Making Decisions with Office Discipline Referral Data

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Making Decisions with Office Discipline Referral
Data

• Presented by Anne W. Todd
• March 17, 2003
• Acknowledgments to
• Rob Horner, George Sugai, Teri-Lewis Palmer,
  Jeff Sprague

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ELEMENTS OF EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORALSUPPORT
Support for Students
Practices
Support for Decision Making
Support for Implementation
Systems
Information
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PBS uses DATA to guide decisions

• To make informed decisions
• To improve and support program efficiency and
  consistency
• To be accountable

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The BIG 5 Questions about Problem Behaviors

• How often do problem behaviors occur?
• What types of problem behaviors are occurring?
• Where are the problems occurring?
• When are the problems occurring?
• Who are the students generating the problems?

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Patterson Family
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Patterson Family 9/01-3/02
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Patterson Family 9/01-3/02
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Patterson Family 9/01-3/02 3 minors
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Key features of data systems that work.

• The data are accurate
• The data are very easy to collect (1 of staff
  time)
• Data are used for decision-making
• The data must be available when decisions need to
  be made (weekly?)
• Difference between data needs at a school
  building versus data needs for a district
• The people who collect the data must see the
  information used for decision-making.

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School-Wide Information Systemswis.org

• Web-based, AND secure
• Access through a certified SWIS Facilitator
• Readiness requirements
• Licensing
• Compatibility
• Definitions are mutually exclusive exhaustive
• ODR form