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About The Bradstow School Behaviour Support Database
The Behaviour Support Database allows for detailed incident recording including activity, location, antecedents, behaviour, consequences, staff and others present, de-escalation and intervention strategies and medical and notification information.
This unique database has been
sponsored by
Bradstow School.
Bradstow School in Broadstairs is a residential
special school who have been using the database since the beginning
of 2004. It has significantly enhanced their capability to record
then monitor and analyse incidents across a whole range of criteria.
Bradstow School offer support to other users of the database.
In their own words... "This database has given us an invaluable tool to analyse causes and patterns of incidents. Having this information so readily available has helped us put individualised strategies in place which have a positive impact on the lives of students in our care. Parents are delighted to see graphs that show the improvements in the behaviour of their children, and we are all better informed about the needs of each individual."
Analysis
The database is so much more than a behaviour
tracker. A key feature is the ability to
view the incident data in many different ways. Drop-down selection
lists and in-built graphs and reports enable the information to be interrogated easily.
It is also possible by means of a single mouse-click to create a
worksheet of selected incident data suitable for further analysis in
Microsoft Excel. This enables the production of charts, creation of
pivot tables, utilisation of the database functions of Excel, and
more sophisticated statistical investigation. This is a particularly
powerful means of analysing trends or common factors, and thus
aiding the preparation of action plans.
Risk Assessment
The Behaviour Support Database includes integrated functionality for the scoring of behavioural risk. See the demonstration pages to find out more.
Technical Information
The Behaviour Support Database is written using
Microsoft Access. It can be supplied with a runtime version of
Access so a full copy is not required. This, or a full version of
Microsoft Access, is required on each workstation where the database
is to be used.
The database has
been tested on all versions from Access 2000 up to Access 2010. It is recommended
that Microsoft Excel (version 97 or above) also be installed in
order to utilise the full data analysis capability. The
user guide requires a pdf reader. All trade
marks are acknowledged.
The database is suitable for installation on a network, and is
designed for multi-user access.
It supports data hosting using Microsoft SharePoint.