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| 2019 Featured Poster Presentations
Poster presentations provide a fun and informal opportunity to learn what other implementers have done and learned implementing PBIS and to generate discussion about how PBIS is actually working. This year’s poster presentations address a variety of topics along the School-wide PBIS continuum including classroom application, aligning systems, tier II and tier II Interventions, school climate, collaborative partnerships, restorative practices, early childhood, alternative settings and more!
- Featured posters are in a 36” X 48” tabletop display format and some will have handouts for you to take with you.
Poster 1
Activate the
Art & Science of Positive Behavior Support in Your Home & Inspire a
Higher Quality of Life for All
Kimberli
Breen, Affecting Behavior Change (Chicago, IL)
This poster will depict Positive Behavior Support
in action. Youth photos and implementation tool visuals, equally helpful for
school, community, and home-based applications, are practical and inspiring.
The goal is to empower PBS implementers to use what they know at home with
their own, and other, families.
Topic/Category: Students with Disabilities, Family/Community
Engagement, Social Skills
Poster 2
Closing the
Gaps: District-wide Interventions to Improve Equity Among our Most Vulnerable
Youth
Sara McDaniel
& Shanice Carter, Alabama Positive Behavior Support (Tuscaloosa, AL)
This poster will describe a three-part
implementation approach to improve equity and reduce disproportionality among
discipline data.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Equity, Tier II/Tier III
Poster 3
Supporting
Arkansas PBIS Coaches Through Virtual Networking Sessions
Tamara
Williams & Anne Merten, Arkansas State University (State University, AR)
This poster will describe a virtual network
established for PBIS Coaches in Arkansas, with specific focus on increasing
collaboration and support among coaches while increasing fidelity to PBIS
across Arkansas. Coaches networking sessions provide tools, resources, and examples
of Tier I implementation Coaches can use with their district and school-based
PBIS Teams.
Topic/Category: Coaching Systems
Poster 4
CANCELLED
Poster 5
Connecting Positive
Behavioral Interventions & Supports & Restorative Practice to Reduce
& Eliminate Disproportionate Impact in PBIS Schools
Joan Ledvina
Parr, Baltimore County Public Schools (Towson, MD)
The Baltimore County Public Schools Office of
Psychological Services will share information on the implementation of
schoolwide PBIS and Restorative Practices and its goal to reduce and eliminate
disproportionality at the school, minority subgroup, and special education
subgroup levels. Specific schools and the support they receive will be
highlighted.
Topic/Category: District Planning/Training, Equity, Restorative
Practices
Poster 6
Re-energizing
Your High School PBIS
Brandon
Chapman & Megan Parks, Bendle High School (Burton, MI)
This poster will describe mid-year
rejuvenation strategies for faltering and forgotten PBIS at the High School level.
Topic/Category: High School Implementation
Poster 7
Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences Through Positive Behavior
Support
Danielle
Empson & Tim Knoster, Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg, PA)
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are
traumatic events that can have a life-long negative impact on growth and
development. This poster will provide information about ACEs & trauma and
how to facilitate a trauma-sensitive classroom through Positive Behavior
Support.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Mental Health, Blending
Academics/Behavior
Poster 8
Association
for Positive Behavior Support
Tim Knoster,
Association for Positive Behavior Support (Lewisburg, PA)
This poster will provide information about the
relationship and relevance of the Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS)
to support PBIS, how becoming a member can further support PBIS outreach, and
the process to become a member of APBS.
Topic/Category: Aligning Systems
Poster 9
RK-12 Rural
Schools Research Project: Studying School-wide PBIS Implementation in Rural
Settings
Nate Anderson
& Tate Castleton, Boise State University (Boise, ID)
RK-12 Rural Schools Research is meant to
further our understanding of School-wide PBIS implementation and outcomes, in
rural settings. This large-scale study is examining the effectiveness of the
Idaho Rural Implementation Model (I-RIM), an approach that promises to improve
the success of scaling of School-wide PBIS by focusing on the unique needs of
rural schools.
Topic/Category: Rural Implementation, Evaluation/Research, State Level
Planning/Training
Poster 10
Understanding
the Unique Safety-related Needs & Challenges of Rural Schools
Nate
Anderson, Tate Castleton, & Hannah Calvert, Boise State University (Boise,
ID)
This poster will present information about
perceived safety needs and challenges at rural schools. Data from 182
respondents at 40 rural schools were gathered during the baseline needs and
capacity assessment of a randomized controlled trial to test strategies to
accelerate the implementation of School-wide PBIS with fidelity.
