When a student’s behavior becomes unsafe, teams are often forced to make high-stakes decisions about placement, safety, and access to learning. But what if the most effective intervention isn’t a new placement, but a new way of understanding the student?

Join us for this free webinar designed for school and district leaders where we walk through a real case study of a non-speaking student whose extreme unsafe behaviors led the team to consider placement in an NPA. By shifting to a neurodiversity-affirming lens and systematically addressing barriers to learning, the team redesigned the environment and support systems around the student.

The result: the elimination of restraint and isolation and successful access to learning at the student’s home school.

Participants will explore how to: 

• shift mental models around disability and complex behavior in order to expand teams’ thinking beyond restrictive placements 

• identify and remove barriers to learning that trigger stress responses and unsafe behaviors

• implement highly structured, supportive environments that increase safety, independence, and meaningful access to learning