PBIS

Report Release: A Health Impact Assessment of Exclusionary School Discipline, PBIS, and RJ Policies in Three California School Districts

CADRE invites you to the report release on a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) project on School Discipline. The event will be a presentation featuring the information found through our yearlong process of this HIA with partners from Oakland, CA and Salinas, CA. The presentation will include project collaborative partners, CADRE parents and staff as well as special guest speakers.

Date: 
Thu, 05/24/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
State Relevance (if applicable): 
California

A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Effectiveness Trial Assessing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support in Elementary Schools (2009)

We report a randomized, wait-list controlled trial assessing the effects of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). An effectiveness analysis was conducted with elementary schools in Hawaii and Illinois where training and technical assistance in SWPBS was provided by regular state personnel over a 3-year period.

Organization: 

Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions

Author: 

Robert H. Horner et al

Date: 
July 2009

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Plan For Pennsylvania (2008)

This report includes examples of schools in Pennsylvania implementing PBIS.

Organization: 

Education Law Center

Date: 
2008
State Relevance (if applicable): 
Pennsylvania

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports

School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SW-PBS) is a system for supporting positive student behavior to improve school climate, and prevent and reduce disciplinary incidents.

Date: 
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Alternatives to Harsh Discipline and Positive Solutions

The DSC is compiling information about positive, effective models for creating safe and supportive schools. There are alternatives that can reduce reliance on punitive and exclusionary discipline practices, like suspensions and expulsions. Below are resources on two effective models: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Restorative Practices.

Parents Protest Punitive Discipline in New York City Schools (Document)

by Juan Espinal and Jade Earle

Dozens of New York City public school students, parents and teachers stood up in downtown Manhattan late Tuesday evening to voice their opposition to the Department of Education's current disciplinary procedures.

Telling It Like It Is (Document)

Miami Youth Speak out on the School-to-Prison Pipeline.

Guia de Padre-a-Padre: Justicia Restaurativa en las Escuelas Publicas de Chicago (Document)

Estimados Amigos,

 

Para la mayoría de nuestros niños, “la disciplina escolar” ha significado ser suspendido o expulsado— empezando tan joven como kindergarten—siendo arrestado, hasta en la primaria—y terminando en las calles o en la cárcel—sin una educación.

Parent to Parent Restorative Justice Guide - English (Document)

Dear Friends,

 

For too many of our children, “school discipline” has meant getting suspended or expelled—starting as young as kindergarten—being arrested, even in grade school—and ending up on the streets or in jail—without an education.

 

(California) School-based Restorative Justice as an Alternative to Zero-Tolerance Policies: Lessons from West Oakland (Document)

Conducted by the UC Berkeley School of Law’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, this study is one of the first studies to closely examine the impact of restorative justice on an American inner-city school. Researchers spent one year observing a restorative justice program at the Cole Middle School in West Oakland, California, interviewing teachers, students, and parents.

Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Young Women (Web Resource)

The Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Young Women serves as a vehicle for addressing the following two questions: 1. How will we galvanize attention to the devastating violence plaguing the lives of girls and young women? 2. How will we marshal the public/political will to end the violence?

Diana Freelon-Foster, Activists With a Purpose, Calls for a Moratorium on Out of School Suspensions (Video)
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Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (Web Resource)

School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SW-PBS) is a system for supporting positive student behavior to improve school climate, and prevent and reduce disciplinary incidents.

Restorative Practices (Web Resource)

Restorative practices use a variety of informal and formal techniques, such as classroom circles, restorative conferences and fairness committees, to build a sense of school community and manage conflict by repairing harm and restoring positive relationships.

Solutions Not Suspensions: A Call for Moratorium on Out-of-School - Press Conference 8/21/2012 (Video)
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Restorative Justice and PBIS Fact Sheet (Document)

Learn more about the basics of Restorative Practices and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports with this quick two-pager.

Reducing Dropout in Alabama through PBIS

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Alabama," Southern Poverty Law Center (July 2008).

Organization: 

Southern Poverty Law Center

Date: 
July 2008
State Relevance (if applicable): 
Alabama

Reducing Dropout and Teacher Turnover in Mississippi through PBIS

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Mississippi," Mississippi Youth Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center (April 2008).

Organization: 

Mississippi Youth Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center

Date: 
April 2008
State Relevance (if applicable): 
Mississippi

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Models

Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation in South Los Angeles, 2007-2010 (Document)

A collective report from CADRE, Public Counsel Law Center, and Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc.

A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Effectiveness Trial Assessing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support in Elementary Schools (2009) (Research Report/Paper)

We report a randomized, wait-list controlled trial assessing the effects of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). An effectiveness analysis was conducted with elementary schools in Hawaii and Illinois where training and technical assistance in SWPBS was provided by regular state personnel over a 3-year period.

Reducing Dropout and Teacher Turnover in Mississippi through PBIS (Document)

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Mississippi," Mississippi Youth Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center (April 2008).

Reducing Dropout in Alabama through PBIS (Document)

"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Alabama," Southern Poverty Law Center (July 2008).

School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Plan For Pennsylvania (2008) (Document)

This report includes examples of schools in Pennsylvania implementing PBIS.

Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support within the Context of Larger School Reform (Document)

“Anchoring Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support in Structural School Reform,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).

Who is Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Leaving Behind? (Document)

“The Wave of SWPBS: Who is Left Behind?,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).

Impact of Positive Behavior Support on Problematic Hallway Behavior (Document)

“Preventing Trouble: Making Schools Safer Places Using Positive Behavior Supports,” Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 28, No. 3, (2005).

Press Release - Redefining Dignity in Our Schools (Los Angeles) (Document)

Re-release of Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE), Public Counsel Law Center, and the Mental Health Advocacy Services' report, "Redefining Dignity in Our Schools: A Shadow Report on School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation in South Los Angeles, 2007-2010."

A Best Practices Guide to School-wide Positive Behavior Support (Document)

“School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment,” OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2004.

The Process of Implementing School Wide Positive Behavior Supports (Document)

“Improving School Climate with School Wide Positive Behavior Supports,” The Utah Special Educator (2004).

Effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support as an Alternative to Traditional Disciplinary Practices (Document)

“Positive Behavior Supports: Can Schools Reshape Disciplinary Practices?,” Exceptional Children, Vol. 69, No. 3 (2003).

Positive Behavioral Supports in Rural Classrooms (Document)

"Creating Classrooms in Rural Settings that Prevent Discipline Problems," No Child Left Behind: The Vital Role of Rural Schools, Annual National Conference Proceedings of the American Council on Rural Special Education (2002).

Parent to Parent Restorative Justice Guide - English (Document)

Dear Friends,

 

For too many of our children, “school discipline” has meant getting suspended or expelled—starting as young as kindergarten—being arrested, even in grade school—and ending up on the streets or in jail—without an education.

 

The Basics of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) (Document)

National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, US Office of Special Education Programs.