The Louisiana Department of Education is hosting the 2019 Behavioral Intervention Summit today at the Raising Cane’s River Center in Baton Rouge. Chief of Staff of the Office of Student Opportunities at LDOE Lisa French said about 1400 educators and national experts will convene in a day full of focus on equipping educators with the tools and resources needed to work with the behavior issues of students.
“Providing social-emotional learning curriculum to students, to help them manage their social and emotional skills,” said French.
French said the summit is a first in the state and comes as a response to behavioral issues faced in the classroom, in an effort to identify the best implementation of appropriate interventions.
“To facilitate that one they have access to the appropriate interventions, they have access to the appropriate state-level, local-level, and national experts in this space,” said French.
French said the goal is to see the behavioral needs being met with students remaining in the classroom instead of going to alternative schools or being suspended and sent home.
“They’re able to address their behavioral challenges, stay in their traditional school to be able to access their academics, and be successful both academically and with their behavior,” said French.
