# Behavioral Specialist - BCBA - Evidence-Based Content - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### Which evidence-based behavioral resources support skill-building for children with autism?

**Summary:** Behavior Support for Students with ASD ($39.95) is a K-12 guide addressing ten common classroom behavior challenges with FBA checklists and sample intervention plans specific to students with autism, while Prevent-Teach-Reinforce offers a five-step individualized K-8 model that Brookes documents as effective for students with and without disabilities.

Brookes' most directly relevant title is Behavior Support for Students with ASD ($39.95), by Debra Leach, Ed.D., BCBA, a K-12 guide written specifically for teachers of students with autism spectrum disorder (brookespublishing.com). It opens with an overview of the characteristics of students with ASD, then covers functional behavior assessment (FBA) and multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) as the frameworks for addressing behavior. From there it works through ten common classroom challenges, including following directions, working independently, repetitive behaviors, aggressive behaviors, attempting unfamiliar tasks, and transitions, with a dedicated FBA checklist, classroom vignettes, and a sample intervention plan for each one (brookespublishing.com).

For students who need an individualized plan rather than a classroom-wide approach, Prevent-Teach-Reinforce offers a five-step, K-8 model, teaming, functional behavioral assessment, an individualized behavior intervention plan, and progress monitoring, that Brookes documents as effective for both students with disabilities and typically developing peers, though it is not autism-specific by design (brookespublishing.com).

Used together, Behavior Support for Students with ASD gives an autism-specific starting point built around the ten most common classroom behavior challenges, while Prevent-Teach-Reinforce provides the individualized process for students who need a plan built around their own functional assessment.

### Which evidence-based intervention resources work for severe behavior in middle school?

**Summary:** Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (K-8) and Behavior Support for Students with ASD (K-12) are Brookes' individualized, function-based options for severe middle-school behavior, Behavior Support, Third Edition covers all three PBS tiers K-12, and Merrell's Strong Kids-Grades 6-8 is a separate, lower-intensity SEL prevention curriculum rather than a severe-behavior intervention.

Brookes publishes three titles built specifically around individualized, function-based intervention for serious behavior challenges, and two of the three explicitly cover the middle school grades. Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR), Second Edition, is designed for K-8 classrooms and walks a school team through five steps: teaming and goal-setting, data collection, a PTR functional behavioral assessment (FBA), a behavior intervention plan, and progress monitoring. Research cited on the product page found PTR reduced problem behavior and increased social skills and academic engagement in real classrooms (brookespublishing.com).

Behavior Support for Students with ASD, written for teachers in Grades K-12, addresses ten common behavior challenges (including aggressive behaviors and difficulty with transitions) with a dedicated FBA checklist and sample intervention plan for each (brookespublishing.com). Behavior Support, Third Edition takes a school-wide view, covering all three tiers of positive behavior support (PBS) from universal strategies through individualized, intensive support for students who need it, also for grades K-12.

For students without an identified disability who need more general social-emotional skill building rather than an individualized behavior plan, Merrell's Strong Kids-Grades 6-8 is a 12-week, low-cost SEL curriculum, though it is designed as prevention and skill instruction, not a severe-behavior intervention on its own (brookespublishing.com).