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Understanding Utah’s Least Restrictive Behavior Interventions (LRBI) — and how positive, evidence-based supports help students learn and succeed.
The Utah State Board of Education has developed a manual with strategies schools can use to manage behavior — the Least Restrictive Behavior Interventions (LRBI) Technical Assistance Manual. Understanding it helps parents partner more effectively with their child’s school.
Least Restrictive Behavior Interventions
The Utah State Board of Education has developed a manual with ideas for schools to use to manage behavior. This manual is called the LRBI (Least Restrictive Behavioral Interventions) Technical Assistance Manual and can be easily accessed on the USBE website by clicking here. The primary purpose of this manual is to provide guidance and information in creating successful behavioral systems and supports within Utah’s public schools for students in preschool through high school.
Most of the laws, rules, and policies apply to all students and are explained first in each section. Those that apply only to some students — usually those with identified disabilities — are addressed in the next section.
This document is a recommended-practices technical assistance and a description of required state and federal educational policies and rules for behavior-related services, consistent with the IDEA (Public Law 108-446), Utah Code Annotated (UCA), and Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Rules.
How Can This Manual Help Parents?
This manual was written to assist school personnel, but this information can help parents as well. If you are familiar with the interventions outlined in this book, you can work more effectively with your student’s teacher to solve problems. Also, many of these interventions can be adapted to the home environment. For some children, consistency between home and school can help them manage difficult behaviors.
Understanding the crisis cycle can keep you from using inflammatory practices when your child is highly escalated. It can also help you know the best time to address problems afterward. Using precision requests, as are often used in the classroom, helps you as a parent avoid yelling and repeating yourself.
Sections Found in the Manual
- State & Federal Laws, Rules & Policies Related to Student Conduct
- Effective Schools Research on Safe & Successful Schools
- Effective Classroom Management
- Data-Based Decision Making
- Individual Behavior Change
- Discipline Procedures
- Crisis Management
- Responsibilities
- Intervention Procedures: Overview & Selection
- Emergency Safety Interventions
- Additional Technical Assistance
- Discipline Procedures (§300.530)
- Additional Training Resources
- Supporting Research & References
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Glossary of Terms
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This page was funded by a grant from the Interagency Outreach Training Initiative at Utah State University’s Center for Persons with Disabilities.
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