Topic/Category: Rural Implementation, Evaluation/Research,
Foundations/Getting Started
Poster 11
The Idaho
Rural Implementation Model: An Approach to Scaling School-wide PBIS in Remote
Locations
Tate
Castleton & Nate Anderson, Boise State University (Boise, ID)
The Idaho Rural Implementation Model (I-RIM),
an approach that promises to improve the success of scaling of School-wide PBIS
by focusing on the unique needs of rural schools, is currently being
investigated in a large scale randomized controlled trial involving 40 schools.
Topic/Category: Rural Implementation, Evaluation/Research, State Level
Planning/Training
Poster 12
What School
Leaders Should Know About Supporting Novice Teachers' Classroom Management
Skills
Janet
VanLone, Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA)
This poster may be of interest to coaches,
administrators, teacher educators, and early career teachers who wish to
improve class-wide PBIS implementation and improve teacher retention rates. Recommendations
for using video analysis to support early career teachers will be shared.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Coaching Systems, Using Technology
Poster 13
Enhancing
Tier I PBIS to Promote Wellness for ALL Students
Tami Johnson
& Ericka Smith, Cajon Valley Union School District (El Cajon, CA)
This poster will show how World of Work, a curriculum created by a
district to supplement Tier 1 intervention efforts, is helping students achieve
their academic and social emotional goals. Now in its second year, the district
has seen improvements in relationships among teachers and students, family
engagement has increased, and student behavior concerns are on the
decrease.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Classroom Applications, Social
Skills
Poster 14
Promoting
Positive School Climate: A District Perspective
Gina M. Ryan
& Nicole Albee, Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools (Flint, MI)
The poster will showcase implemented
procedures and data collected at a district level over the last four years that
emphasizes positive school climate.
District and building teams focus on fidelity of implementation, student
outcomes, and review early warning indicators that include a universal screener
and perception survey for all stakeholders.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, District Planning/Training
Poster 15
Tier II
Supports & Effectiveness: An Examination of the Impact of Group Counseling
& Mentoring for At-risk Students at One Diverse Elementary School
Anna Tush,
Charles Barrett Elementary School (Alexandria, VA)
This poster will analyze the effectiveness of
group counseling and mentoring interventions across two years in a school that has
been implementing PBIS since 2007. Students identified as requiring Tier II or
Tier III supports received an adult mentor and/or group counseling supports,
and/or Tier III supports of Check-in Check-out and individual behavior plans. Descriptions
of the interventions will be outlined and data supporting the effectiveness will
be shared.
Topic/Category: Tier II/Tier III
Poster 16
An Evolution
of Tier I Coaching in an Urban School Setting
Brianna Olsen
& Rebecca DeVries, City School District of Albany (Albany, NY)
This poster will outline two different
approaches to measuring Tier I implementation within a small urban school
district. Data outcomes of each approach are highlighted, as well as consensus
regarding the need to intertwine behavior and academics to achieve a true
Multi-tiered Systems of Support model.
Topic/Category: Urban Implementation, Blending Academics/Behavior,
Coaching Systems
Poster 17
State
Implementation of PBIS: Scaling Up & Lessons Learned in Colorado
Lynne DeSousa
& Jason Harlacher, Colorado Department of Education (Denver, CO)
This poster will address the Colorado
Department of Education's efforts to scale-up PBIS using a "state to
district-coaches" model for both Tier I and Tier II. Fidelity data (Tiered
Fidelity Inventory), student referral data, lessons learned, and future
directions will be shared.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Tier II
Poster 18
CANCELLED
Poster 19
Multi-tiered Systems
of Classroom Management Support: A Pilot Installation of Tier I Professional
Development in Urban Schools
Brittany
Zakszeski & Lisa Thomas, Devereux Center for Effective Schools (King of
Prussia, PA)
In-service professional development (PD)
through multi-tiered systems of support may promote teachers’ implementation of
evidence-based classroom management practices.
This poster will describe evaluation of a Tier I PD package comprised of
aggregated performance feedback, direct training, goal-setting, and
self-monitoring to target general educators’ use of behavior-specific praise.
Topic/Category: Urban Implementation, Classroom Applications, Coaching
Systems
Poster 20
Using
Supportive Behavioral Supervision to Increase Staff’s Implementation of PBIS
Practices in an Alternative School
Lisa Thomas
& Taylor Wyatt, Devereux Center for Effective Schools (King of Prussia, PA)
This poster will provide an overview of
organizational behavior management strategies employed by school administrators
to enhance staff’s implementation fidelity of PBIS practices in an alternative
school. A supervision model that can be used to enhance the performance of
staff, and in turn, positively impact the students served will be shared.
Topic/Category: Alternative Settings, Classroom Applications, Coaching
Systems
Poster 21
Leveraging
Leadership
Katie
Andreasen, Excelsior Springs School District (Excelsior Springs, MO)
How can leaders leverage the strengths and
skills they possess to make this success occur in their PBS framework using
tasks that are already part of their job description? This poster will show how utilizing action
planning, professional development, teacher evaluation and growth, and
addressing office discipline referrals supports PBS success.
