A new way forward
A.I.Ming for SucceSS: A Comprehensive Virtual Training Program
Indigenous Youth Services proudly introduces A.I.Ming for Success, an advanced virtual program designed to empower parents, caregivers, educators, and youth-serving professionals with the knowledge and tools required to understand behavior, respond effectively, and support youth with confidence and cultural alignment.
Rooted in the groundbreaking work of our founder, Christian R. Brown, leading behavioral science expert and author of the Amazon Best Seller Decoding Behavior, this program integrates multiple evidence-based frameworks to help participants analyze behavior, regulate their own responses, and guide youth toward long-term success.
A.I.Ming for Success offers a full, interconnected system for understanding behavior, applying interventions, and achieving positive, lasting change.
Section One: Steady A.I.M
Before participants begin analyzing youth behavior, the program introduces an essential foundation known as Steady A.I.M. This step equips adults with the internal awareness and emotional regulation needed to approach behavioral challenges with clarity, objectivity, and stability.
What is Steady A.I.M?
Steady A.I.M prepares participants to enter the behavioral analysis process with a clear mind, steady emotions, and reduced personal bias. This ensures that the interventions that follow are grounded in professionalism, cultural respect, and genuine understanding rather than frustration, assumptions, or emotional reactivity.
Participants Learn How to:
- Assess their own emotional state before responding to behavior
- Use evidence-based regulation strategies to steady their thoughts and reactions
- Identify personal biases, triggers, and assumptions that may influence interpretation
- Approach behavioral situations with calm, clarity, and objectivity
- Maintain a solutions-oriented mindset throughout intervention
Steady A.I.M creates the internal conditions necessary for professionals and caregivers to apply the A.I.M Model effectively. Without this step, even the most accurate analysis can be undermined by emotional overwhelm or unconscious bias. With it, participants are prepared to conduct interventions that are productive, respectful, and results driven.
Section Two: The A.I.M Model of Behavioral Analysis
With Steady A.I.M firmly established, participants move into the central framework of this program: the A.I.M Model of Behavioral Analysis, developed by Christian R. Brown. This model is widely recognized for transforming how caregivers and professionals understand behavior by shifting the focus from surface-level reactions to meaningful, structured interpretation. Instead of asking only what a youth is doing, the A.I.M Model teaches participants to examine why the behavior is occurring and what is driving it beneath the surface.
The A.I.M Model is built upon three interlocking components that together provide a full picture of behavioral formation:
Action: Participants learn to analyze the observable behavior with detail and accuracy. This involves breaking down the Action into measurable components such as frequency, intensity, duration, patterns, and environmental influences. Instead of interpreting the behavior emotionally or based on assumptions, adults learn to collect objective behavioral information that forms the foundation of effective analysis.
This step helps participants answer the question:
What exactly is the youth doing, and what does the behavior look like without interpretation attached to it?
Developing skill in recognizing and describing Action ensures that interventions are grounded in facts rather than perceptions, creating a clearer path toward accurate assessment and meaningful change.
Intention: Participants then explore the underlying purpose of the behavior. All behavior is an attempt to achieve something, whether that goal is communication, connection, regulation, escape, expression, or meeting an unmet need. In this component, learners develop the ability to look beneath the behavior and identify what the youth is trying to accomplish or express through their actions.
This step helps participants answer the question:
What need, message, or desired outcome is the youth pursuing through this behavior?
By uncovering intention, adults shift from reacting to behavior to understanding it. This reduces misinterpretations, supports culturally responsive care, and fosters deeper empathy and insight.
Motivation: The final and most comprehensive component of the model examines the internal and external drivers that sustain the behavior. Motivation includes emotional states, cognitive processes, environmental pressures, trauma histories, sensory needs, cultural influences, and relational dynamics. Rather than viewing behavior in isolation, participants learn to recognize the complex network of factors that contribute to repeated actions.
This step helps participants answer the question:
Why is this behavior continuing, and what forces are reinforcing or maintaining it?
By identifying motivation, adults become capable of addressing root causes rather than trying to correct the behavior itself. This leads to more effective, compassionate, and sustainable interventions.
Through guided instruction, applied practice, and real-world case studies, participants become highly skilled at using the A.I.M Model to decode behavior with precision, objectivity, and cultural sensitivity. The clarity developed through A.I.M empowers caregivers and professionals to interpret behavior accurately and respond in ways that support safety, healing, and long-term growth.
With this in-depth understanding established, participants are ready to apply their insights using the next framework in the program: The Three S’s of Successful Interventions, which operationalize the A.I.M Model into structured, practical, and results-oriented action.
