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School-Wide Positive Behavior Support and Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: Implications for Prevention, Identification and Intervention
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Lewis, Timothy J.; Jones, Stacey E. L.; Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George – Exceptionality, 2010
Special education continues to document the poor within and post-school outcomes among children and youth with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (EBD). While the poor outcomes are due to a myriad of causes, three issues routinely emerge as problematic in the field. First, the need for early intervention and prevention has been well documented, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Prevention, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
A Randomized, Wait-List Controlled Effectiveness Trial Assessing School-Wide Positive Behavior Support in Elementary Schools
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Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George; Smolkowski, Keith; Eber, Lucille; Nakasato, Jean; Todd, Anne W.; Esperanza, Jody – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2009
We report a randomized, wait-list controlled trial assessing the effects of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS). An effectiveness analysis was conducted with elementary schools in Hawaii and Illinois where training and technical assistance in SWPBS was provided by regular state personnel over a 3-year period. Results document that the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Technical Assistance, Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification
Preventing School Violence: The Use of Office Discipline Referrals To Assess and Monitor School-Wide Discipline Interventions.
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Sugai, George; Sprague, Jeffrey R.; Horner, Robert H.; Walker, Hill M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2000
A study involving 11 elementary and 9 middle schools illustrates how office discipline referrals can be used to indicate the status of school-wide discipline, and how schools can use the information to modify their universal interventions for all students and their targeted interventions for students with severe behavior problems. (Contains…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Elementary Education, Intervention
Trans-Situational Interventions: Generalization of Behavior Support across School and Home Environments.
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Harvey, Mark T.; Lewis-Palmer, Teri; Horner, Robert H.; Sugai, George – Behavioral Disorders, 2003
Individualized trans-situational interventions (TSIs) were implemented with three middle-school students at risk for school failure. Problem behaviors in school were reduced and linked to problem behavior reduction in the home when concurrent behavior support was established in the home and at school. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Educational Environment, Family Environment
Functional-Assessment-Based Behavior Support Planning: Research to Practice to Research.
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Sugai, George; Sprague, Jeffrey R.; Horner, Robert H. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Describes functional assessment, discusses the need to translate research findings into formats and processes that can be used efficiently in applied settings, and stresses the need for research to continue to build a technology of functional assessment that meets the range of situations faced in schools and communities. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Introduction to the Special Series on Positive Behavior Support in Schools.
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Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002
In this introductory article, the main features of positive behavior support are described, including a prevention-focused continuum of support, proactive instructional approaches to teaching and improving social behaviors, conceptually sound and empirically validated practices, systems change to support effective practices, and data-based…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Applying Positive Behavioral Support and Functional Behavioral Assessment in Schools. Technical Assistance Guide 1, Version 1.4.3.
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Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H.; Dunlap, Glen; Hieneman, Meme; Lewis, Timothy J.; Nelson, C. Michael; Scott, Terrance; Liaupsin, Carl; Sailor, Wayne; Turnbull, Ann P.; Turnbull, H. Rutherford, III; Wickham, Donna; Ruef, Michael; Wilcox, Brennan – 1999
This paper discusses how educators can apply positive behavioral support (PBS) to students with and without disabilities and conduct functional behavioral assessments (FBAs). It begins by describing the challenges that educators face in educating an increasingly heterogeneous population of students, including students with external and internal…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems