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Turn 6 of 6 · Behavior GPS Sequence

📄 Document & Advocate

Turn your notes into the plan the school reads.

This classroom is the practice. You learn the move and try it at home. The Behavior Struggle Map is the separate paperwork — the filled-in logs, letters, and plan for the school. We do not repeat it here.

You hand the school proof, not feelings — and services start moving.

26 min0/3 lessons doneBadge: Documented Parent

What you walk away with

A one-page documented plan you can email or hand over.

Lesson 1 · 9 min

Turn your notes into evidence

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Schools act on patterns with dates. They cannot act on "he has a hard time."

  1. Step 1: Pull two weeks from your clue log.
  2. Step 2: Count how many times the behavior happened.
  3. Step 3: Write the time of day and the trigger next to each.
  4. Step 4: Write one sentence: what happens, how often, what helps.

I Do

I turn a messy log into a clean one-pager on screen.

We Do

We review your one-pager before you send it.

You Do

You bring the page to the meeting.

This week: Write the one sentence. That single line does most of the work.

Lesson 2 · 7 min

The email the school cannot ignore

Members

Calm, short, dated, and specific gets a meeting. Long and angry gets filed.

  1. Step 1: Subject line — "Request for meeting: [child name], behavior support."
  2. Step 2: One line of what is happening, with dates.
  3. Step 3: One line of what you already do at home that works.
  4. Step 4: One clear ask, with a date range.
  5. Step 5: Attach the one-pager. Send. Save a copy.

Say this

  • "I want to help the school help my child."
  • "Here is what works at home. Can we try it there?"
  • "Can we meet in the next two weeks?"

I Do

I hand you the email template and read it out loud.

We Do

The group reviews your draft in the School Email Review room.

You Do

You send it and post the reply you get.

This week: Draft the email. Post it for review before you hit send.

Lesson 3 · 10 min

Your meeting talk track

Members

Most parents let the school decide because nobody told them what to ask.

  1. Step 1: Open with the goal, not the complaint.
  2. Step 2: Hand out your one-pager at the start, not the end.
  3. Step 3: Ask the four questions on the card.
  4. Step 4: Ask for everything agreed to be written into the notes.
  5. Step 5: Follow up in email within 24 hours with a summary.

Say this

  • "What data are you using to make this decision?"
  • "Can we write that into the plan today?"
  • "Who is responsible, and by what date?"

I Do

I role-play the meeting so you hear the calm-but-firm tone.

We Do

We rehearse your four questions in IEP / 504 Prep.

You Do

You walk in with the page and the questions.

This week: Rehearse your opening line out loud twice.

You finished the sequence.

You can calm yourself, spot the clue, decode the need, say the right words, practice it, and hand the school a documented plan.

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