Topic/Category: Classroom Applications, Foundations/Getting Started,
Leadership
Poster 22
Interconnected
School Framework & PBIS
Nicolette
Cheff & Amy O'Hare, Genesee Intermediate School District (Flint, MI)
Genesee Intermediate School District in Flint,
Michigan works to be a leader in PBIS practices across the 21 local school
districts and 13 public school academies.
This poster will provide data showing a direct correlation between PBIS
with trauma-informed, restorative practices, and community agencies for higher
student outcomes.
Topic/Category: Mental Health, Data Systems, Tier II/Tier III
Poster 23
Godwin
Heights PRIDE
Michael Porco
& Katie Hoffman, Godwin Heights High School (Wyoming, MI)
The poster will provide an overview of an
urban high school’s work to integrate MTSS and PBIS. Roll out of behavior
expectations and lessons to all staff and students during the first week of
school and information on various initiatives that go along with those lessons
will be shared. Data for attendance, behavior, and course proficiency
supporting the use of PBIS and MTSS will be provided.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Urban Implementation, High School
Implementation
Poster 24
Leading by
Example: An Educational Program Within Juvenile Detention
Lucy Jackson
& Colleen Rivera, Grant Wood Area Education Agency Detention School (Cedar
Rapids, IA)
How do you create a successful revolutionary
new PBIS program when you are an educational program within a correctional
facility? This poster will describe the
efforts of a small piece of one bureaucratic agency working within another
bureaucratic agency trying to build capacity and change mindsets successfully
throughout the correctional facility.
Topic/Category: Alternative Settings, Juvenile Justice
Poster 25
Tier II Tips
& Tools
Mirinda
Roberts & Julie Mahl, Helke Elementary (Vandalia, OH)
Helke Elementary is a 2016 Ohio PBIS Bronze
award winner and 2018 Ohio PBIS Silver award winner for implementation of Tier
II. This poster will share successes and challenges of how to effectively use
Tier II supports within PBIS.
Topic/Category: Blending Academics/Behavior, Classroom Applications,
Tier II
Poster 26
Aiming for
Equity by Empowering Student Voice Through a Turnaround School Improvement
Model
Elizabeth
Cardenas, Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, FL)
This poster will describe how Hillsborough
County Public School is implementing an ambitious school improvement model
aimed at designing equitable practices for school discipline and empowering
student voice. Specific PBIS practices and Student Listening Circles (SLC) will
be highlighted.
Topic/Category: Cultural Relevancy, District Planning/Training, Equity
Poster 27
PBIS on the
Bus: How to Create Rolling PBIS classrooms
Joe Roselle,
Laveen School District (Laveen, AZ)
This poster will include PBIS expectations,
behavior flow chart, ODR data, overview of training, current accomplishments
and next steps.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, PBIS on the Bus
Poster 28
A Cross
Disciplinary Online Certificate in School Discipline Reform
Miranda B.
Johnson, Jennifer Rose, & Pam Fenning, Loyola University (Chicago, IL)
This poster will describe a cross-disciplinary
eight credit graduate online certificate program in school discipline reform
developed by law and school psychology university faculty. The curriculum
focused on conducting a needs assessment, developing skills in restorative
practices and action planning will be highlighted. Lessons learned and initial
outcomes will be shared.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, Technical Assistance, Restorative
Practices
Poster 29
CANCELLED
Poster 30
The Power of
Mentoring
Deborah
Bertram & JoeDee Hettermann, McHenry School District #15 (McHenry, IL)
"Students who feel connected to the
school and an adult within the school are more likely to attend school
regularly, stay in school, and graduate." (CDC, 2009) This poster will
describe a Check-in Check-out mentoring system where students with behavioral
or emotional needs are linked with a staff mentor that provides positive
advocacy to students. Data will be
shared which reflect that within 12 weeks at least 90% of students on the
mentoring system have met their behavioral or academic goals at 80% accuracy or
more.
Topic/Category: Blending Academics/Behavior, Data Systems, Tier II
Poster 31
Empowering
Teachers to be Problem Solvers to Support All Learners: Behavior Interventions
in the Classroom
Stephanie
Dyer & Melissa Nantais, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning
Support Initiative (Saint Johns, MI)
This poster will focus on a professional
learning structure to build foundational knowledge of behavior science and
applying that knowledge to the selection of intervention strategies for low
intensity, high frequency behaviors in the classroom.
