The Basics of Positive Behavior Support (PBS)
Website
National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, US Office of Special Education Programs.
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Effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support as an Alternative to Traditional Disciplinary Practices
Research Article/Paper
Safran, Stephen and Karen Oswald, “Positive Behavior Supports: Can Schools Reshape Disciplinary Practices?,” Exceptional Children, Vol. 69, No. 3 (2003).
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Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support within the Context of Larger School Reform
Research Article/Paper
Sailor, Wayne, Nina Zuna, Jeong-Hoon Choi, Jamie Thomas, Amy McCart & Blair Rogers, “Anchoring Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support in Structural School Reform,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).
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Impact of Positive Behavior Support on Problematic Hallway Behavior
Research Article/Paper
Osawald, Karen, Stephen Safran and George Johanson, “Preventing Trouble: Making Schools Safer Places Using Positive Behavior Supports,” Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 28, No. 3, (2005).
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Positive Behavioral Supports in Rural Classrooms
Research Article/Paper
Anderson, Alice and Nedra Wheeler, "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).
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Who is Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Leaving Behind?
Research Article/Paper
Vaughn, Bobbie J., “The Wave of SWPBS: Who is Left Behind?,” Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 1 (2006).
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The Process of Implementing School Wide Positive Behavior Supports
Research Article/Paper
Sprague, Jeffrey and Hill Walk, “Improving School Climate with School Wide Positive Behavior Supports,” The Utah Special Educator (2004).
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A Best Practices Guide to School-wide Positive Behavior Support
Guide or Manual
“School-wide Positive Behavior Support: Implementers’ Blueprint and Self-Assessment,” OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.
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Reducing Dropout and Teacher Turnover in Mississippi through PBIS
Advocacy Report
"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Mississippi," Mississippi Youth Justice Project, Southern Poverty Law Center (April 2008).
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Reducing Dropout in Alabama through PBIS
Advocacy Report
"Effective Discipline for Student Success: Reducing Student and Teacher Dropout Rates in Alabama," Southern Poverty Law Center (July 2008).
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