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BACKGROUND SCREENING/CHECK - A process in which the specifics of an individual's past are revealed for the purposes of employment.
They are frequently conducted to confirm information found on an employment application or résumé. They may also be conducted as a
way to further differentiate potential employees and pick the one the employer feels is best suited for the position. Background checks are required
for those working in careers involving the elderly, disabled, or children.
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BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION PLAN* - A formalized plan that targets specific behaviors for alteration and that follows from a functional
behavioral assessment. Usually appended to the student's IEP, a public school district must attempt such a plan before changing a student's
placement to a more restrictive environment (unless there is an emergency situation). The plan is supposed to be based on positive inducements, if
possible. A behavior intervention plan should also include what environmental or proactive changes the staff will make to decrease the likelihood
of the undesirable behavior or symptom.
* Our Special Kids.Org
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BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT/MODIFICATION* - To develop, strengthen, maintain, decrease or eliminate behaviors in a planned or systematic way.
* Our Special Kids.Org
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BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION* - A technique of changing human behavior based on the theory of
operant behavior and conditioning. Careful observation of events preceding and following the behavior in question is required. The
environment is manipulated to reinforce the desired responses, thereby bringing about the desired change in behavior.
* Our Special Kids.Org
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BOARD AND CARE HOME - A type of group living arrangement designed to meet the needs of people who cannot live
on their own. These homes offer help with some personal care services.
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BUSINESS PLAN - A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals, the reasons why they are
believed attainable, and the plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the
organization or team attempting to reach those goals.
The business goals may be defined for for-profit or for non-profit organizations. For-profit business plans typically focus
on financial goals, such as profit or creation of wealth. Non-profit and government agency business plans tend to focus on
organizational mission which is the basis for their governmental status or their non-profit, tax-exempt status,
respectively—although non-profits may also focus on optimizing revenue. In non-profit organizations, creative tensions may
develop in the effort to balance mission with "margin" (or revenue). Business plans may also target changes in perception
and branding by the customer, client, tax-payer, or larger community. A business plan having changes in perception and
branding as its primary goals is called a marketing plan.
Business plans may be internally or externally focused. Externally focused plans target goals that are important to
external stakeholders, particularly financial stakeholders. They typically have detailed information about the organization
or team attempting to reach the goals. With for-profit entities, external stakeholders include investors and customers.[1]
External stake-holders of non-profits include donors and the clients of the non-profit's services.[2] For government
agencies, external stakeholders include tax-payers, higher-level government agencies, and international lending bodies such
as the IMF, the World Bank, various economic agencies of the UN, and development banks.
Internally focused business plans target intermediate goals required to reach the external goals. They may cover the
development of a new product, a new service, a new IT system, a restructuring of finance, the refurbishing of a factory or
a restructuring of the organization. An internal business plan is often developed in conjunction with a balanced scorecard
or a list of critical success factors. This allows success of the plan to be measured using non-financial measures.
Business plans that identify and target internal goals, but provide only general guidance on how they will be met are
called strategic plans.
Operational plans describe the goals of an internal organization, working group or department.[3] Project plans, sometimes
known as project frameworks, describe the goals of a particular project. They may also address the project's place within
the organization's larger strategic goals.
* Wikipedia.org
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