Positive Behavior Support An Overview

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Positive Behavior SupportAn Overview

• Betty Burrell
• Beth Carter
• Kevin J. Plonk

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Gaston County Schools

• District Wide Mission
• The Mission of Gaston County Schools is to
  provide a safe and orderly learning environment
  where all students meet education goals,
  appreciate the worth of each individual, and
  become contributing members of society.

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DISTRICT WIDE STRATEGIC GOALS

• Ensure optimum student achievement by applying
  best educational, managerial and operational
  practices.
• Provide and maintain safe and orderly facilities
  that offer an appropriate learning environment.

• Promote active parental involvement in meeting
  the educational needs of children.
• Ensure effective and efficient use of resources.

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The North Carolina State Improvement ProjectThe
Positive Behavior Support Initiative

• Started as part of the North Carolina State
  Improvement Programs in August 2000.
• Primary purposes of the grant were personnel
  development and systems change to improve
  academic performance.
• Five-year program written to include 7 Reading
  Centers, 1 Mathematics Center and 1 Behavioral
  Support Center.
• Oak Grove Elementary School in Durham was chosen
  as the first PBS Site Center
• Warlick School became a site center in the Winter
  or 2000.
• Currently 18 Elementary, 9 High and 4
  Charter/Magnet/Alternative Schools are in
  implementation throughout the state.

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Positive Behavioral Support(University of
Oregon, Sugai, Horner, Lewis,Colvin, Sprague,
Todd, Palmer)

• Proactive systems approach to school wide
  discipline (not a curriculum) designed to be
  responsive to current social and educational
  challenges
• Focus on prevention
• Focus on instruction
• Incorporates empirically validated practices

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Positive Behavioral Support

• Problem behaviors have clear consequences
• Student behavior is monitored and staff receive
  regular feedback
• Strategies are implemented at the schoolwide,
  specific setting, classroom, and individual
  student levels
• Strategies are designed to meet the needs of all
  students

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Students with Chronic/Intense Problem Behavior
5 to 10 Specialized Individual Interventions
15 to 25 Targeted Group Interventions
Students At-Risk for Problem Behavior
70 to 80 Universal School-wide Interventions
Students without Serious Problem Behaviors
All Students in School
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Positive Behavior Support
Supporting Decision Making
Supporting Staff Behavior
DATA
SYSTEMS
PRACTICES
Supporting Student Behavior
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HEADING THE WRONG WAY?
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Is This Your School?

• Universal School-wide
• Are more than 35 of students receiving referrals
  in a year?
• Universal Non-classroom Settings
• Are many problems located in one area?
• Universal Classroom
• Are more than 50 of referrals from classrooms?
• Small Group / Individual Student
• Do you have repeat offenders?

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Student Performance

• Low student morale?
• Poor attendance?
• High drop-out rates?
• High retention rates?
• High number of disciplinary referrals, in/out of
  school suspensions?
• Low achievement?
• No significant end of year growth?
• No ownership of the school?
• Is school a place just for socialization?

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Mandatory Signs Schools Must Follow
Parent Involvement
IDEA
NCLB
School Improvement
Teacher Training
Character Education
Closing the Gap
Safe Schools
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WHATS THE PAYOFF?

• More instructional time
• Improved attendance from staff and students
• Increased student proficiency
• Increased parent participation and partnerships
• Improved community involvement and support
• Lower staff attrition rates

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Gaston County SchoolsPBS Implementation Payoffs

• PBS Program overviews conducted at 5 high
  schools.
• Exceptional Childrens PBS intervention programs
  at all high schools.
• Students participating in the high school
  Exceptional Childrens Positive Behavior Support
  intervention classes received an average of 4
  credits per semester.
• PBS Program 2nd Year implementation at Tryon
  Elementary School for 2005-2006.
• PBS Program 1st Year implementation at Bessemer
  City Central Elementary School for 2005-2006.
• Extended Day Program for Homebound Students at
  Hunter Huss High School.
• Warlick School A Positive Behavior Support
  Center Site.
• Total days of OSS for students with disabilities
  decreased from 1,001 in 02-03 to 661 in 03-04
• Implementation of 2 Exceptional Childrens
  Positive Behavior Support intervention classes at
  the high school level.
• Gaston County staff participated in PBS statewide
  training.
• Whole staff PBS Program training at 3 high
  schools and 1 elementary school
• Extended Day program for students on Homebound

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WARLICK POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT SITE

• Warlick daily attendance for fall of 2004 at 93.
• Warlick OASIS instead of OSS
• Warlick Behavior Support Team
• School Counselor
• School-Based Clinician
• Two transition counselors
• Group Facilitator Teacher
• Principal
• Collaboration/Teacher Teaming
• Weekly Team Notebooks
• Behavior Support Team Referrals
• Collaborative Problem Solving with Teacher Teams
• Wrap-around Services
• Designing Point-Privilege Level Systems
• Designing Individual Interventions Plans for
  Repeat Offenders

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These are the Results!!!

• Burgaw Elementary School
• 72 Proficient 2001-2002
• 79 Proficient 2002-2003 Year I Implementation
• 84 Proficient 2003-2004 Year 2 Implementation
• 22 Decrease in Office Referrals
• 25 Decrease in Out of School Suspensions

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Whats the next step?

• Establish a focus group (Volunteers first,
  teachers, non-certified staff, administration,
  parents, community reps, faculty with behavioral
  expertise, students).
• Attend 3 focus group trainings throughout the
  2005-2006 school year with other groups from
  across the county.
• September 1, 2005
• January 4, 2006
• April 27, 2006

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Our lives are not determined by what happens to
us but by how we react to what happens, not by
what life brings to us, but by the attitude we
bring to life. A positive attitude causes a
chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and
outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates
extraordinary results. -Anonymous