Safe Seat & Buddy Room
This is the first place you go when you need a break in the classroom.
What is the Safe Seat?
BIST stands for these four words.
What is Behavior Intervention Support Team?
Who is responsible for scheduling the processing?
What is the student.
These are small behaviors that can lead to bigger problems if not addressed.
What are Gateway Behaviors?
A BIST plan is created for students who need this type of extra help.
What is additional behavior support / a personalized plan?
True or False: You can talk to friends while sitting in the Safe Seat.
What is False? (The Safe Seat is for calming down quietly)
The main goal of BIST is to help students do this.
What is make better choices / learn to manage their behavior / be successful in school?
When should you process?
What is within 48 hours, when calm and ready to talk?
True or False: when you make noises, tap your pencil, or fidget in a distracting way this is considered a minor behaviors
What is False. (these are gateway behaviors that lead to bigger behaviors and need to be addressed and redirected)
True or False: Only teachers know about your BIST plan.
What is False? (All staff who work with you know your plan so they can support you)
This is the room you might visit if you need more time and space to calm down outside your classroom.
What is the Buddy Room?
True or False: BIST is about punishing students for bad behavior.
What is False? (BIST is about teaching and supporting students)
During processing, you talk about what happened, how you felt, and this important thing about the future.
What is what you'll do differently next time / what better choices you can make?
Name three examples of gateway behaviors.
What are: talking out, getting out of seat, not following directions, tapping/noisemaking, bothering others, eye-rolling, sighing, putting head down (any 3 accepted)
This person meets with you regularly to practice skills and check on your progress.
Who is a BIST coach / BIST team member?
Name two expectations while in the Safe Seat or Buddy Room.
What are: stay quiet, calm your body, think about your choices, be ready to return when calm, no talklng or noises, stay seated, no sleeping, staying on task. (any 2 accepted)
BIST helps students learn to recognize their feelings and do this before they lose control.
What is self-regulate / calm down / ask for help?
Name the three main questions you discuss during processing.
What are: What happened? How did you feel? What will you do differently next time?
Adults redirect gateway behaviors early to prevent this from happening.
What is escalation / bigger behavioral problems / losing control?
True or False: A bist plan my be created if you one buddy room movement.
What is False. (If we see document 3 or more movements in various classes in a month we may consider a BIST plan for success)
Explain the difference between when you use a Safe Seat versus when you go to a Buddy Room.
What is: Safe Seat is for a break in your own classroom to change behavior; Buddy Room is when demonstrate you cannot take redirection and you need more time/space and go to another classroom to calm down and think about what happened?
Name two ways BIST helps create a positive school environment.
What are: keeps students safe, teaches self-control, reduces disruptions, helps students stay in class learning, builds trust between students and staff (any 2 accepted)
Explain why processing is important and not just a "talk about what you did wrong."
What is: it helps you understand your feelings, learn from mistakes, practice better choices, and build problem-solving skills for the future?
Explain why recognizing your own gateway behaviors is an important skill.
What is: when you notice your own early warning signs, you can ask for help or use strategies before you escalate and lose control?
Explain how coaching sessions help students beyond just "staying out of trouble."
What is: coaching teaches life skills like self-awareness, emotional regulation, problem-solving, and communication that help in school and beyond?