Overview of Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
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Overview of
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
Idaho SWPBIS Training Institute
Objectives• Describe the rationale behind a
schoolwide approach to behavior support
• Outline the general and generic organization of the application of tiered behavioral supports
• Outline the organization and direction of this year’s Tier 1 training
Tier One Getting Started
• Overview, Schoolwide, Non-classroom, Data Decisions, Team Meetings, Team Planning
Expanding Implementation• Classroom, Escalation Cycle, Team Status Check,
Team Planning
Sustaining Efforts• Individual Student, Secondary-group, Team
Planning, Long-term Action Planning
Acknowledgements• Students, educators, administrators, school staff,
families• Community of researchers, system changers, staff
developers• Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Offices of
Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education
• State Department of Education (SDE), Center for School Improvement & Policy Studies (CSI&PS), Special Education Statewide Technical Assistance (SESTA), Project Schools, Northwest PBIS (NWPBIS)
Purpose:Examine the features of a proactive systemic approach to preventing and responding to schoolwide discipline problems
Generic Model• Schoolwide PBIS Team
• Represents school, meets regularly• Writes plan, trains school employees
• Coach• Facilitates meetings• Provides technical assistance to school• Links school to state
• State Leadership Team• Guides planning and development• Coordinates training• Comprises school teams/structure
SWPBIS Coaches• Establish a network of highly skilled
personnel who have:•Fluency with PBIS systems and practices•Capacity to deliver technical support•Capacity to sustain team efforts
• Follow-up training throughout the year includes:•Specialized topics•Communication and problem-solving
Roles & Responsibilities
• Please define the roles and responsibilities of:•administrator•coach•team
Positive School Climate
• Maximizes academic engagement and achievement
• Minimizes rates of rule violating behavior• Encourages acts of respectful and responsible
behavior• Organizes school functions to be more efficient,
effective, and relevant• Improves supports for students with disabilities
and those placed at risk of educational failure
The Learning EnvironmentPositive Environment Leads
to…Negative Environment Leads
to…Endorphins in bloodstream, which• Generate feeling of euphoria• Raise pain threshold• Stimulate the frontal lobe so
that the situation and learning objective are remembered
Cortisol in bloodstream, which• Raises anxiety level• Shuts down processing of low-
priority information (for example, the lesson objective)
• Focuses frontal lobe on the cause of the stress so that the situation is remembered, but not the learning objective
Sousa & Tomlinson, 2011
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Which comes first???
Academic problems often precede behavior problems
Behavior problems often precede academic problems
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
Behavior and academic achievement are inextricably linked. A student’s academic success in school is directly related to the
student’s attention, engagement, and behavior. The higher the expectation for scholarly behaviors and the better the
supports for students experiencing difficulties, whether mild, moderate, or severe – the more
academic success can be achieved.
(Buffman, Mattos, Weber, 2008)
Creating Positive Learning Environments
Discuss the following questions1. Does everyone in our school agree on why we are here?2. Does everyone really believe we can make a difference for all kids?3. In terms of making a difference, do we have a common schoolwide vision?4. Are clear and specific schoolwide systems in place to make our vision a
reality?5. Are classroom plans in place that match the schoolwide systems?6. Are individual student support options in place?7. Do procedures in the office support the school, classroom, and individual
plans?8. Does every adult talk about these plans openly, regularly, and
systematically?9. Do we know, with measurable evidence, that the plans are making a
difference?10. If our plans are not making a difference, are we willing to try something
new?
Academic Systems Behavioral Systems
1-5% 1-5%
5-10% 5-10%
80-90% 80-90%
Intensive, Individual InterventionsIndividual StudentsAssessment-basedHigh Intensity
Intensive, Individual InterventionsIndividual StudentsAssessment-basedIntense, durable procedures
Targeted Group InterventionsSome students (at-risk)High efficiencyRapid response
Targeted Group InterventionsSome students (at-risk)High efficiencyRapid response
Universal InterventionsAll studentsPreventive, proactive
Universal InterventionsAll settings, all studentsPreventive, proactive
Idaho’s Tiered Instructional and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)
Framework
Level of Intensity of Response = Level of Intensity of
BehaviorAt the top of the pyramid, this is
individualized work. The good news is that if we have developed a solid,
positive foundation with the base of the pyramid, we will have more energy and
resources to work with this small, challenging group of individuals.
(Hierck, Coleman, Weber, p. 47, 2011)
Response to Intervention
Overview• Emphasis will be placed on the processes,
systems, and organizational structures that are needed to enable the accurate adoption, fluent use, and sustained application of these practices.
• Emphasis will be placed on the importance of data-based decision-making, evidence-based practices, and on-going staff development and support.