Topic/Category: Classroom Applications, District Planning/Training
Poster 32
Building an
Efficient, Effective, & Equitable Intervention System
Stephanie
Dyer & Melissa Nantais, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning
Support Initiative (Saint Johns, MI)
Lessons learned from implementation point to an
overemphasis on intervention selection and an under emphasis on intervention
systems which contribute to the potential abandonment of interventions that are
not well used (VanDerHeyden & Tilly, 2010). This poster will focus on
intentional efforts to build an efficient, effective, and equitable
intervention system.
Topic/Category: Blending Academics/Behavior, Data Systems, Tier
II/Tier III
Poster 33
Building
State Infrastructure to Support Training Capacity
Stephanie
Dyer & Melissa Nantais, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning
Support Initiative (Saint Johns, MI)
This poster will highlight the intentional
development of a network of state trainers to support all Michigan students.
The focus will be on the application of implementation science and adult
learning strategies to support the development of local training capacity for
School-wide PBIS across the State of Michigan.
Topic/Category: Technical Assistance, State Level Planning/Training
Poster 34
Data,
Systems, & Practices, Oh MI!
Allison Olivo
& Melissa Nantais, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning Support
Initiative (Flint, MI)
Having access to and using fidelity and
outcome data are critical components of sustained implementation of School-wide
PBIS. This poster will highlight the data, systems, and practices utilized to
support building local capacity for behavior data coordination across the State
of Michigan.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, District Planning/Training, State Level
Planning/Training
Poster 35
Sustaining
PBIS: Resources for District Coordinators
Allison Olivo
& Valerie Vandlen, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning Support
Initiative (Flint, MI)
This poster will highlight the process being
implemented within Michigan’s School Climate Transformation Grant (SCTG) to
assist local leadership in maintaining their district infrastructure to support
School-wide PBIS beyond the three-year training scope and sequence provided.
Sample resources and guiding documents for PBIS Coordinators will be shared.
Topic/Category: Coaching Systems, District Planning/Training, State
Level Planning/Training
Poster 36
Adapting a
District Coaching System: Contextual Considerations
Valerie
Vandlen & Allison Olivo, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning
Support Initiative (Dewitt, MI)
This poster will highlight district Coaching
Systems that support the sustained use of School-wide PBIS and the variables
that may need to be altered for contextual fit. Examples of Coaching Systems
from different districts will be shared to demonstrate how they are adapted
based on district size, resources, and personnel.
Topic/Category: Coaching Systems, District Planning/Training, State
Level Planning/Training
Poster 37
Increasing
Impact by Aligning Practices & Programs Within a PBIS Framework
Matthew Hoge
& Mark Fynewever, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning Support
Initiative (Holland, MI)
This poster will outline how schools
implementing PBIS can align associative programs and practices to increase
their impact on student outcomes. The focus of this poster will be on the
process for program/practice selection, the procedure for alignment within a
PBIS Framework, and examples of how this practice has been conducted.
Topic/Category: Aligning Systems
Poster 38
Scaffolding
Supports for School-level Problem Solving
Dave Gough
& Sarah Weaver, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning Support
Initiative (Portage, MI)
Developing routines frees up cognitive energy
to focus on what is critical. Within Michigan's
Integrated Behavior & Learning Support Initiative’s integrated Model
and Michigan’s School Climate Transformation Grant, routines for the review and
use of data based on a four-step problem-solving process have been developed.
This poster highlights the data review routine and scaffolds to support teams.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, Evaluation/Research, Data-Based Decision
Making
Poster 39
The Michigan
Model Pilot for Reducing Disproportionality in Discipline
Ruth
Payno-Simmons & Beth Hill, Michigan's Integrated Behavior & Learning
Support Initiative (Holland, MI)
This poster provides an overview of the
five-year journey Michigan’s Integrated Behavior & Learning Supports
Initiative has engaged in through collaborating with the Michigan Department of
Education and National PBIS TA Center. The pilot’s purpose is to develop an
implementation model seeking to increase equitable practices and reduce
discipline disproportionality related to race and ethnicity.
Topic/Category: Cultural Relevancy, Equity
Poster 40
Decreasing
Exceptional Student Education Disproportionality Using Applied Behavioral
Strategies Within Inclusive Classrooms
Maryanne
Nickel & Amy Donaldson, Monroe County School District (Key West, FL)
This poster will describe how the use of applied
behavioral strategies, data collection methods, and technical assistance within
inclusive classrooms decreased office discipline referrals (ODRs) and
disproportionality for students with disabilities. Training methods focusing on
how to implement highlighted strategies and technical assistance to support teacher
efforts will be shared.