Section Three: Integrating the Three S’s of Successful Interventions
The Three S’s of Successful Interventions, developed by Christian R. Brown, convert the behavioral insights gathered through the A.I.M Model into a structured, actionable, and outcomes-driven intervention process. While A.I.M allows participants to understand the deeper drivers of behavior, the Three S’s provide the step-by-step method for responding effectively and guiding youth toward meaningful, sustainable change.
This framework is designed to meet youth exactly where they are, address their immediate needs, build the conditions for growth, and help them rise beyond the patterns that once limited them. Together, the Three S’s form a complete intervention system that bridges understanding and transformation.
Stabilize: The Stabilize phase focuses on creating immediate safety, predictability, and emotional grounding for the youth. Participants learn to identify acute stressors, recognize escalation patterns, and intervene with techniques that calm the situation while preserving the youth’s dignity and sense of security.
This phase teaches participants how to:
- De-escalate situations using trauma-informed and culturally respectful strategies
- Reduce environmental and emotional pressures that contribute to dysregulation
- Establish a stable relational presence that communicates safety and support
- Interrupt crisis patterns in ways that prevent further harm
- Reaffirm belonging, trust, and emotional connection in the moment
Stabilization is not simply about stopping a behavior. It is about creating the conditions in which the youth’s nervous system can settle, clarity can return, and supportive intervention becomes possible. Without stabilization, growth cannot take place. With it, participants establish the foundation for success.
Scaffold: Once stability is achieved, participants move into the Scaffold phase, where the focus shifts toward building skills, structures, and supports that help the youth move forward. This stage is rooted in the belief that growth occurs when youth are guided, supported, and gradually empowered to navigate challenges with increasing independence.
In this phase, participants learn how to:
- Introduce new skills in manageable, developmentally appropriate steps
- Build routines, expectations, and supports that promote consistency and predictability
- Strengthen emotional regulation, communication, and problem-solving abilities
- Coach youth through real-life situations with guidance rather than control
- Foster cultural identity, relational belonging, and personal strengths
- Create an environment where success is accessible, visible, and reinforced
Scaffolding provides the supportive structure that allows youth to stretch beyond their current patterns without becoming overwhelmed. It bridges the gap between stabilization and transformation by helping youth develop the tools they need to choose healthier behaviors.
Supersede: The Supersede phase represents the pinnacle of the intervention process. Here, youth move beyond old behavioral patterns and internalize new, more adaptive ways of responding to challenges. This stage is where the work done through A.I.M and the previous two S’s becomes integrated and sustainable.
Participants learn to support youth in:
- Replacing old behaviors with new strategies that better meet their needs
- Strengthening identity, confidence, and internal motivation
- Maintaining progress across environments and transitions
- Developing resilience and self-efficacy for long-term success
- Building a future-oriented mindset that focuses on capability rather than limitation
Supersede is not simply about eliminating behavior. It is about empowering youth to rise above the patterns shaped by stress, trauma, or unmet needs and to embody healthier, stronger, and more confident versions of themselves. It marks the moment when new skills become habits and growth becomes self-driven.
A Complete Pathway from Insight to Action
Together, Stabilize, Scaffold, and Supersede form a comprehensive, progressive pathway that converts understanding into measurable outcomes. While A.I.M provides clarity about why behavior occurs, the Three S’s give participants the tools to respond purposefully, support growth, and guide youth toward long-term transformation.
This integration allows caregivers and professionals to intervene not with guesswork or reaction, but with intention, structure, and the confidence that their efforts are rooted in proven, culturally aligned, and results-driven methods.
This is what makes the Three S’s a powerful complement to the A.I.M Model and a cornerstone of A.I.Ming for Success.
Program Format and Enrollment
A.I.Ming for Success is a fully virtual, self-paced program totaling approximately 12 hours of high-impact learning. This design makes it accessible for individuals, caregivers, and agencies seeking practical, flexible training that can be completed anytime and applied immediately.
The full program includes interactive lessons, real-world case studies, downloadable tools, and ongoing support. Enrollment is available for 399.
Lead with Clarity. Intervene with Confidence. Support Youth with Purpose.
A.I.Ming for Success provides participants with the internal regulation, analytical skill set, and structured intervention strategies needed to understand behavior at its root and respond with precision. By uniting Steady A.I.M, the A.I.M Model, and the Three S’s of Successful Interventions, this program delivers a comprehensive, results-driven approach for supporting youth through even the most challenging behaviors.
Enroll today and gain the confidence, competence, and clarity required to guide youth toward resilience, stability, and long-term success.