BTAM Awareness

Principals' scenario responses used to see which incidents involve BTAM teams and how

We first use principals’ responses to scenarios to discern what sorts of incidents involve school BTAM teams and how they are involved.

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Guidance expects BTAM teams to be notified of and assess higher-risk situations

However, guidance does expect these teams to be notified of and to assess situations that present a higher risk of harm.

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When BTAM team was not initial decisionmaker, respondents were asked if it would be made aware

to an incident, as was the case for most respondents, we asked whether the BTAM team would be made aware of the incident.

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Except lowest-risk scenarios, most principals said BTAM team would be notified afterward

With the exception of the lowest-risk scenarios, most principals indicated that their BTAM team would be notified of the student’s behavior after the initial response decision.

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Notification least likely where teachers decide first: Scenarios A, I and K

Scenarios where this was least likely to happen corresponded to those where teachers were identified as most likely to make the initial decision about how to respond (Scenario A [history of misbehavior] at the elementary school level, and Scenarios I [history of misbehavior and academic issues] and K [physical altercation] at the secondary school level).

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Pattern held for all scenarios, even most serious ones, per Figure 11.2

As shown in Figure 11.2, this pattern held for all scenarios in the survey—even the most serious ones.

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Scenario N: 94 percent of secondary BTAM teams involved (12 percent decide, 82 percent made aware)

Sample (n = 126 of 126) · Scenario N respondents (observations)

In this situation, 94 percent of secondary schools reported that their BTAM teams would be involved somehow, either as the party making the initial decision about how to respond to an incident (12 percent of respondents) or by being made aware of the incident later (82 percent of respondents).

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Low-end scenarios: 26 to 28 percent would inform BTAM team; 72 to 73 percent would not

Sample (N = 353 total; column N not printed) · Scenario A respondents (observations)

About one-quarter of respondents (26 percent to 28 percent) indicated that their school would inform their BTAM team of these types of incidents, but in the majority of cases (72 percent to 73 percent), the BTAM team would not be notified the incident occurred.

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Middle scenarios: administrator decides first; BTAM team much more likely to be made aware

In the middle are scenarios in which principals overwhelmingly identified a school administrator as the party making the initial decision about how to respond to an incident; in these situations, schools were much more likely to make their BTAM team aware of the incident, although they still did not reach the level

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Fig 11.2 Scenario A: total 27, be made aware 27, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (n = 353 of 353) · Scenario A respondents (observations)

A | 27 | 27 | [unlabeled]

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Fig 11.2 Scenario B: total 56, be made aware 53, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (n = 335 of 335) · Scenario B respondents (observations)

B | 56 | 53 | [unlabeled]

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Fig 11.2 Scenario C: total 57, be made aware 53, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (n = 131 of 131) · Scenario C respondents (observations)

C | 57 | 53 | [unlabeled]

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Fig 11.2 Scenario D: total 79, be made aware 75, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (n = 148 of 148) · Scenario D respondents (observations)

D | 79 | 75 | [unlabeled]

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Fig 11.2 Scenario E: total 86, be made aware 81, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (n = 137 of 137) · Scenario E respondents (observations)

E | 86 | 81 | [unlabeled]

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Fig 11.2 Scenario F: total 93, be made aware 77, make initial decision 15

Sample (N = 137) · Scenario F respondents (observations)

| F | 93 | 77 | 15 |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario G: total 88, be made aware 76, make initial decision 12

Sample (N = 133) · Scenario G respondents (observations)

| G | 88 | 76 | 12 |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario H: total 96, be made aware 81, make initial decision 15

Sample (N = 687) · Scenario H respondents (observations)

| H | 96 | 81 | 15 |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario I: total 27, be made aware 26, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (N = 734) · Scenario I respondents (observations)

| I | 27 | 26 | [unlabeled] |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario J: total 63, be made aware 62, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (N = 139) · Scenario J respondents (observations)

| J | 63 | 62 | [unlabeled] |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario K: total 28, be made aware 28, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (N = 128) · Scenario K respondents (observations)

| K | 28 | 28 | [unlabeled] |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario L: total 76, be made aware 72, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (N = 103) · Scenario L respondents (observations)

| L | 76 | 72 | [unlabeled] |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario M: total 69, be made aware 67, make initial decision unlabeled

Sample (N = 134) · Scenario M respondents (observations)

| M | 69 | 67 | [unlabeled] |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario N: total 94, be made aware 83, make initial decision 12

Sample (N = 126) · Scenario N respondents (observations)

| N | 94 | 83 | 12 |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario O: total 95, be made aware 82, make initial decision 13

Sample (N = 107) · Scenario O respondents (observations)

| O | 95 | 82 | 13 |

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Fig 11.2 Scenario P: total 95, be made aware 84, make initial decision 12

Sample (N = 734) · Scenario P respondents (observations)

| P | 95 | 84 | 12 |

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Fig 11.2 questions; n = 1,420 low, 1,420 medium, 1,417 high-severity observations

NOTE: This figure depicts response data from the following survey questions: “Which person or group is most likely to make the initial decision about how to respond to this student’s behavior?” and “Would the BTAM team(s) serving your school be made aware of this student’s behavior?” (n = 1,420 observations for low-severity scenarios; n = 1,420 observations for medium-severity scenarios; n = 1,417 for high-severity scenarios).

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Middle scenarios: 53 percent to 72 percent of principals said BTAM team would be notified

Sample (N = 335 total; column N not printed) · Scenario B respondents (observations)

In these elementary and secondary scenarios, between 53 percent and 72 percent of principals noted that the school BTAM team would be notified of such incidents.

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High end: near-universal BTAM involvement when BTAM team was not initial decisionmaker

And in cases in which the BTAM team was not the initial decisionmaker, principals reported near-universal involvement of their BTAM team in response to the scenario.

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Table A.19 No (secondary): I 74.2, J 37.3, K 72.2, L 24.7, M 31.3, N 6.3, O 6.1, P 5.1

Sample (N = 727 | 138 | 127 | 101 | 131 | 110 | 92 | 646 by column) · Table A.19 columns: scenarios I through P (secondary), in column order

No | 74.2 | 37.3 | 72.2 | 24.7 | 31.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 5.1

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Table A.19 Yes (secondary): I 25.8, J 62.7, K 27.8, L 75.3, M 68.7, N 93.7, O 93.9, P 94.9

Sample (N = 727 | 138 | 127 | 101 | 131 | 110 | 92 | 646 by column) · Table A.19 columns: scenarios I through P (secondary), in column order

Yes | 25.8 | 62.7 | 27.8 | 75.3 | 68.7 | 93.7 | 93.9 | 94.9

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Table A.19 N by scenario: I 727, J 138, K 127, L 101, M 131, N 110, O 92, P 646

N | 727 | 138 | 127 | 101 | 131 | 110 | 92 | 646

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