Topic/Category: Classroom Applications, Technical Assistance, Equity
Poster 41
Impacting
Student Engagement: Classroom Level Coaching Delivers Results
Jennifer
Nelson & Amy Henry, Muskegon Area Intermediate School District (Muskegon,
MI)
Coaching services were a primary focus of the Muskegon
Area Intermediate School District School Climate Transformation Grant. This poster will provide data demonstrating
improvements gained using coaching activities in areas of student engagement,
increasing positive interactions, and regaining instructional time.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Classroom Applications, Coaching
Systems
Poster 42
Integrating
Initiatives: District-wide Plan of Implementation for PBIS & Social
Emotional Learning Through Standards-based Grading
Phyllis
Vermilyea & Laurie Maughan, Nampa School District #131 (Nampa, ID)
This poster will show how collaboration with
the District Curriculum and Instruction Team, Assistant Superintendent,
Executive Directors of Elementary and Secondary Education and Special Education
helped to create an implementation guide for PBIS, a ten-year timeline and
website with training modules, based on CASEL Competencies and Guskey,
O’Connor, Reeves and Dueck research on standards-based grading.
Topic/Category: Blending Academics/Behavior, District
Planning/Training, Foundations/Getting Started
Poster 43
Nevada's
School Climate Transformation Project
Kaci
Fleetwood & Jodie Soracco, Nevada PBIS Technical Assistance Center (Reno,
NV)
This poster will summarize five years of work
in Nevada on behalf of the School Climate Transformation Project. State level
outcomes will be shared in terms of policy and infrastructure milestones,
implementation reach, fidelity, and student behavior.
Topic/Category: Rural Implementation, Urban Implementation, State
Level Planning/Training
Poster 44
Creating a
Positive School Climate by Promoting Social, Emotional, & Academic
Development Through a Multi-tiered System of Support Framework
Jodie Soracco
& Michelle Trujillo, Nevada PBIS Technical Assistance Center (Reno, NV)
Momentum is growing across the nation to
articulate social and emotional learning (SEL) competencies. Fidelity is key
and can be improved by the integration with an multi-tiered system of support (MTSS)
framework. This poster will provide a crosswalk of social, emotional, and
academic development/SEL competencies within the core elements of MTSS,
including examples for implementation and integration.
Topic/Category: Aligning Systems
Poster 45
Making Tier I
& Tier II Work in High School
Amanda Morton
& Donna Lobato, New Dawn Charter High School (Brooklyn, NY)
This poster will illustrate how to use
school-wide systems to acknowledge prosocial behaviors, increase motivation, and
develop and strengthen positive relationships with peers and adults at the High
School level, including impact on academic performance and test scores.
Topic/Category: Blending Academics/Behavior, Equity, High School
Implementation
Poster 46
Restorative
Practices Using an Multi-tiered Systems of Support Model at the Middle School
Laurie
Palmisano & Sandra Ordan, Newark Central School District (Newark, NY)
This poster will describe a middle school's
experience in embedding Restorative Practices within a multi-tiered systems of
support (MTSS) model. Data showing a significant reduction in ODRs and in and
out of school suspensions will be shared.
Topic/Category: Aligning Systems, Restorative Practices
Poster 47
Mountie Proud
Tier II - Check-In Check-Out
Shelby Ambs
& Karen Dextrom, Northwest Community Schools (Jackson, MI)
This poster will demonstrate how Tier II can
be implemented with fidelity within an early elementary (Young Fives through
2nd Grade) school building of approximately 850 students. Tier II criteria,
tracking methods, meeting agendas, student reports and staff communication
methods for sharing student progress will be shared.
Topic/Category: Early Childhood, Tier II
Poster 48
PBIS on the
Bus - Addressing the "Whole Child"
Nicole Tokar
& Cari Bushinski, Northwest Community Schools (Jackson, MI)
This poster will highlight implementing PBIS
on the bus with a contracted transportation company. It will provide a timeline
and systematic ways that collaboration occurred as well as lessons learned from
the installation and implementation process. The poster will depict how
district-wide bus expectations decreased bus suspensions.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Aligning Systems,
Foundations/Getting Started
Poster 49
Families
& Schools Working Together: Family Engagement Rubrics - A Planning Tool for
PBIS Teams
Emily Jordan,
Ohio PBIS Network (Columbus, OH)
This poster will share the Ohio PBIS Network’s
Family Engagement Rubrics and Guides for PBIS teams who are ready to partner
with families. These rubrics and guides were created to provide PBIS teams with
information and a consistent way to measure family engagement within their PBIS
framework. PBIS teams can use the rubrics on a regular schedule to track
progress and to focus planning for the next stage of family engagement.
Topic/Category: Family/Community Engagement
Poster 50
Integrating
Behavioral & Social Emotional Learning Assessment to Identify Bullying
Behavior & Guide Prosocial Interventions
J. Lynsey Psimas
& Chris Huzinec, Pearson Assessments (San Antonio, TX)
This poster will offer a comprehensive, evidence-based solution to
assess and intervene upon Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills. Ways to use
the Social Skills Improvement System
(SSIS) SEL to improve SEL in students who engage in bullying behaviors will be
highlighted and proactive prevention, intervention, and strategies for
bystanders will be emphasized.
