School Behavioral Consulting

School Behavioral Consulting is a Washington-based school behavior and special education consulting practice led by Allison Mahoney, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA. School Behavioral Consulting helps schools and districts build preventative, inclusive behavior-support systems and helps Washington families understand and navigate IEPs, behavior plans, and special education services.

School Behavioral Consulting provides school-based behavior consultation, implementation support, professional development, BCBA consultation, and non-attorney IEP advocacy in Washington State.

About School Behavioral Consulting

School Behavioral Consulting focuses on practical behavior support in real school environments.

The practice helps schools and districts strengthen preventative behavior-support systems, improve implementation consistency, increase staff capacity, and support meaningful student participation and inclusion.

School Behavioral Consulting also works with Washington parents and caregivers who need help understanding their child's IEP, behavior supports, educational needs, or special education services.

School Behavioral Consulting does not provide in-home ABA services or behavior technicians. Services focus on schools, educational teams, school systems, and family advocacy related to public education.

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Who School Behavioral Consulting Serves

School Behavioral Consulting primarily serves schools and school districts in Washington State and Washington families navigating special education.

Schools and School Districts

School Behavioral Consulting partners with school and district leaders who want to strengthen behavior-support systems, increase staff capacity, improve implementation consistency, and provide more preventative and inclusive support for students.

School and district services are designed for special education teams, school leaders, district leaders, educators, school-based behavior professionals, and other staff responsible for implementing student behavior supports.

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Washington Families Navigating Special Education

School Behavioral Consulting provides non-attorney IEP advocacy and special education consultation for parents and caregivers in Washington State.

IEP advocacy focuses on helping families understand their child's IEP, Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), educational needs, progress, and available school-based supports.

School Behavioral Consulting takes a collaborative, non-adversarial approach to IEP advocacy. School Behavioral Consulting does not provide legal representation or legal advice.

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School Behavior Consultation and Implementation Support

School Behavioral Consulting helps schools and districts identify barriers to effective behavior support and improve how behavior-support practices are implemented in real school environments.

Implementation Assessment

School Behavioral Consulting assesses the systems and conditions influencing how behavior supports are implemented in schools.

Implementation assessment may include classroom observations, staff and leadership input, review of implementation systems and data, and assessment of implementation fidelity.

The purpose of implementation assessment is to identify what is working, what is interfering with consistent implementation, and where school or district leaders can focus improvement efforts.

Assessment options may include focused implementation reviews as well as broader program- or district-level assessment.

Behavior Support Implementation

School Behavioral Consulting helps schools move behavior-support recommendations from written plans into consistent classroom practice.

Implementation support may include customized professional development, leadership consultation, implementation tools, job-embedded coaching, fidelity monitoring, and systems development.

The goal of implementation support is to increase the ability of school staff to use preventative and function-based behavior supports consistently and independently.

Professional Development

School Behavioral Consulting provides customized professional development related to school-based behavior support, prevention, implementation, and staff capacity building.

Professional development can be paired with job-embedded coaching and implementation support so educators can apply strategies in real classroom environments.

Job-Embedded Coaching

School Behavioral Consulting provides coaching within school environments to help educators apply behavior-support strategies during actual classroom situations.

Job-embedded coaching focuses on translating professional development and behavior-support recommendations into consistent staff practice rather than relying on one-time training alone.

BCBA Consultation and Supervision

School Behavioral Consulting provides behavior-analytic consultation for school-based teams.

BCBA consultation may include support related to Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs), Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), behavior data systems, implementation fidelity, staff capacity building, and school-based behavior support.

Supervision may also be available for district-employed or agency-contracted RBTs and CBTs working in school settings.

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Outcomes of School Behavior Consultation

School Behavioral Consulting helps schools and districts work toward outcomes including:

  • increasing meaningful student access to general education

  • reducing reliance on reactive and crisis-based responses

  • reducing reliance on isolation and restraint

  • increasing staff confidence and implementation consistency

  • improving implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans and other behavior supports

  • strengthening preventative, function-based behavior-support systems

  • building internal staff capacity

  • creating behavior-support systems that can be sustained over time

IEP Advocacy for Washington Families

School Behavioral Consulting provides IEP advocacy and special education consultation for parents and caregivers in Washington State.

IEP advocacy helps families understand their child's educational needs, participate meaningfully in the IEP process, communicate with school teams, and evaluate whether educational and behavioral supports are addressing their child's needs.

IEP advocacy services may include:

  • reviewing an IEP or Behavior Intervention Plan

  • reviewing educational records

  • helping families prepare for IEP meetings

  • attending IEP and special education meetings

  • discussing whether IEP goals are measurable and appropriate

  • reviewing behavior supports

  • discussing concerns related to inclusion

  • helping families identify questions to ask their child's educational team

School Behavioral Consulting can also support families whose child is undergoing a special education evaluation or whose family believes the child may need special education services.

