Positive Behavioral Interventions and St. Elizabeth School

Our School St. Elizabeth School is a member of MANSEF; Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities Our students range of years of age 125 Students

Who We Serve Our students are from: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, and Prince Georges County Handicapping Codes include: 01-mental retardation 04-speech or language impairment 06- emotional disturbance 08-other health impairments 09-specific learning disabilities 13- traumatic brain injury 14-Autism

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002 Allyson,Lisa Andy, James Lionel Leslie, Nano

Evolution of SES Thesis: (In Place) Anti-thesis: (Not In Place) Synthesis: What We Created

Thesis (In Place) 8 identified expectations on a point sheet Paper trail for office referrals/data base CPI training for all staff School-wide Behavior Management Plan/ Options Plus Behavior Management Committee,w/small budget Pretty Good Staff Morale

Anti-thesis (Not in Place) Small number off clear rules the students understood An emphasis on prevention An emphasis on teaching behavioral expectations A culture where all school staff are responsible for positive behavior support

Synthesis What we created and how

The First Year Expanded the team to increase representation Recruit staff “buy in”- Initial survey Initial staff presentation and surveys (forms: F&G)

Remember Those Surveys? School Wide system scored the HIGHEST NEED for improvement Of the 3 areas ALL STAFF rated

Data Started using SWIS First Surveys

SURVEY SAYS Expected student behaviors need to be taught directly Booster training activities need to be done on regular basis Consequences for problem behaviors need to be defined clearly All staff directly or indirectly in school wide intervention

RACE TO SUCCESS RESPECT ACHIEVEMENT COOPERATION ENCOURAGE- MENT

EAGLE HIGH 5 RESPONSIBILITY RESPECT RE-THINK ACHIEVEMENT ENCOURAGE- MENT

Developing the Matrix Subcommittees for: Hallway Classroom Cafeteria Gymnasium Vocational Increase staff input by 15

2 New Subcommittees LESSON PLANNING P.R. and GRAPHIC ARTS

Budget Submitted a line item budget some engraved products-pencils water bottles, embroidered items Graphic design Solicited incentives

EAGLE HIGH PBIS UP AND RUNNING THIS FALL!!!

Year 2 Team Summer Institute Consolidating and Annual Action Planning Developing the EAGLE HIGH 5 Handbook for all staff Teaching all staff Plus the introduction of new COMAR regs

2 WEEK OPENER Eagle High 5 Handbook Posted Matrices Daily Lesson Plans Eagle High 5 Assembly Other learning strats: experiential, game play Daily Raffles Ice cream social for all staff and students

Staff Incentives PBIS Bagel Wednesdays

EAGLE HIGH 5 FLYER AWARD

Incentive Subcommittee Behavior incentives: school store, weekly raffles, level based activities, some small and some big (trips, luau) Increased more staff involvement

Develop Continuum of Behavioral Support Behavior Support Referral form, designated preventative classroom intervention Process for requesting and conducting FBA/BIP Developed the forms and taught the process

Booster Activities Holiday Caring and Sharing Campaign PTO Community Art Therapy Pep Squad Booster week in April

Presenting Data School wide data and PBIS presentations approx every 6 weeks This seemed overwhelming to many staff initially Team members more fluent in the data Lingo, takes awhile to generalize over large staff As a team, we were still struggling w/ data (much of it still felt new to us)

YEAR 3- Summer Institute Surveys indicated increase in School Wide System being in place, and improved Identified classroom, and individual systems as in need of improvement

Shift Focus to smaller systems Had classroom support strats in place, Continuum of behavior support; but how were they being implemented Had SWIS but what about the fidelity of stats, how to communicate data w/ larger group

STAFF DEVELOPMENT Presented FBA and BIP for Autistic Spectrum Students Presented on FBA- not just process but why, what, when Presented on managing surface behaviors in the classroom

Statistics Subcommittee System for more timely and accurate data entry Chose to stats in smaller groups Much cont’d work in this area

Areas of Continued Growth Expanding focus to include family Continue promoting a school wide culture that embraces PBIS Stats and Forms Summer Institute ‘05

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