Topic/Category: Bully Prevention, Tier II/Tier III, Social Skills
Poster 51
Crisis
Management: We Can Do Better
Felicity
Post, Peru State College (Peru, NE) & Reesha Adamson, Missouri State
University (Springfield, MO)
This poster will highlight information
regarding the use of seclusion and restraint as a form of crisis management in
schools. Information on educator perception regarding the crisis cycle and
de-escalation strategies will be shared as well as considerations in teacher
training.
Topic/Category: Seclusion/Restraint, Crisis Management
Poster 52
Targeting Economically
Disadvantaged Test Scores through Interconnected Systems Framework's Tiers of
Intervention
Andrew Tevlin
& Gary Harmon, Pinewood Middle School (Grand Rapids, MI)
This poster will describe how implementing
PBIS helped a sixth-grade classroom show a 15% increase in math scores in the
subgroup of economically disadvantaged students and an 18% increase in English
and language arts over two years. Implementation focused on the integration of a
multi-tiered system of support and community mental health to create an
Interconnected Systems Framework with deliberate integration of SEL skills into
Tier I. Quantitative data illustrating
increase in state assessment scores from 2015 to 2018 will be shared.
Topic/Category: Mental Health, Aligning Systems, Blending
Academics/Behavior
Poster 53
Data &
Culture Changes Everything: CLASS Academy
Jeremy Angus
& Joy Metzler, The Prevention Network (Baden, PA)
This poster will describe CLASS Academy’s
unique ability to specialize in a PBIS implementation system that meets the
individual needs of students in Tier II and Tier III levels. A 10:1 student to
teacher ratio has allowed the school team to gain a deep understanding of the
level of support and type of incentives which students from diverse backgrounds
respond to. With a near 90% attendance rate, CLASS Academy utilizes data
through the SWIS Data System to customize and tailor each student’s school experience
and become a driving force behind their success.
Topic/Category: Alternative Settings, Data Systems, Tier II/Tier III
Poster 54
It Works in
Alternative High Schools. Promise.
Jeremy Angus
& Joy Metzler, The Prevention Network, (Baden, PA)
CLASS Academy, an alternative education school
located in Pittsburgh, PA, works with students in grades 7-12 and is the only
private alternative education facility in the state to obtain fidelity in all
three tiers of School-wide PBIS. This poster will describe an approach to
integrating mental health support to students through increased and creative
programs. Successes as well the challenges to program development will be
shared.
Topic/Category: Mental Health, Alternative Settings, High School
Implementation
Poster 55
Strengthening
Tier I in School & On the Bus: Whiz Kids are Class Acts
Christopher
Miller, Tracie Upton, & Shelley Camp, R. Bruce Wagner Elementary (Lakeland,
FL)
This poster will describe core features of R.
Bruce Wagner Elementary School’s Tier I system, including their Move the Bus
Program and Whiz Kid Pledge. Instructional approaches and
strategic use of reinforcement will be described including data indicating
60-70% reductions in discipline referrals.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Aligning Systems, Coaching Systems
Poster 56
Teachers
Implementing Systems to Support Effective Classroom Practice – Effects on
Teacher Practice & Student Behaviour
Sharonne
Telfer & Jennifer Payne, Rypple Ltd (Donnybrook, Western Australia)
This poster will show the effects of
implementing Systems to Support Effective Classroom Practice on teacher use of
practices and student behaviour errors and engagement with learning. Teaching Teachers to be Effective Classroom
Practice Coaches and implement multi-component professional learning for their
colleagues, and using data collection (observation) and structured data-based
decision making will be shared.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Classroom Applications, Data Systems
Poster 57
An
Investigation of PBIS & District Level Implementation
Jane Crawford
& Ryan Bergeson, Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO)
This poster will describe key findings gleaned
from a confidential survey of Missouri Superintendents and designees on PBIS
implementation. Recommendations for the future will be shared, including more
equitable and sustainable Tier II and Tier III interventions to be implemented
across school districts in order to better support all students.
