Maximizing SWPBS Sustainability & Implementation Fidelity: Basics

1. Maximizing SWPBS Sustainability & Implementation Fidelity: Basics George Sugai OSEP Center on PBIS Center for Behavioral Education & Research University of Connecticut June 14 2011 www.pbis.orgwww.scalingup.orgwww.cber.org

2. PURPOSE Consider factors associated with accurate, fluent, & durable PBIS implementation

3. “Notes to Self”

4. PURPOSE Consider factors associated with accurate, fluent, & durable PBIS implementation

5. “BIG PICTURE”

6. SWPBS Implementation “Infidelity”

8. Problem Statement “We give schools strategies & systems for improving practice & outcomes, but implementation is not accurate, consistent, or durable, & desired outcomes aren’t realized. School personnel & teams need more thanexposure, practice, & enthusiasm.”

9. 4 “Big Idea” Basics

10. 4 “Big Idea” Basics

11. Basic #1 Foundational basics

12. Basic #1A Invest in prevention

13. Redesign of teaching environments…not students

14. Basic #1B Emphasize implementation framework, not curriculum

15. SWPBS (aka PBIS/RtI) is Framework

16. Basic #1C Integrate outcome, data, practices, & systems

17. Integrated Elements Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement OUTCOMES 15 Supporting Decision Making Supporting Staff Behavior DATA SYSTEMS PRACTICES Supporting Student Behavior

19. Basic #1D Label behavior & intervention….not person

20. Tertiary Prevention: Specialized Individualized Systems for Students with High-Risk Behavior CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT FEW ~5% Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior ~15% SOME Primary Prevention: School-/Classroom- Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings 23 ALL ~80% of Students

21. 23 Continuum of Support for ALL Few Some All Dec 7, 2007

22. Continuum of Support for ALL “Theora” Math Science Spanish Reading Soc skills Soc Studies Basketball Label behavior…not people Dec 7, 2007

23. Continuum of Support for ALL: “Molcom” Anger man. Prob Sol. Ind. play Adult rel. Self-assess Attend. Coop play Peer interac Label behavior…not people Dec 7, 2007

24. Basic #2 W/in effective & efficient implementation framework, differentiate academic & behavior support

25. Basic #2A Adopt doable implementation “blueprint” or approach

26. Implementation Levels State District School Classroom Student

27. www.scalingup.org Dean Fixsen Karen Blase UNC

28. SWPBS Implementation Blueprint www.pbis.org

29. Team GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS: “Getting Started” Agreements Data-based Action Plan Evaluation Implementation

30. Basic #2B Embed “Response-to-Intervention” logic & principles

31. RtI

32. Intensive, Individual Interventions • Individual Students • Assessment-based • High Intensity • Intensive, Individual Interventions • Individual Students • Assessment-based • Intense, durable procedures • Targeted Group Interventions • Some students (at-risk) • High efficiency • Rapid response • Targeted Group Interventions • Some students (at-risk) • High efficiency • Rapid response • Universal Interventions • All students • Preventive, proactive • Universal Interventions • All settings, all students • Preventive, proactive Responsiveness to Intervention Academic Systems Behavioral Systems 1-5% 1-5% 5-10% 5-10% 80-90% 80-90% Circa 1996

33. Responsiveness to Intervention

34. Continuum of Support for ALL “IFB School” Literacy School Climate Technology Numeracy Social Studies Writing Attendance Specials Science Align supports Dec 7, 2007

35. Ex: Less time to do more 19 (11%) fewer inst. days

36. Continuum of Support for ALL “District: Literacy” Trek E.S. Bianchi M.S. Jamis E.S. Masi H.S. Serrota E.S. Look M.S. Look M.S. Davidson M.S. Specials Science Align supports Dec 7, 2007

37. Student Behavior Teacher Practice CONTEXT or SETTING Continua of Responsiveness & Support District Operations School Reform

38. Basic #2C Integrateliteracy & behaviorimplementation & supports

39. Elementary School Suspension Rate PBIS in Virginia

40. Elementary School Improvements in behavior can be associated with improvements in academic outcomes PBIS in Virginia

41. Bob Algozzine NC Positive Behavior Support Initiative Schools w/ Low ODRs & High Academic Outcomes Proportion of Students Meeting State Academic Standard Office Discipline Referrals per 100 Students PBIS in North Carolina

42. Academic-Behavior Connection Algozzine, B., Wang, C., & Violette, A. S. (2011). Reexamining the relationship between academic achievement and social behavior. Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions, 13, 3-16. Burke, M. D., Hagan-Burke, S., & Sugai, G. (2003). The efficacy of function-based interventions for students with learning disabilities who exhibit escape-maintained problem behavior: Preliminary results from a single case study. Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 26, 15-25. McIntosh, K., Chard, D. J., Boland, J. B., & Horner, R. H. (2006). Demonstration of combined efforts in school-wide academic and behavioral systems and incidence of reading and behavior challenges in early elementary grades. Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions, 8, 146-154. McIntosh, K., Horner, R. H., Chard, D. J., Dickey, C. R., and Braun, D. H. (2008). Reading skills and function of problem behavior in typical school settings. Journal of Special Education, 42, 131-147. Nelson, J. R., Johnson, A., & Marchand-Martella, N. (1996). Effects of direct instruction, cooperative learning, and independent learning practices on the classroom behavior of students with behavioral disorders: A comparative analysis. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 4, 53-62. Wang, C., & Algozzine, B. (2011). Rethinking the relationship between reading and behavior in early elementary school. Journal of Educational Research, 104, 100-109.

43. “Viewed as outcomes, achievement and behavior are related; viewed as causes of each other, achievement and behavior are unrelated. In this context, teaching behavior as relentlessly as we teach reading or other academic content is the ultimate act of prevention, promise, and power underlying PBS and other preventive interventions in America’s schools.” Algozzine, Wang, & Violette (2011), p. 16.

44. 23 Behavior Continuum Academic Continuum RTI Integrated Continuum Mar 10 2010

45. Basic #2D Align professional development & support with implementation phase

46. Where are you in implementation process?Adapted from Fixsen & Blase, 2005

47. Basic #3 Invest in accurate, fluent, & relevant implementation of evidence-based practices

48. Basic #3A Implement evidence-based practice with fidelity

49. Start w/ What Works Focus on Fidelity Detrich, Keyworth, & States (2007). J. Evid.-based Prac. in Sch.

50. Maximum Student Benefits Fixsen & Blase, 2009