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Technical Brief on Validation Process for Facility-Wide Tiered Fidelity Inventory (v0.2)
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Scheuermann, Brenda; Turner, M. R. – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2020
Compared to typical schools, implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) remains in its early stages with juvenile justice and alternative education settings, whether residential or day programs. As interest and support grows for implementation within juvenile justice and alternative education settings, the creation of…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Juvenile Justice, Nontraditional Education
Sustaining PBIS in Secure Care for Juveniles
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Scheuermann, Brenda K.; Nelson, C. Michael – Education and Treatment of Children, 2019
The positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework has been applied for over two decades in public schools throughout the country. More recently it has been adopted, or is being considered for adoption, by an increasing number of states and facilities providing residential or secure care for juvenile offenders. During…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Juvenile Justice, Residential Programs, Correctional Institutions
Behavioral Economics and Social Policy: Designing Innovative Solutions for Programs Supported by the Administration for Children and Families. OPRE Report No. 2014-16a
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Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Anzelone, Caitlin; Dechausay, Nadine; Datta, Saugato; Fiorillo, Alexandra; Potok, Louis; Darling, Matthew; Balz, John – MDRC, 2014
The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project is the first major opportunity to use a behavioral economics lens to look at programs that serve poor and vulnerable people in the United States. Sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the U.S.…
Descriptors: Poverty, At Risk Persons, Social Services, Program Effectiveness
Outcomes of Project Wall Talk: An HIV/AIDS Peer Education Program Implemented within the Texas State Prison System
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Ross, Michael W.; Harzke, Amy Jo; Scott, Deborah P.; McCann, Kelly; Kelley, Michael – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
We report select outcomes from an evaluation of Project Wall Talk, a community-based, peer-led HIV prevention education program implemented in 36 Texas State prison units. Peer educators completed questionnaires prior to receipt of a 40-hour intensive training (N = 590) and at 9-month follow-up (N = 257). Students (N = 2506) completed…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Questionnaires, Program Implementation
Emerging Partnerships: Safer Communities, Transformed Offenders, Shared Educational Resources.
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Brockett, E. Anne; Gibbons, Virginia M. – 1993
Applying the philosophy that strategic partnerships are the most effective way to share knowledge, skills, and resources, emerging community corrections adult education programs and existing community adult education service providers have begun to forge critical linkages. In Texas, the law now requires assessment of the educational level of all…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs
A Handbook for Establishing Adult Education Programs in County Jails of Texas.
Johnson, Faith A.; Baca, Allen R. – 1985
This handbook presents guidelines for establishing adult education programs in county jails while simultaneously describing the establishment of an adult education program in the Bell County Jail in Texas in 1980. The three chapters of the handbook describe the preliminary planning, staff selection, and curriculum development and delivery stages…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Correctional Education