Topic/Category: District Planning/Training, Tier II/Tier III, Tier II
Poster 58
The Journey
to PRIDE at Saluda River Academy of the Arts
James LeBlanc
& Susan Shope Thomas, Saluda River Academy of the Arts (West Columbia, SC)
This poster will showcase the journey of
Saluda River Academy of the Arts from the exploration and readiness stage of
implementation to the initial implementation stage. It will feature data and
pictures. The school administrators and team members will share the
implementation journey.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I
Poster 59
A
Meta-analysis to Examine Using Functional Behavioral Assessment to Decrease
Problem Behavior in Students with Emotional Behavior Disorders
Emily
Woofenden, Halley Eacker, Kevin Quinn, & Mariola Moeyaert, State University
of New York at Albany (Albany, NY)
A systematic literature review was conducted
of studies on function-based approaches to assessment and intervention for
students with EBD in schools. This poster will summarize search procedures,
study characteristics, and results from a hierarchical linear model that
evaluated effectiveness across studies. Implications for research and practice
are included.
Topic/Category: Students with Disabilities, FBA/BIP, Tier II/Tier III
Poster 60
Classroom
Management Practices in Title I Schools
Megan P. Fedewa
& Sara McDaniel, University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa, AL)
This poster will provide a cross-sectional
analysis of observational data of classroom management and student engagement
in a Title I elementary school with School-wide PBIS in place, with specific
focus on investigating the relationship between School-wide PBIS and actual
implementation of classroom management. Results will be presented across
participant, across time, for each observation subscale.
Topic/Category: Urban Implementation, Blending Academics/Behavior,
Classroom Applications
Poster 61
Using
Technology-based Self-monitoring Interventions to Reduce Off-task Behaviors: A
Systematic Review
Xin Xu,
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
This poster will summarize a systematic review
of empirical articles examining off-task interventions to identify a timeline
and a list of technology-based self-monitoring, similarities and differences
across different technologies, and howtechnologies affect students’ development
in academic and behavioral domains.
Topic/Category: Classroom Applications, Tier II/Tier III, Using
Technology
Poster 62
CANCELLED
Poster 63
Effective
Practice to Prevent Outplacement of Students to Alternative School Settings
Sang Gyu
Byun, University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
This poster will present the findings of a systematic
literature review conducted to identify and evaluate school practices to
prevent the outplacement of students to alternative school settings. Results indicate
social behavior and academic supports that find the target population early and
use data-based decision making process would be effective to reduce
outplacement rates.
Topic/Category: Alternative Settings, Juvenile Justice, Tier II/Tier
III
Poster 64
A Systematic
Review of High School PBIS Tier I Implementation
Sara
Estrapala, Ashley Rila, Allison Bruhn, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
This poster will present a review of high
school Tier I implementation literature, with specific focus on adaptations/
modifications to typical Tier I plans to suit the unique contextual variables
of high schools, reported behavioral and academic student outcomes, and
recommendations for future research and practice.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, High School Implementation
Poster 65
One Year
Later: Using Data to Track the Impact of PBIS in One High School
Sara
Estrapala, Ashley Rila, & Allison Bruhn, Liberty High School, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Using data from multiple sources, a high
school PBIS team assessed the impact of the Tier I system after one year. This
poster will describe the Tier I PBIS system and report results from the student
survey, self-assessment survey, Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI), and
student-level data pre-post Tier I implementation.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Data Systems, High School
Implementation
Poster 66
Installing
Systematic Screening District-wide: Structures for Success
Mark Matthew
Buckman, Kathleen Lynne Lane, & Rebecca Sherod, University of Kansas
(Lawrence, KS); Katie Scarlett Lane, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN); Wendy Peia Oakes, Arizona State University
This poster will focus on how school districts
can identify reliable and valid systematic screeners, establish procedures to
facilitate screening across multiple schools, and support systematic structures
to empower educators to employ screening data to connect students to support.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, Universal Screening
Poster 67
Including the
Excluded: Strategies for High Impact Educational Engagement of Vulnerable Youth
Shiralee
Poed, Nathaniel Swain, & Imogen Cowan, University of Melbourne (Carlton,
Victoria, Australia)
Children entering a youth justice facility
often present with a history of school disengagement. Teachers supporting these
vulnerable youth while in custody are tasked with reigniting connectedness to
school. This poster explores ten evidence-based Tier I High-Impact Engagement
Strategies to increase student engagement and promote positive behavioral
change.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Alternative Settings, Juvenile
Justice
Poster 68
Use of the
Check-in Check-out Intervention for Students with Internalizing Behavioral
Challenges
Kelsey R.
Morris & Lisa Powers, University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)
This poster will describe a study to
investigate the impact of the standard Check-in, Check-out intervention on
students identified with internalizing behavior concerns. Data for this study
were collected using screening scores, teacher ratings of internalizing
behaviors (e.g., BASC), and intervention data (e.g., daily progress reports).
Topic/Category: Evaluation/Research, Tier II
Poster 69
An Exploratory
Study of Check-in Check-out Implementation in Secondary Schools
Angus
Kittelman & Katie Conley, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
This poster will present a study to examine Check-in
Check-out implementation in secondary (middle and high) schools. School-level
data related to school capacity and student engagement in Check-in Check-out
will be shared.
