“Sustaining & Expanding Effective Practices: Lessons Learned from Implementation of School-wide
Positive Behavior Supports”
Susan Barrett Cyndi Boezio,
Rob Horner, George SugaiShepperd-Pratt Health Systems MD, Colorado Department of Education, University of Oregon,
University of Connecticut
www.PBIS.org
Problem Statement
“We give schools strategies & systems for developing more positive, effective, & caring school & classroom climates, but implementation is not accurate, consistent, or durable. Schools & teams need more than training.”
Purpose
Describe what OSEP Center on PBIS has learned about establishing, sustaining, & expanding implementation of SWPBS practices & systems in schools, districts, & states.
Agenda2:15 Overview, Definitions, Guiding Principles,
Implementation Blueprint, Sustainability & Expansion (George)
2:30 Lessons Learned from CO Implementation (Cyndi)
History, Features, Data, Lessons Learned
2:50 Lessons Learned from MD Implementation (Susan)
3:10 Research, National Data, Conclusions (Rob)
3:30 Questions/Comments
Our Real Question
What’s it gonna take to promote large scale accurate & durable implementation of evidence based practices in >100,000 schools?
• Maintain effects
• Sustain implementation
Worry“Train & Hope”
REACT toProblemBehavior
REACT toProblemBehavior
Select &ADD
Practice
Select &ADD
Practice
Hire EXPERTto TrainPractice
Hire EXPERTto TrainPractice
WAIT forNew
Problem
WAIT forNew
Problem
Expect, But HOPE for
Implementation
Expect, But HOPE for
Implementation
Challenge
• “Train-n-hope” approaches to PD
• 1 school at a time
• Going it alone
• Adding w/o integrating/facilitating
SYST
EMS
PRACTICES
DATASupportingStaff Behavior
SupportingStudent Behavior
OUTCOMES
Supporting Social Competence &Academic Achievement
SupportingDecisionMaking
4 PBS 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
IndividualizedSystems for Students
with High-Risk Behavior
~80% of Students
~15%
~5%
CONTINUUM OFSCHOOL-WIDE
INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
SUPPORT
Leadership Team
Active Coordination
Funding Visibility PoliticalSupport
Training Coaching Evaluation
Local School Teams/Demonstrations
PBS Systems Implementation Logic
Leadership TeamActive Coordination
FUNCTIONS
• Implementation support
• Data-based action plan
• Coordination
• Capacity building
• Policy & funding
• Communications
• Training capacity
• Exemplars
• Evaluation
MEMBERS
• Coordinator
• State representation
• Behavioral capacity
• Agency
• Parent/family
• Leadership
• Etc
Training Coaching Evaluation
Training Coaching Evaluation• Continuous
• Embedded
• Team-coordinated
• Data-based
• Local expertise
• Action plan linked
• Etc….
• Continuous
• Local support
• Data-based
• Preventive
• Positive
• Competent
• Etc….
• Continuous
• Question-based
• Academic & social
• Efficient
• Team-coordinated
• Public
• Etc….
Tools (pbis.org)
• EBS Self-assessment
• TIC: Team Implementation Checklist
• SSS: Safe Schools Survey
• SET: Systems School-wide Evaluation Tool
• BoQ: Benchmarks of Quality
• PBS Implementation & Planning Self-assessment
• ISSET: Individual Student Systems Evaluation Tool (pilot)
• SWIS: School-Wide Information System (swis.org)
Funding VisibilityPoliticalSupport
• General fund
• 3 years of support
• Integrated
• Data-based
• Etc….
• Demos & research
• Multiple formats
• Multiple audiences
• Acknow. others
• Etc….
• Continuous
• Top 3 priorities
• Quarterly/annually
• Policy
• Participation
• Etc….
Local School Teams/Demonstrations
• Fidelity implementation
• >80% of staff
• >80% of students
• Administrator leadership
• Team-based
• Data driven
• Contextually relevant
• Teaching focused
• Integrated initiatives
• Etc…..
ValuedOutcomes
Practice Implementation
Identifying& Modifying
Practices
Efficiency
Efficacy & Effectiveness
Priority
Continuous Regeneration
Continuous
Measurement
Data-BasedProb.
Solving
Capacity
Building
Look for….• Role of self-assessment
• Investments in capacity building
Coaching, training, evaluation, exemplars, political support, funding, visibility
• Emphasis on fidelity of implementation
• Understanding of research & practice
• Use of data/team-based decision making
• Formal planning for sustainability
• Appreciation for controlled expansion
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