Building Capacity and Improving OutcomesWashington State MTSS PBIS Leadership Forum

Rob Horner; National PBIS TA CenterGreg Benner; UWT

Tricia Hagerty; UWT & NWPBIS NetworkLori Lynass; NWPBIS Network

PBIS As A Federally Supported Framework

• National PBIS center now funded for 20 years.

• In NCLB and IDEA

• Vocally supported by Sec. Duncan and President Obama – Now Is The Time Report

• Most States Now Have Some State Level Support

• Some States With State Legislation and Policies

Washington Task Force on Behavioral Disabilities - 1997

• An estimated 9–13 % of youth aged 9–17 with emotional disturbances serious enough to impede their functioning in family, school, or community activities

• Not severe enough to be identified for special education services.

• These students often end up suspended, expelled and incarcerated.

• The Task Force recommended multi-tiered transdisciplinary “comprehensive system of care” with universal, targeted at-risk, and intensive level services.

PBIS Implementation History

• 1999 First 4 schools in Washington Implement PBIS through Univ. of WA

• Currently about 640 schools (23%) in Washington have been trained in PBIS.

• 89 (30%) Districts have at least 1 school implementing PBIS.

• Several Districts have district initiatives including Highline, North Thurston, Olympia, Richland, White River, Omak, Vancouver, Anacortes, Camas, Tacoma and Federal Way.

• PBIS is supported federally and is currently used in over 21,000 schools across the nation.

Big Changes Coming

• PBIS State Advisory Team Formed in 2012• HB 5946 – Discipline Task Force Set Up and a

Portion of LAP Funds Allocated for Behaviors• OSPI MTSS Team Formed 2013• Gov. Inslee and OSPI – School Climate and

Behavior Top Focus for 2014-15• School Climate Transformation and PAYS

Projects Grants Submitted for Funding

Tier 3/Tertiary Interventions 1-5%•Individual students•Assessment-based•High intensity

1-5% Tier 3/Tertiary Interventions• Individual students• Assessment-based• Intense, durable procedures

Tier 2/Secondary Interventions 5-15%•Some students (at-risk)•High efficiency•Rapid response•Small group interventions• Some individualizing

5-15% Tier 2/Secondary Interventions• Some students (at-risk)• High efficiency• Rapid response• Small group interventions• Some individualizing

Tier 1/Universal Interventions 80-90%•All students•Preventive, proactive

80-90% Tier 1/Universal Interventions• All settings, all students• Preventive, proactive

School-Wide Systems for Student Success:A Response to Intervention (RtI) Model

Academic Systems Behavioral Systems

Illinois PBIS Network, Revised May 15, 2008. Adapted from “What is school-wide PBS?” OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Accessed at http://pbis.org/schoolwide.htm

Targeted/Intensive

(FEW High-risk students)

Individual Interventions(3-5%)

Selected(SOME At-risk Students)

Small Group & Individual Strategies

(10-25% of students)

Universal(All Students)

School/classwide, Culturally Relevant Systems of Support (75-90% of students)

Tier 3 Menu of Individual Supports for a FEW:• FBA-based Behavior Intervention Plan & Replacement Behavior Training• Cognitive Behavior Therapy • Multisystemic wraparound supports

Tier 2 Menu of Default Supports for SOME:• Behavioral contracting• Self monitoring• School-home note• Mentor-based program• Positive peer reporting• Group social-emotional skills training

Tier I Menu of Supports for ALL:• Schoolwide PBIS• SEL curriculum• Good behavior game• Proactive classroom

management

IN AN IDEAL WORLD:Menu of a continuum of evidence-based supports

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Systems: To sustain the implementation

Data: For decision making

Practices: Evidenced-based and doable

SWPBIS IMPLEMENTATION DRIVERS

Increase In Schools Tracking Fidelity and Outcomes

Sample Data - Fidelity of PBIS in 28 Schools

The Impact of PBIS In WashingtonNational

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Is PBIS Making an Impact in Elementary Schools?

Is PBIS Making an Impact in Middle Schools?

Is PBIS Making an Impact in High Schools?

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Can We Make A Difference For All Kids?

Impacts In Highline School District, WA in Just One Year

Time Recovered

This Data Reported Yearly to the Highline School Board As Part of Their Visibility and Sustainability Efforts

Need for Better Data

• PBIS Assessments – Free to put any data in and see it by a singular school.– www.pbisapps.org

• PBIS Eval - $500 yearly and allows you to pull all data out by district and cohorts. Also allows you to aggregate Office Referral and Suspension/Expulsion data if you use the SWIS system.

So…….

• How to we get all districts these same results• How do we “scale-up”• How do we build a sustainable model

PBIS Events

• PBIS Summer and Fall Team Trainings at Several ESDs • Oct 19th – Fall PBIS Coaches Institute, Eugene, OR• Nov 3rd-4th – Fall PBIS Conference, Seattle• Nov 5th – PBIS Classroom Workshop Jessica Sprick, Seattle• Nov 5th-7th - SWIS Facilitator Training, Seattle• Nov 5th – ISIS-SWIS Facilitator Training, Seattle• Jan 30th – Winter PBIS Coaches Institute, Spokane