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Preventing violence - building healthy schools and communities: The Kansas positive behavior support project
This is a completed project.
Description
This contract from the Kansas State Department of Education funded two demonstration projects in Kansas school districts (a total of 15 schools). The first project focused on the design and implementation of professional development activities and monitoring and evaluation steps to guide and support schools to implement School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). The second project provided professional development, technical assistance and a guiding framework to continue to implement and successfully maintain SWPBS.
Project Administration
Rachel Freeman, principal investigator
Project Contact
Rachel Freeman, Ph.D., Project Director
1028 A, Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7555
rfreeman@ku.edu
785-864-4057 (phone)
785-864-1284 (fax)
This is a project of:
Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
In collaboration with :
Kansas State Department of Education
Related Projects
Promoting social and academic success using a multi-tier system of supports: Kansas statewide positive behavior support (Kansas Department of Education
Online Module Development and Information Technology Planning in School-wide Positive Behavior Support (Kansas Department of Education)
Implementing School-wide Positive Behavior Support Across Three School Districts in Kansas Using a District Leadership Team Model (Kansas Department of Education)
Funded by
PBS Kansas School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Publications
Freeman, R., Eber, L., Anderson, C., Irvin, L., Bounds, M., Dunlap, G., & Horner, R. H. (2006). Building inclusive school cultures using school-wide PBS: Designing effective individual support systems for students with significant disabilities. Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 4-17.
Freeman, R. L., Smith, C., & Tieghi-Benet, M. (2003). Promoting implementation success through the use of continuous systems-level assessment strategies. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 5(2), 66-70.
Turnbull, A. P., Edmonson, H. M., Griggs, P., Wickham, D., Sailor, W., Beech, S., Freeman, R., Guess, D., Hale, N., Lassen, S., McCart, A., Riffel, L., Schmerchek, D., Turnbull, H. R., Warren, J., & Wilcox, B. (2002). A blueprint for the four components of a positive behavior support school-wide model. Exceptional Children, 68, 377-402.
Reichle, J., Davis, C. A., Freeman, R., & Horner, R. (1999). Effective behavioral support for socially maintained problem behavior. In N. A. Wieseler, R. H. Hanson, & G. Siperstein, (Eds.), Challenging behavior of persons with mental health disorders and severe developmental disabilities (pp. 237-259). Washington, DC: American Association of Mental Retardation.
Presentations
Hunter, L., Armstrong-White, M., O’Brien, M., Saugier, S., Vossler, V., & Freeman, R. (2008). School-wide Positive Behavior Support Panel: Implementing Strategies to Prevent Problem Behavior and Build Positive Learning Environments. KSDE Conference. Wichita. Power Point Presentation
Miller, D., & Freeman, R. (2008). District Action Planning for Multi-tier System of Supports. KSDE Conference. Wichita.
Major Findings
Four districts and 15 schools participated in this project which funded one year of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) implementation. Two districts began the first year of SWPBS implementation and two districts had already begun to implement SWPBS prior to the funding from the project. All school districts have a three-year action plan for implementing SWPBS and the schools implementing created annual plans for the specific interventions using self- assessment data. Data from this project will be reflected in the state-wide evaluation being prepared by the Kansas Department of Education.
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