Teaching · Related Services

What came before,
what helped, how long it took.

Log each episode as it happens: the time, what came just before, what the student did, how intense it was, the support offered, whether it helped and how long recovery took. Note the strengths too. The form works out average recovery and the share of supports that helped, so the team plans from data rather than the hardest moment of the week.

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Observations

The worked example is made up: three episodes in a third-grade math block with 7.7 minutes average recovery and two of three supports helping, and a short earlier observation on an untypical day. Records save on this device only and use student codes.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per observation with student code, date, setting, activity, observer and minutes; each episode with time, antecedent, behavior, intensity, support, whether it helped and minutes to recover; strengths and calm moments; three context checks; episodes, average recovery and the share of supports that helped; flags for recovery over ten minutes, a support that did not help twice across observations, a short observation and untypical context.
Who it is for
School psychologists, counselors, social workers, special education teachers, behavior analysts and classroom teachers gathering evidence for a team.
Format
Browser form with a saved record per observation. Prints an observation for the team, every observation as a table or a blank paper form for the classroom; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Choose a typical block where episodes tend to happen.
  2. Log each episode as it happens, with what came just before.
  3. Note the support offered and whether it helped.
  4. Record strengths and calm moments too.
  5. Observe again on another day and compare.

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The shape of an episode

One episode, from trigger to recoveryJust beforethe triggerPeakintensitySupportofferedRecoveredback to taskminutes to recoverOne episode, from trigger to recoveryJust beforethe triggerPeakintensitySupportofferedRecoveredback to taskminutes to recover
Recording what came just before and what helped is what turns observations into a plan.

Evidence, not a label

Dysregulation can come from many places: anxiety, a skill gap, sensory needs, hunger, sleep, something at home or a mismatch between the task and the student. This form records what happened and what helped; it does not explain why and it is not a diagnosis. Teams combine it with interviews, rating scales and other observations.

Using the numbers

Average recovery and the share of supports that helped are most useful over time. If recovery shortens after a change in support, that is evidence the change is working; if a support keeps not helping, try another with the team rather than repeating it.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.304 and 300.324(a)(2)(i): a variety of assessment tools, and positive behavioral interventions and supports for behavior that impedes learning.
  2. Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., and Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd ed.): antecedent, behavior and consequence recording; duration and latency measures.
  3. CASEL. What Is the CASEL Framework?: self-management as a core competency (casel.org).
  4. Center on PBIS. Classroom practices and data-based decision making (pbis.org).

The worked example is made up. One observation is one piece of evidence; it is not a diagnosis. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.