Real Support for Real Students: The Stimulation Profile System
What Is the Stimulation Profile?
The Stimulation Profile is a student-specific support system that helps school teams recognize sensory triggers, regulation patterns, and executive functioning needs—before behaviors escalate.
It's built for educators who want to move beyond reactive discipline and instead support students experiencing:
Early signs of overwhelm
Shut-downs, refusals, or overstimulation
Sensory-seeking or avoidant behaviors
Struggles with task initiation or completion
Instead of waiting for an FBA or behavior plan to catch up, this tool gives teams a way to:
Document what's happening in real time
Identify what helps and when
Align IEP, BIP, and classroom strategies to the student's actual regulation needs
Think of it like an early-warning system for behavior. It doesn’t replace your IEP team—it makes your team more effective.
What It Does
Highlights Triggers – Identifies patterns across settings and sensory systems
Clarifies Support – Helps teams match strategies to the student's real needs
Prevents Escalation – Reduces shutdowns, meltdowns, and disciplinary cycles
Additional Support Areas
Task initiation and follow-through
Sensory-seeking or avoidant behaviors
Overwhelm during transitions or group time
Refusals and shutdowns are misunderstood as
"noncompliance" or “student conduct referrals”
Improved academic performance
Decrease in disciplinary referrals
What It’s Not
The Stimulation Profile is not an FBA. It is not a replacement for related services or evaluations. It is a preventative support layer that helps students and staff meet earlier—not later.
Evidence-Aligned Foundations
This system is based on practices aligned with:
CHADD (Children and Adults with ADHD)
Autism Society
STAR Institute for Sensory Processing
A brain-based lens grounded in evidence-based neuroscience.
PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) Frameworks
Integration of real-world IEP data to guide practical classroom implementation
MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) and RTI (Response to Intervention) models
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and trauma-informed
Why Schools Use the Stimulation Profile
The Stimulation Profile System helps schools close the gap between behavior support and academic success. It’s not just another data sheet—it’s a proactive framework that:
Gives IEP teams a clear, consistent way to document executive functioning, sensory triggers, and regulation needs
Speech, occupational therapy, and counseling providers utilize the same tool to identify patterns across various settings.
Prevents unnecessary disciplinary actions by identifying patterns before escalation
Supports collaboration across general education, special education, and behavior teams
Improves IEP document quality by aligning classroom observations with accommodations and service decisions
Empowers educators with tools that are evidence-based, easy to use, and rooted in lived experience
Behavior teams acquire real-time regulation data, moving beyond the confines of incident logs.
IEP teams formulate accommodations and supports that are genuinely aligned with classroom activities.
Educators utilize the Stimulation Profile not only because of its effectiveness but also because it facilitates timelier and more precise decision-making within the team. General educators exhibit increased confidence and reduced reactivity. When teams consistently apply this tool, they transition from merely responding to behavior to achieving a comprehensive understanding of it. This approach empowers both staff and students, enhancing their experiences throughout the entire process, significantly beyond the IEP table.
Bridging Clinical Insights with Classroom Support: The Collapse-to-Recovery Lens
Observing Recovery, Not Just Escalation
This lens is for behavior recovery data that is just as important as collapse data. This introduces observable stages between dysregulation and task reengagement—aligned with student support needs, that educators use daily within Behavior Intervention Plans. This provides district staff a resource for gathering data that is normally not documented outside of Social Work Services through Cognitive Behavior Therapy-based insights.
Developed through a brain-based perspective grounded in psychological research and professional training, the Collapse-to-Recovery framework connects observable behaviors to supports that foster recovery, task engagement, and sustained access to learning, focusing particularly on executive functioning, self-regulation, and sensory processing.
The Stimulation Profile System features an emerging fidelity tool known as the Collapse-to-Recovery Lens, which serves as a reflective framework aligned with principles from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and trauma-informed education.
While not clinical in nature, this lens helps school teams recognize:
Executive functioning “collapse” moments (e.g., withdrawal, shutdown, task refusal)
Recovery points (return to regulation, use of tools, re-engagement
Observable classroom behaviors that mirror internal cognitive overload
This framework gives educators a structured way to:
Document patterns of dysregulation without guessing at clinical intent
Reflect on the timing and context of student behavior
Plan interventions that are support-based rather than consequence-based
This Isn’t Theory—It’s Proof.
Download the data summary from our pilot implementation and see the actual numbers that helped shift support plans, reduce referrals, and improve classroom engagement.
Stimulation Profile Licensing Options
Licensing Options
The Stimulation Profile System is available under a Limited Use Licensing model, enabling your team to implement it proactively while ensuring system integrity and alignment with your district’s framework.
Our licensing is designed to support intentional and scalable use—whether your district is starting with a single building implementation or preparing for a full district-wide rollout. For more details, please contact Michelle!
Professional Development Structure
Professional development is required before implementing the Stimulation Profile System to ensure your team can use the system confidently and with fidelity. Training is delivered live (virtually or on-site) and can be completed in a single 3-hour session or split into three 1-hour sessions.
Customized for Your District
Training packages are customized based on
Staff size and roles
Rollout plans (single building or multi-site)
District goals for implementation pacing
Add-on support options and fidelity coaching are available to assist your team following initial training.
Next Steps
After scheduling a consultation below Michelle will be in touch to discuss your district’s goals and develop a professional development plan aligned with your team’s needs.