Schools & Staff Training — Rooted Pathways Behavioral Wellness

Behavior-informed training for the people in the building

Schools are where most behavior challenges first show up — and where most caregivers first hear the word “behavior” attached to their child. The classroom team is the most important behavior-support team a kid ever has, and almost none of them were trained for the role.

Schools & Staff Training gives the team in the building the same behavior-informed lens that a good ABA-trained provider would bring — in plain language, no jargon, and grounded in what you can actually do between bells.

Who this training is for

Classroom teachers (general ed, special ed, pre-K, elementary, middle, high)
Paraprofessionals and aides
School counselors, behavior specialists, and social workers
School nurses and front-office staff
Bus drivers and lunch/recess monitors
Principals, APs, and district leadership
Substitute teachers

What we cover

Behavior is communication — reading the function behind the behavior instead of just the behavior itself
Antecedent strategies that prevent the next blow-up — transitions, visuals, sensory tools, schedule design
Reinforcement that actually works — not sticker charts that fall apart by October
De-escalation in a classroom of 22 kids — without losing the rest of the room
Working with IEPs and 504s — reading them, implementing them, and documenting fidelity
Talking to caregivers — the call home that builds trust instead of damaging it
Para and teacher coordination — so the same kid doesn’t get three different responses in a single day
Supporting autistic and ADHD students without singling them out

Formats

Professional-development day session (half or full PD day)
After-school workshop series — 4 to 6 weekly 90-minute sessions, often with PD or CEU credit through the district
Grade-level or department in-service
Principal & admin briefing — for leadership teams setting building-wide behavior strategy
Para and aide intensive — targeted at the people who spend the most one-on-one time with the highest-need kids

Built around the kids you have, not the kids in a textbook.

Share a few real (de-identified) situations from your building ahead of time, and the role-plays will use those. PD that talks about “a typical autistic learner” isn’t useful. PD that talks about your classroom is.

Investment

Training pricing is set per engagement based on group size, format, and travel. Title funding, parish-wide cohorts, and multi-school packages are welcome — reach out with what you’re working with and we’ll build a proposal that fits.