstacles were also considered,
as Behavior Imaging materials were distributed
and installation, video capturing, annotation,
and sharing tasks were assessed. The majority
of educators working with children with autism
supported the use of Behavior Imaging as a
classroom tool.
Learn more: Poster |
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| Les
Bois Junior High School Special Needs Classroom
- Boise, Idaho
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Les
Bois Junior High is using Behavior Imaging
technology to treat children with autism
in special education classrooms. Teachers
are using Behavior Capture (formerly B.I.
Capture) to record problematic behaviors
and the events leading up to those behaviors
using the technology’s buffering feature,
which allows users to go back in time to
determine the antecedent to an incident.
Teachers are also using the videos for remote
consultation. After they capture videos
and annotate them, they send them via a
secure, central data repository to another
teacher or behavioral specialist anywhere
in the world for diagnosis. Behavior Imaging
(B.I.) video technology is not only saving
teachers time and schools money, but it
also significantly improves teachers’
abilities to treat children with autism.
"Behavior
Imaging technology has saved us a tremendous
amount of time. I communicate remotely with
other teachers and behavioral specialists
about students using the Behavior Imaging
video. It reduces the need to travel or
have teachers visit us to observe a child."
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Jeanna Hart, Special Education Teacher,
Les Bois Junior High
Learn more: Recorded News Coverage [NBC News]
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| Behavior
Imaging Research Demonstrating Effectiveness
in Autism Classrooms
- Atlanta,
GA |
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In
this NIH funded pilot study, four teachers
with varied experience in teaching children
with special needs were randomly assigned
to eight students each; each of the teachers
utilized both traditional pen and paper and
"technology-enhanced" (Behavior
Capture) methods. They were asked to provide
Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs). With
cameras unobtrusively installed in their classrooms,
they were able to use "clickers"
similar in design to car remotes, to capture
a video clip before and after they clicked.
Results included a 43% reduction in data collection
errors.
Learn more: Recorded News Coverage | News Article
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