Building Behavioral Services That Reintegrate and Graduate Students: The Path Back

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For many students with significant behavioral needs, the traditional path leads out: out of the classroom, out of the district, and too often, away from a hopeful future. Buckeye Union High School District (BUHSD) in Arizona knew this wasn’t acceptable. Students placed externally rarely came back, and when they did, there was little structured system support to help them transition successfully.

In this edWeb podcast, education leaders explore how BUHSD built an in-district behavioral services model that keeps students connected to their schools, communities, and futures. Panelists, including Exceptional Student Services Director Scott Acton, share strategies grounded in 15 years of real-world implementation. You learn:

• How to shift from punitive discipline toward therapeutic, student-centered approaches that produce lasting behavior change
• How to design reintegration pathways that set students up for success when they return to home campuses
• Ways to align behavioral, academic, and social-emotional supports without a full program overhaul

BUHSD’s model produced measurable results: increased reading and math performance, reintegration rates among the highest in Arizona, and graduation rates approaching 90%.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to K-12 district leaders, special education directors, directors of student services, and school leaders responsible for behavioral programming.

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