Model of Continuous Improvement
Plan
Do
Check
Act
Article Jigsaw ActivityGot it. I know, understand, and/or agree with this.
This is really important or interesting.
I don’t understand this, or this does not make sense to me.
Reduced number of ODRs means:
• Returned instructional time• Improved academic outcomes• Reduced number of students
receiving highest level of service
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Example:
What does a reduction of 850 ODRs and 25 suspensions mean?
Savings in Administrative Time
Savings in Student Instructional Time
•ODR = 15 minutes per event•Suspension = 45 minutes per event•13,875 minutes•231 hours•29, 8-hour days
•ODR = 45 minutes per event•Suspension = 216 minutes per event•43,650 minutes•728 hours•121, 6-hour school days
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Idaho Elementary SchoolCost Benefit Worksheet
Student Time Regained:
6840 minutes114 hours
14 days
Administrator Time Regained:
2280 minutes38 hours
5 days
Ineffective Responses to Problem Behavior
•“GET TOUGH!” (practices)•“Train and Hope” (systems)
“GET TOUGH!”•Clamp down and increase monitoring•Re-re-review rules•Extend continuum and consistency of consequences•Establish “bottom line”
“GET TOUGH!”Negative Side Effects:• Fosters environments of control.• Triggers and reinforces antisocial
behavior.• Shifts accountability away from school.• Devalues child-adult relationship.• Weakens relationships between academic
and social behavior programming.
Brainstorm your “GET TOUGH” practices.
Reactive Responses are Predictable
When we experience aversive situations, we select interventions that produce immediate relief and:• Remove students• Remove ourselves• Modify physical environments• Assign responsibility for change to students
and/or others
When behavior doesn’t improve, we “Get Tougher!”
•Zero tolerance policies•Increased surveillance•Increased suspension and expulsion•In-service training by expert•Alternative programming
A predictable, systemic response, but…
based on the erroneous assumption that students:
•Are inherently “bad”•Will learn more appropriate behavior through increased use of “aversives”•Will be better tomorrow
Science of behavior has taught us that students:•Are NOT born with “bad behaviors”•Do NOT learn when presented contingent aversive consequences
DO learn better ways of behaving by being taught directly and receiving positive feedback
Consequence is NOT synonymous with punishment
Discipline Punishment • Is student focused• Shows students what they
have done wrong• Clarifies ownership of the
problem• Facilitates problem solving• Seeks resolution and leaves
dignity intact
• Is adult oriented• Requires judgment• Imposes power• Arouses anger and resentment• Invites more conflict
(Hierch, Coleman, & Weber, 2011)
“Train and Hope” Approach
1. React to identified problem2. Select and add practice3. Hire expert to train practice4. Expect and hope for implementation5. Wait for new problem
Positive Behavior Support
PBS is a broad range of systemic and individualized strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior with all students.
“EBS” = “PBS” = “PBIS”
What Does PBIS Look Like?Tier 1
• >80% of students can tell you what is expected of them and give behavioral example because they have been taught, actively supervised, practiced, and acknowledged
• Positive adult-to-student interactions exceed behavior• Function-based behavior support is foundation for
addressing problem behavior• Data and team-based action planning and implementation
are operating• Administrators are active participants• Full continuum of behavior support is available to all
students
What Does PBIS Look Like?Tier 2 & 3
• Team-based coordination and problem-solving occurs• Local specialized behavioral capacity is built• Function-based behavior support planning occurs• Person-centered, contextually, and culturally relevant
supports are provided• District/regional behavioral capacity is built• Supports are instructionally oriented• SWPBIS practices and systems are linked• School-based comprehensive supports are
implemented
PBIS is NOT:•A specific practice or curriculum, but rather a general framework to preventing problem behavior.•Limited to any particular group of students, but rather for all students.•New, but rather is based on a long history of behavioral practices and effective instructional design strategies.
What is PBIS?
What is SWPBIS?A systems approach for establishing the social culture and behavioral supports needed for school to be
effective learning environments for all students.
