Behavioral School Services

Uplift Family Services has a history of providing counseling, behavior intervention services and other mental health services to students eligible for Special Education Services, students with 504 Plans and general education students to prevent them from requiring more intensive services.

We operate within the School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) framework to implement tiered Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) approaches and evidence-based interventions (e.g., Cognitive Behavior Therapy) to prevent behavioral problems, reduce the need for Special Education designation, and provide appropriate, cost-effective and timely linkage and services for students in need.

Within this framework, Uplift Family Services will work within the school’s system to support students, teachers and school administrators; use data to support decision-making; and implement function-based evidence-based practices to effectively support students and their families.

Examples of our services:

Example Tier 2 (Secondary Prevention) Services		Audience	Format
Social Skills Group	Skillstreaming (Jed Baker's Social Skills group for students with high-functioning Asperger's)	Students	Group
Trauma Groups	Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)	Students	Group
At-Risk Groups	Celebrating Families (substance abuse); Parent skills training	Students Parents	Group
Psychoeducation	Eliminating Barriers to Learning (understanding mental health)	Students Teachers	Small Group Classrooms
Example Tier 3 (Tertiary Prevention Services)
Behavioral Interventions	Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)	Student Teacher	Direct Service Consultation
Evidence-Based Treatment	Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Treatment (TF-CBT) Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)	Students	Direct Service

For more information on our school-based services, please email autism@upliftfs.org.