1. School-wide Positive Behavior Supportin Urban School Setting Jeong Hoon Choi( [email_address] ) Life Span Institute, Beach Center on Disability University of Kansas

2. A systematic approach to preventing or reducing challenging behaviors, and, eventually, to enhancing quality of life for individuals and support providers PBS is. Quality of Life Enhancement 3. School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) is a systems approach to establishing the social culture needed for schools to achieve social and academic gains while minimizing problem behavior forall students .School-wide Positive Behavior Support Data Practice Systems Outcomes 4. School-wide Positive Behavior Support Less reactive, aversive, and exclusionary More engaging, responsive, preventive, and productive 5. Typical Schools Inner-City Schools Students with 0-1 referrals Students with 2-5 referrals Students with 6-14 referrals SWPBS in KCK Kansas City, Kansas 76% 15% 9% Students with 15+ referrals 31% 28% 23% 18% 6. Whole-School Approaches to Positive Behavioral Support and Access to the General Curriculum: A Model Demonstration Project Related Grants TA Center on PBIS Kan-Ed SWPBS in KCK 7. Longitudinal Effects of School-Wide PBS on Academic Achievement and Student Behavior in Three Urban Elementary Schools Research #1 8. Purpose: To examine the effectiveness of SW PBS by comparing three elementary schools which had different implementation periods Schools School A- 3 years of SW PBS Implementation School B- 1 year of SW PBS Implementation School C- No SW PBS Implementation Outcomes Behavior Outcomes: ODRs, Suspensions, Tardies, AbsencesAcademic Outcomes: Reading and math standardized test scoresResearch #1Longitudinal Effects of School-Wide PBS on Academic Achievement and Student Behavior in Three Urban Elementary Schools 9. Research #1Longitudinal Effects of School-Wide PBS on Academic Achievement and Student Behavior in Three Urban Elementary Schools 10. Research #1Longitudinal Effects of School-Wide PBS on Academic Achievement and Student Behavior in Three Urban Elementary Schools SET Score Changes in School A and B 11. MANCOVA for Absences & Tardies Main effects: Years in PBS -F (16, 9917.331) = 10.702,p