School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Integrated Systems for All Students October 30-31, 2008 Hyatt Regency O’Hare Rosemont, Illinois 2008 National Forum for Implementers of School-wide PBS sponsored by the OSEP Center on PBIS with support from the Illinois PBIS Network

Welcome School-wide PBS Implementers!

This Year’s Forum… 930 Participants coming from: 43 States 4 Countries (Australia, Canada, Norway, United States)

SWPBS Implementers Forum History

Overview 3 Different Strands  School-wide PBS Basic  Specific Skill Fluency  Systems Implementation

Don’t Forget… Handouts from our presentations are on the web at On the left side of the home page, look for the link just under this graphic:

Don’t Forget… Q&A Session with Presenters 3:45 – 4:30 pm, Grand Ballroom Breakouts  Presenters grouped in rooms by topic  Great opportunity to ask questions & engage in situation-specific discussions  Feel free to move about the rooms and talk to all of our presenters

Don’t Forget… Networking Reception with Poster Presentations 3:45 – 4:30 pm, Grand Ballroom Foyer  Mingle/Network with colleagues from the forum and the RtI Summit across the street  Learn about/discuss detailed examples of success!  Posters from 10 states highlighting what they have done and learned!

Don’t Forget… Food Provided Box lunches will only be outside of Grand Ballroom PM cookie break today – on both levels AM healthy break tomorrow – on both levels Early Start Tomorrow 7:30 am Continental Breakfast 8 am Plenary

Introducing… Please give a warm welcome to Scott Alfes!

By Scott Alfes October 2008

 I am Scott, an 8th grader  I’ve been to schools that use PBS and schools that don’t  I have Bipolar Disorder and Tourette’s syndrome  I am 13 years old  I love to cook, and I love animals

 To inspire you to use PBS  To tell you how great it was for me  So other kids don’t have to suffer  So I can be “famous”

 Up to 5 th grade, I went to schools that didn’t use PBS  For 6 th grade, I went to a great PBS school

 Easily depressed  Easily frustrated by schoolwork  Needed extra affection  Easily annoyed by other kids  Easily upset during games and competitive activities  Funny (not always in a good way)

 Teachers thought I was a brat  People thought I was “doing it on purpose”  I didn’t deserve to be in the school  I got kicked out of class for things I didn’t mean to do  I was a nincompoop

 A new me  Teachers understood me better  I was happier [I was never blue when I was with Mr. Green]  I was learning  I made friends  I bonded with the teachers  I wanted to try harder

Before  Grades: C’s, D’s, & F’s (Z’s if they had them  I felt … After  Grades: “A” Honor Roll  I felt …

Before  Reading: 4 th grade level in 5 th grade  I felt … After  Reading: almost 8 th grade level in 6 th grade (3 grade levels!)  I felt …

Before  Trouble communicating with teachers  I felt … After  Very easy communicating with teachers (Dodgeball story)  I felt …

Before  Behaviors: 2 suspensions & sent to the office 5 times/week  I felt … After  Phone calls home (Dodgeball Story Part 2)  I felt …

 Before I started at my new school, we had a meeting.  At the meeting… I did the talking I made a plan with the team I met other kids I agreed to go to school the next day

 Mr. Green and his Red Hand (Being blue never happened)  Even if I did something wrong, I felt the adults were trying to help, not get me into trouble  I felt supported everywhere so I had a better mood  A better mood meant …

Group Fall Activity Without PBS I felt like I would just fall with nobody standing there or maybe just 1 person to catch me With PBS it feels like there are 5 or 6 people there to catch you

FORUM PURPOSE Opportunity for implementers of SWPBS to exchange data, practices, & systems that can increase academic & social behavior outcomes for ALL students. My job to give an organizer to maximize your experience.

Forum Capacity Building Student Classroom School State District

Forum Phases o’ Learning Acquisition – New skill w/ accuracy Fluency – Accuracy w/ consistency Maintenance – Sustained accurate use Generalization – Accurate use in new situations Adaptation – Modified accurate use in changed situations

Status Report Doing PBIS I & II ( ) Center >7500 schools 40 States Demonstration & Sustainability Three-tiered Prevention Logic Technical Assistance Positive Host Environments for All Evaluation & Training Continuing PBIS III ( ) 100,000 public schools Regional Coordination Continuous Regeneration & Scaling Responsiveness to Intervention Capacity Building Enhanced Outcomes for Individuals Upgrades & Refinements

REVIEW OF BIG IDEAS

SYSTEMS PRACTICES DATA Supporting Staff Behavior Supporting Student Behavior OUTCOMES Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement Supporting Decision Making Integrated Elements

Primary Prevention: School-/Classroom- Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior Tertiary Prevention: Specialized Individualized Systems for Students with High-Risk Behavior ~80% of Students ~15% ~5% CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT ALL SOME FEW

Academic SystemsBehavioral Systems 1-5% 5-10% 80-90% Intensive, Individual Interventions Individual Students Assessment-based High Intensity Intensive, Individual Interventions Individual Students Assessment-based Intense, durable procedures Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response Universal Interventions All students Preventive, proactive Universal Interventions All settings, all students Preventive, proactive Designing School-Wide Systems for Student Success

Responsiveness to Intervention Academic + Social Behavior

IMPLEMENTATION W/ FIDELITY CONTINUUM OF EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS STUDENT PERFORMANCE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS MONITORING DATA-BASED DECISION MAKING & PROBLEM SOLVING UNIVERSAL SCREENING RtI Response to Intervention

Universal Targeted Intensive All Some Few RTI Continuum of Support for ALL Dec 7, 2007

~80% of Students ~15% ~5% ESTABLISHING A CONTINUUM of SWPBS SECONDARY PREVENTION Check in/out Targeted social skills instruction Peer-based supports Social skills club TERTIARY PREVENTION Function-based support Wraparound/PCP Specialized, individualized intervention Cognitive-behavioral supports PRIMARY PREVENTION Teach & encourage positive SW expectations Proactive SW discipline Effective instruction Parent engagement Audit 1.Identify existing practices by tier 2.Specify outcome for each effort 3.Evaluate implementation accuracy & outcome effectiveness 4.Eliminate/integrate based on outcomes 5.Establish decision rules (RtI) Practice Selection Evidence-based Measurable outcome aligned with need & student Rules for data-based decisions Integrated with related practices based on outcomes, need, student Implementation fidelity Continuous monitoring

IMPLEMENTATION PHASES Need, Agreements, Adoption, & Outcomes Local Demonstration w/ Fidelity Sustained Capacity, Elaboration, & Replication 4. Systems Adoption, Scaling, & Continuous Regeneration

Leadership Team Active Coordination Funding Visibility Political Support Training Coaching Evaluation Local School Teams/Demonstrations PBS Systems Implementation Logic

Valued Outcomes Continuous Self-Assessment Practice Implementation Effective Practices Relevance Priority Efficacy Fidelity CONTINUOUS REGNERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPLEMENTATION & DURABLE RESULTS

Leadership Team Action Planning Worksheets: Steps 1.Self-Assessment: Accomplishments & Priorities 2.Session Assignments & Notes: High Priorities 3.Action Planning: Enhancements & Improvements “Leadership Team Action Planning Worksheet” “Team Member Note-Taking Worksheet” “Leadership Team Action Planning Worksheet” TEAM PLANNING TIME Thursday: 9:40-9:55 & 1:30-2:00 Friday: 10:30-10:55

Action Planning: Suggestions Work as team Invest in self-assessment Use data continuously for decision making Be outcome oriented Contextualize for your community/culture Sustain w/ efficiency…make it easy Give priority to doable Establish local capacities….own it