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Primary Interventions

Primary Interventions. Schoolwide Universal Prevention. Big Idea!. “A program consisting of potent and validly conceived mechanisms and processes may not succeed because the host environments are not able to support these processes” (Zins & Ponte, 1990, p. 24). Systems Model.

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Primary Interventions

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  1. Primary Interventions Schoolwide Universal Prevention

  2. Big Idea! “A program consisting of potent and validly conceived mechanisms and processes may not succeed because the host environments are not able to support these processes” (Zins & Ponte, 1990, p. 24)

  3. Systems Model Primary prevention is part of a system and requires systems level planning - not a behavior program. School is the primary “unit of analysis.”

  4. Universal Strategies: School-Wide Essential Steps and Components School-wide Values Existing Program Audit Clearly define expected behaviors Procedures for teaching & practicing expected behaviors Procedure for monitoring expected behaviors Procedures for acknowledge/encouraging expected behaviors Procedures for discouraging problem behaviors Procedures for record-keeping and decision making

  5. Step 1: SCHOOLWIDE VALUES What are your schoolwide Values? How were they developed? How do staff and students know about them? How are they used in your school?

  6. Step 2: Tier One Audit Question: What related teams/services are already in place?

  7. Examples of Related Teams • Instruction and Curriculum • Safe and Drug Free Schools • Special Education • School Psychology and Counseling • Title or Other Related Initiatives • Student Health • School-Wide Discipline • Dropout Prevention • Character Education • Alternative Programming • Data or Information Management

  8. Additional Questions • What committees/work groups can we eliminate? • What committees/work groups can we combine? • What committees/work groups need to be supported for improved outcomes and sustained functioning? • What would an organizational chart look like that shows the relationship between each of our recommended committees/work groups?

  9. Self-Assessment of Primary InterventionsWhat primary preventions do you already have in place? What impact are they having? How do you know? • Code of Conduct • Student handbook • Community of caring • Adviser/advisee groups • Literacy interventions • Structured study halls • Bulling/Harassment programs • Attendance programs • Others?????

  10. Step 3: Universal Strategies: Classroom & Non-classroom Settings Identifying Non-classroom settings Identify Setting Specific Behaviors Identifying Agreed Upon Classroom Behaviors

  11. ACTIVITY!!! WHAT ARE YOUR COMMON, NON-CLASSROOM SETTINGS

  12. Classroom Lunchroom Bus Hallway Playground Respect Others Use inside voice Eat your own food Stay in your seat Stay to the right Wait your turn Respect Property Recycle paper Return trays Keep feet on the floor Put trash in cans At bell return equipment Respect Yourself Do your best Wash your hands Be at stop on time Use your words Have a plan Common Settings Behavioral Expectations Matrix

  13. Team Work Time EBS Survey Action Plan

  14. “Homework” Tasks to Complete • Create a leadership team • Identify chair or co-chairs • Develop a meeting schedule • Conduct EBS Self-Assessment -Think/work systemically -Develop fluency w/ “Big Ideas” -Work smarter w/ existing resources

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