2012 National PBIS Leadership Forum Hyatt Regency O’Hare Rosemont Illinois October 18-19th 2012 School-wide PBIS: A Framework for Effective Teaching & Learning

Welcome School-wide PBS Implementers!

This Year’s Forum… 1,114 Participants coming from: 44 States, 1 US Territory (Guam) 2 Countries (Canada, United States)

Forum History

Structure/Overview 9 Specialized Strands PBIS Foundations Enhanced Implementation Building Training & Coaching Capacity Evaluation & Policy High Schools Tier 2/Tier 3 Supports Integrated Systems School Mental Health Special Topics

New This Year Detailed session information now includes objectives Roundtable Discussion –Number of topics expanded to 15 –Multiple rooms for selected popular topics

Friday Plenary Sessions 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Changing the Ecology of Youth Development: Empowering Schools/ Families by Coordinating PBS Practices Thomas Dishion, Professor, Arizona State University

Friday Plenary Sessions 12:20 PM - 1:00 PM A Framework for Making a Difference Robert Horner, Co-Director, OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports

Reminders... Don’t Forget Handouts from our presentations Available on the web at Go to the Presentation Resources section and click on “Chicago Forum 12” in the left navigation menu. 91% of our session materials are on your flash drive. Additional and updated presentations are available to be copied to your flash drive at the Info Desk.

Reminders... Don’t Forget Roundtable Discussions 3:45 – 4:30 pm  Discussion leaders guide and facilitate group discussion  Great opportunity to ask questions & share individual examples  Submit questions or specific discussion points prior to start of discussion via notecards

Reminders... Don’t Forget Networking Reception and Poster Session 3:45 – 4:30 pm, Grand Ballroom DE  Mingle/Network with colleagues  Learn about/discuss detailed examples of success!  Posters from 16 states highlighting what they have done and learned!

Reminders... Don’t Forget Food Provided Box lunches will only be outside of Grand Ballroom PM cookie break today – in front of Grand, Rosemont, International Ballrooms AM healthy break tomorrow – in front of Grand, Rosemont, International Ballrooms Feel free to use session rooms at lunch. Additional seating available in Grand F, G, H, and outside the Grand Ballroom

Reminders... Don’t Forget Early Start Tomorrow 7:30 am Continental Breakfast 8 am Plenary Evaluations Overall Forum Evaluation to be completed online –Link will be ed after the forum Individual Evaluations to be completed at end of session

Mark Your Calendars Now! Next Year’s Forum: October 10-11, 2013 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center (next door)

ISF Monograph Advancing Education Effectiveness: Interconnecting School Mental Health & School-wide Positive Behavior Support OSEP TA Center of PBIS, Center for School Mental Health, and IDEA Partnership National-level experts in the areas of SMH and PBIS, state and district leaders, and local implementers A summary and framework for interconnection, examples of success, a research, policy, and technical assistance agenda for the future Coming June 2013