Topic/Category: Aligning Systems, Data Systems, Tier II
Poster 70
The Role of Implementation
Fidelity Measures in PBIS
Katie Conley,
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
The focus on data-driven decisions in PBIS is
well-documented, but standards for balancing fidelity and outcome data are
still emerging. This poster will explore the rationale for incorporating both
fidelity and outcome measures into progress monitoring routines and identify
considerations for selecting and using fidelity measures into decision
routines.
Topic/Category: Data Systems, District Planning/Training, Foundations/Getting
Started
Poster 71
Applying a
Restorative Lens to PBIS
Sherry
Schoenberg & Amy Wheeler-Sutton, University of Vermont (Burlington, VT)
The University of Vermont’s BEST Project
supports many Vermont schools in aligning Restorative Practices (RP) within the
PBIS framework. This poster will demonstrate the alignment of PBIS and RP in
training and practice, highlight preliminary data on change in practice due to
aligned training, and discuss implications for the future.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Aligning Systems, Restorative
Practices
Poster 72
PBIS
Foundations of Implementation in the U.S. Virgin Islands – Achievements,
Challenges, & Lessons Learned on the Road to Recovery
Darian
Torrice-Hairston, Virgin Islands Department of Education (St. Thomas, VI)
After two Category 5 hurricanes devastated the
U.S. Virgin Islands in 2017, the PBIS division has sought to rebuild programs
within the public schools through enhanced coaching systems and support.
Limited supplies and resources, coupled with technology issues, require
creative alternatives for implementation and data collection.
Topic/Category: Rural Implementation, Evaluation/Research,
Foundations/Getting Started
Poster 73
A Systemic
Approach to Implementing Innovations for Social & Emotional Learning Within
a Multi-tiered System of Support
Kristin
Hendricks & Elizabeth Paschal, Wake County Public School System (Cary, NC)
This poster will present a highly strategic, efficient, relevant, and
effective way to implement an integrated approach to Social & Emotional
Learning (SEL) using a multi-tiered system of support. It will also demonstrate how a District
Implementation Team worked side by side with selected school staff to braid initiatives
into classroom instruction and bridge research to practice.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Aligning Systems, District
Planning/Training
Poster 74
PAWS at the
Park: An Overview of the "Pawsitive" PBIS Practices at Whittemore
Park Middle School
Jessica
Reddout, Whittemore Park Middle School (Conway, SC)
This poster will provide an overview of
Whittemore Park Middle School’s first year of PBIS implementation. "Pawsitive" practices, the
multi-tiered system of supports, and a comparison of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 data
will be shared.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Foundations/Getting Started, Social
Skills
Poster 75
Professional
Development in PBIS through Flipped Learning
Rachel
Turney, William Woods (Fulton, MO)
Flipped learning for professional development
in PBIS can help teachers gain confidence in classroom management. This poster
will examine one study on the effects of flipped instruction on teacher
confidence, recommendations for extension of video instruction, and theory in
flipped instruction best practices.
Topic/Category: District Planning/Training, Foundations/Getting
Started, Using Technology
Poster 76
Occupational
Therapy-Physical Therapy Suggested Multi-tiered System of Support Tier I
Strategies for the Classroom
Tracey Dumphy
& Rick Bowmaster, Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools
(Williamsburg, VA)
This poster will provide a multi-tiered system
of supports Tier I overview of classroom strategies that support the work of
occupational and physical therapists in the universal classroom setting. Practical classroom strategies for teachers,
suggestions for handling sensory motor deficits, and the “Have You
tried...Suggestions” document will be shared.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Early Childhood, Social Skills
Poster 77
Building
Community as a Catalyst for Change
Martin Da
Costa, Vicky Karahalios, Nicole Gabryel, Kristen King, & Julie Lucash,
Winston Campus Junior High School (Palatine, IL)
This poster will describe a case example of
how a junior high in a diverse, suburban school district increased fidelity of
practices at the Tier I level by building school-wide community, empowering
teachers as leaders of change, increasing responsiveness to data, and engaging
in culturally/linguistically responsive professional development.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Family/Community Engagement,
Foundations/Getting Started
Poster 78
Talking So
People Will Listen: Strategies to Increase Buy-In for Tier I PBIS
Katrina
Emerich & Betsy Lazega, Florida Positive Behavioral Interventions &
Support Project (Tampa, FL)
This poster will share strategies to increase
motivation of school-based faculty/staff to use Tier I PBIS through techniques
derived from motivational interviewing and reframing. These strategies will
help to enhance relationships and collaborative planning with resistant
stakeholders.
Topic/Category: Universal/Tier I, Coaching Systems
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