Behavior support built on clinical expertise
Challenging Behaviors. Clearer Answers. More Confident Teachers.
When challenging behaviors arise, your teachers deserve more than a generic checklist. Get practical behavior support plans, professional documentation, parent communication, and step-by-step teacher coaching, all in one clinician-designed platform.
Developed by a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with expertise in early childhood behavioral health.
- 1Give a 5- and 1-minute warning with a visual timer.
- 2Use the same transition song and give a helper job.
- 3Keep waiting short; praise each step: “You put the blocks away!”
Meet the founder
Developed by a Behavioral Health Professional. Built for Early Childhood Educators.
Smart Behavior Plans was created by Jaime Varney, PMHNP-BC, based on experience working with young children, families, and educators facing complex behavioral needs in everyday settings. Clinical recommendations often don't fit the realities of a busy classroom with one teacher and twelve children. This platform bridges that gap: practical strategies, the words to use, and coaching that shows teachers exactly how.
Board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner · Founder, JV Clinical Technologies · CEO and Executive Director, Bluegrass Behavioral Services
Why I created Smart Behavior Plans →Support for the moments that make classrooms hard
How it works
From a challenging moment to a plan teachers can use today
Quick-pick the behavior, when it happens and what usually comes right before. About a minute, on a phone.
Record earlier strategies and how they went, so you don't get the same advice twice, and so a strategy isn't written off after an unfair trial.
A rules-based engine built on a curated intervention library suggests a small set of developmentally appropriate strategies and explains why.
A full behavior support plan, a one-page classroom quick plan, a parent message draft and linked coaching, ready to edit.
Assign short coaching lessons, log progress in seconds, and let directors review plans and trends.
More Than a Behavior Tracker. Guidance Grounded in Behavioral Health Expertise.
| What teachers need | Behavior tracker | Generic AI writer | Smart Behavior Plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recording a behavior | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Generating a response | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Understanding context and what was already tried | — | — | ✓ |
| Selecting developmentally appropriate strategies | — | — | ✓ |
| Teaching staff exactly how to implement them | — | — | ✓ |
| Monitoring whether the approach is helping | ✓ | — | ✓ |
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Don't Just Give Teachers a Plan. Show Them How to Implement It.
Every behavior strategy comes with clear, practical, clinician-informed coaching that helps teachers understand what to do, what to say, and how to support children more consistently.
- • 5–10 minute micro-lessons linked to each strategy
- • Teacher scripts with shorter versions for emerging talkers
- • “Help Me Implement This”: three steps, the words to use, and what to do if it doesn't work
- • Knowledge checks, implementation checklists and director observation guides
Animated classroom demonstrations for each strategy will appear here once the scripts and videos pass professional review. No video has been published yet.
Simple pricing for centers of every size
For one teacher who wants practical support
For one location and its teaching team
For larger centers that want deeper reporting
Questions
Does this diagnose children?
No. Smart Behavior Plans is an educational support tool. It never diagnoses, never claims to perform a functional behavioral assessment, and tells you when to seek a qualified professional.
Do I have to enter children's names?
No. Use initials or a center ID. Basic strategy recommendations don't need names or diagnoses.
Who wrote the strategies?
The intervention library is written in original language, cites published research, and goes through a professional review process before it's published to customers. Each strategy shows its review status.
Does every plan get reviewed by the founder?
No. Plans are generated from reviewed library content and your staff's observations. Your director reviews and approves your center's plans.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 7 days with no card required.