Indiana Mid-Year 25-26SY

NSS PA Quality & Continuous ImprovementReport Card

Indiana Mid-Year 25-26SY

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Organized by Goal Type (Subject) vs. Progress

IEP Goal Progress Summary

Overview

• Indiana’s goals are most heavily concentrated in Behavior, Speech, Occupational Therapy, and core academic areas. The majority of goals are actively addressed, with many students demonstrating Making Expected Progress.
• Progress patterns are generally strong overall, with only a small number of domains presenting opportunities for tighter follow-through.

What’s Strong

• Indiana demonstrates strong implementation across Speech, Occupational Therapy, and academic goals, with a high proportion showing expected progress.
• Very few goals fall into no-progress categories, indicating effective instructional and service delivery.

• Progress monitoring data is entered consistently, supporting meaningful analysis and informed decision-making.

Total Goals by Goal Subject

Priority Risks & Opportunity for Improvement

• Behavior shows a higher number of goals with regression or limited progress, indicating a need for earlier data checks and more targeted behavior plan adjustments.
• ELA and Math include a notable number of goals marked as “not worked on,” pointing to an opportunity to tighten instructional planning and follow-through each marking period.

• In the second half of the year, Indiana’s greatest opportunity is to reduce regression in Behavior and ensure greater consistency in addressing ELA and Math goals.

Mid‑Year Restraint & Safety Brief

• Indiana recorded 116 incidents across 25 students, with volumes rising through the fall (Nov/Dec peak) and receding in January. Incidents are primarily driven by Demand Given and Denied Access, and behaviors are heavily weighted toward staff‑directed aggression with a high rate of self‑injury. The most common times for these incidents are late mid-morning, between 10 a.m. and noon, and early afternoon, between noon and 3 p.m., especially on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Strengths & Positive Indicators

Key Performance Metrics

• Total incidents: 116

• Total restraint minutes: 1,085 minutes
• Average/median hold duration: 9.4 minutes / 7.0 minutes
• Students involved: 25
• Monthly Trend: Aug 2 → Sep 22 → Oct 21 → Nov 28 → Dec 35 (peak) → Jan 8 (decline)

• Notable January improvement after a November/December peak suggests responsiveness to recent adjustments.
• Clear antecedent profile (Demand Given, Denied Access) and time‑window concentration create actionable levers for fast cycle impact.

Opportunity for Improvement

Patterns

• Primary Triggers: Demand Given: 34.5%; Denied Access: 31.9%; Alone / Low Attention: 19.0%; Transition: 14.7%

• Behavior Types: Aggression toward staff: 93.1%; Self‑injury: 48.3%; Property destruction: 21.6%; Escape/Elopement: 12.1%; Peer aggression: 3.4%; Other behaviors: 7.8%

• Temporal Hot Spots: 10 a.m.–12 p.m.: 40.5%; 12–3 p.m.: 42.2%; before 10 a.m.: 14.7%; after 3 p.m.: 2.6%

• Student Concentration: 5 students account for 54% of all incidents; 3 account for 48% of all restraint minutes.

• Reduce demand and access-related incidents by teaching and reinforcing simple ways for students to start tasks, ask for help, wait, and handle “no/not now.”
• Improve stability during the 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. window by using planned movement or sensory breaks, clear pre-teaching, and consistent transition routines.
• Continue supporting staff and student safety through brief interventions, refreshed safety skills, thoughtful classroom setups, and strong documentation to guide coaching and review.

Mid-Year Employee Injury Incident Insights

Enrollment vs. Budget (Sept–Jan)

• Indiana’s enrollment tracked below budget across the reporting period, with modest month-to-month variation. The variance ranged from –1 to –3 students during the fall and widened to –4 students (–4.5%) in January.
• Overall, enrollment remained slightly under budget, with the largest gap occurring at the end of the reporting window.

• Incidents: 23
• During restraint: 17.4%
• Top cause / location / injury: Headbutt by student / Sensory Gym / Contusion/Bruising

• Summary: Sensory‑area interactions feature prominently; headbutts and bruising are the main drivers.

Referral Conversion Overview

• Indiana processed 30 total referrals, with 27 converting to completed outcomes (90.0% conversion rate)
• 3 referrals remained actively in progress.