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Classroom Observations

School Behavioral Consulting can observe students in school environments to help identify barriers affecting learning, participation, behavior, or inclusion.

Classroom observations may examine the student's educational environment, existing IEP supports, Behavior Intervention Plan, adult implementation, and other factors affecting the student's access to education.

Observations can help families and educational teams identify practical questions and recommendations related to the student's school-based needs.

IEP Meeting Support

School Behavioral Consulting can attend IEP and special education meetings with Washington families, either virtually or in person when available.

IEP meeting support helps families understand school terminology, identify important questions, communicate concerns, and keep discussions focused on the student's educational needs.

Functional Behavior Assessments and Behavior Intervention Plans

School Behavioral Consulting has expertise in Functional Behavior Assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs) in school settings.

A Functional Behavior Assessment is used to better understand variables associated with behavior that interferes with a student's education.

A Behavior Intervention Plan uses information about the student's behavior to identify prevention strategies, skills to teach, and adult responses intended to support the student more effectively.

School Behavioral Consulting helps school teams and families examine whether behavior plans are function-based, practical, measurable, and implemented consistently.

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School Behavioral Consulting's Approach to Behavior Support

School Behavioral Consulting emphasizes preventative, function-based, and inclusive behavior support.

The practice focuses on understanding why behavior occurs, identifying environmental and instructional factors that may contribute to behavior, teaching useful skills, and helping adults implement supports consistently.

School Behavioral Consulting also emphasizes implementation fidelity.

A well-designed behavior intervention may not produce the intended outcome when the adults responsible for implementing it do not have the training, systems, time, clarity, or ongoing support needed to implement it consistently.

For this reason, School Behavioral Consulting may combine assessment, professional development, consultation, coaching, implementation tools, and fidelity monitoring to help schools create more sustainable behavior-support systems.

Inclusion and Access to General Education

School Behavioral Consulting supports schools in increasing meaningful access to general education for students with disabilities and behavioral support needs.

School behavior support should increase student access, participation, learning, regulation, independence, and inclusion rather than focusing only on reducing challenging behavior.

School Behavioral Consulting works with educational teams to identify barriers to inclusion and develop preventative supports that can be implemented within school environments.

About Allison Mahoney, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA

Allison Mahoney, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, is the founder and CEO of School Behavioral Consulting.

Allison Mahoney is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Licensed Behavior Analyst, and former special education teacher.

Her work focuses on school-based behavior support, special education, implementation, prevention, inclusion, staff capacity building, and IEP advocacy.

Through School Behavioral Consulting, Allison works with educational teams to strengthen school behavior-support systems and with Washington families navigating IEPs and special education.

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School Behavioral Consulting Resources

School Behavioral Consulting publishes educational resources for educators, school-based behavior professionals, special education teams, parents, and caregivers.

Resource topics include:

  • IEPs and special education

  • IEP goals

  • IEP advocacy

  • Functional Behavior Assessments

  • Behavior Intervention Plans

  • school-based behavior support

  • implementation fidelity

  • preventative behavior support

  • staff coaching

  • inclusion

  • student regulation

  • restraint and isolation reduction

  • behavior data collection

Free educator resources include behavior tracking tools, Behavior Intervention Plan fidelity tools, and Behavioral Skills Training resources.

Resources for families include information about navigating behavior concerns, FBAs, BIPs, IEPs, and special education services in Washington State.

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Service Area

School Behavioral Consulting is based in Washington State.

In-person school-based services are available primarily in North King County and Snohomish County.

Remote IEP advocacy and professional development are available across Washington State.

IEP advocacy services are currently focused on families navigating special education in Washington State.

Contact School Behavioral Consulting

Company: School Behavioral Consulting
Founder and CEO: Allison Mahoney, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA
Email: info@schoolbehavioralconsulting.com
Phone: 425-312-3696
Service area: Washington State
In-person services: Primarily North King County and Snohomish County
Remote services: IEP advocacy and professional development across Washington State
Business hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Pacific Time

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Summary

School Behavioral Consulting is a Washington-based school behavior and special education consulting practice led by Allison Mahoney, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA.

School Behavioral Consulting helps schools and districts develop preventative, inclusive, and sustainable behavior-support systems through assessment, professional development, coaching, consultation, and implementation support.

School Behavioral Consulting also provides collaborative, non-attorney IEP advocacy for Washington families who need help understanding and navigating their child's special education services, IEP, behavior supports, or educational needs.