Evidence-based features of SWPBIS:
• Prevention• Define and teach positive social expectations.• Acknowledge positive behavior• Arrange consistent consequences for problem
behavior• On-going collection and use of data for decision
making• Continuum of intensive, individual interventions
supports• Implementation of the systems that support
effective practices
The Impact of SWPBIS:
Reductions: Improvements:Students:•Office referrals•Suspensions and expulsions•Referrals to Special EducationFaculty and Staff:•Faculty absenteeism
Students:•Student engagement•Academic performance•Family involvementFaculty and Staff:•Consistency across faculty•Classroom management•Faculty retention•Substitute performance/perception•Ratings of faculty “effectiveness
SWPBIS as Prescribed• SWPBIS team drives implementation of
practices• Team uses student and staff input to
inform the development of high efficiency systems of support for evidence-based practices
• Team collects and analyzes data• Team meets monthly to move process
forward
SWPBIS as Prescribed•Monthly meetings (while developing first tier)
•Program development•Impact and implementation
•After first tier of support is established:•Development of advanced tier interventions•Identification of non-responders•Monitor student progress and advanced tier implementation
The challenge is increasing schools’ capacity to:
• Respond effectively, efficiently, and relevantly to a range of problem behaviors observed in schools
• Adopt, fit, integrate, and sustain research-based behavior practices
• Give priority to an unified prevention agenda
• Engage in team-based problem-solving
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Classroom
Non-classroom Individual Student
School-wide
Adapted from Horner (2009) Cal. State Fullerton, 2009
Schoolwide and Classroom-wide Systems
1. Identify a common purpose and approach to discipline
2. Define a clear set of positive expectations and behaviors
3. Implement procedures for teaching expected behavior
4. Differentiate supports from a continuum of procedures for encouraging expected behavior
5. Differentiate supports from a continuum of procedures for discouraging inappropriate behavior
6. Implement procedures for on-going monitoring and evaluation
Effective Classroom Management Systems
• Teach and encourage classroom-wide positive expectations
• Teach and encourage classroom routines and cues
• Use a ratio of 5 positives to 1 negative adult-student interaction
• Supervise actively• Redirect the minor, infrequent behavior errors• Precorrect chronic errors frequently• Increase student engagement through active
participation strategies
Specific Setting Systems• Teach and encourage positive
expectations and routines• Supervise actively
o All staff: scan, move, interact• Precorrect• Provide positive reinforcement
Individual Student Systems• Support behavioral competence at school and
district levels• Tailor function-based behavior support planning• Use team and data-based decision making• Utilize comprehensive person-centered planning
and wraparound processes• Deliver secondary social skills and self-
management instruction• Implement individualized instructional and
curricular accommodations
PBIS Features
Science of Human
Behavior
Local Contextand Culture Prevention
Logic forAll
Evidence-Based
Practices
SystemsChange andDurability Natural
Implementers
Prevention is…• Decreasing development of new problem
behaviors• Preventing increased severity of existing problem
behaviors• Eliminating triggers and maintenance of problem
behaviors• Teaching, monitoring, and acknowledging
prosocial behavior• Using a 3-tiered prevention logic that defines a
continuum of support• Designing schoolwide systems for student success
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Prevention Logic for All
Walker et al., 1996
Decrease development of new problem
behaviors
Prevent worsening of existing problem
behaviors
Redesign learning & teaching
environments to
eliminate triggers & maintainer
s of problem
behaviors
Teach, monitor, &
acknowledge pro-social
behavior
Academic Systems Behavioral Systems
1-5% 1-5%
5-10% 5-10%
80-90% 80-90%
Intensive, Individual InterventionsIndividual StudentsAssessment-basedHigh Intensity
Intensive, Individual InterventionsIndividual StudentsAssessment-basedIntense, durable procedures
Targeted Group InterventionsSome students (at-risk)High efficiencyRapid response
Targeted Group InterventionsSome students (at-risk)High efficiencyRapid response
Universal InterventionsAll studentsPreventive, proactive
Universal InterventionsAll settings, all studentsPreventive, proactive
Idaho’s Tiered Instructional and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS)
Framework
Audit of Current PracticesTIER 3
List Individualized/Intensive practices provided to a few students for support
TIER 2List Strategic/Targeted practices
provided to some students for support
TIER 1List Core practices provided to all students
and intended to support most
Active Administrative Participation• Actively participate as a member of the
leadership team• Establishes PBIS initiative as one of the
top three improvement plan priorities• Commits to and invests in a 2-3 year
implementation effort
Emphasizes Data-based Evaluation•Conduct self-assessment and action planning•Evaluate self-improvement continuously•Identify strengths and needs•Plan and implement strategic dissemination
Implementation Challenges• Multiple, overlapping, and competing initiatives• Overemphasis on conceptualization, structure,
and process• Under-emphasis on data-based decision making• Failure to build competence for accurate and
sustained implementation• Reluctance to eliminate practices and systems
that are not effective, efficient, and relevant• Low rates of regular positive acknowledgements
and celebrations
Brainstorm potential challenges and suggest effective strategies.
Challenges Suggested Strategy
At the end of this year you should feel like…
1. There is room for improvement but we have the basics in place and have a basis for identifying non-responders.
2. We are teaching desired behaviors to all student in all settings.
3. For the most part, our teachers support implementation (80%).
4. Our system for supporting the behavior of students is sustainable.
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