Assessing a School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Program for Structured Improvement

[摘要] This study looked to assess a School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) program by using the Pennsylvania Department of education’s School Climate Survey and the PBIS Self-Assessment Survey.SWPBIS programs are a school-wide preventions strategy aimed at teaching and supporting behavioral expectations in order to decrease office discipline referrals and suspensions and increase academic learning. The program to be evaluated was implemented in an elementary school serving students in Kindergarten through the sixth grade and had been present for 8 years prior to the study.Using the surveys available online allowed for the assessment to look at parent and guardian perceptions as well as staff and student perceptions. The program was to be assessed in order to identify programmatic needs and structure the improvement. The surveys used showed marked progress in feelings of safety in and around the school as well as an overall sense of caring and support for students.These themes were shared across student, family, and staff surveys. In addition, the PBIS Self-Assessment reflected a program with some basic structures in place, and others still needed.Of note is the need for the school to delineate between office managed and classroom managed behavior, and create a sliding scale of consequences for problem behavior. These improvements have been shared with the school committee who continues to work on implementation fidelity.

[发布机构] the University of Pittsburgh