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VanDerHeyden, Amanda; Harvey, Mark – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
This article describes the emergence and influence of evidence-based practice and data-based decision making in educational systems. Increasingly, educators and consumers want to know that resources allocated to educational efforts yield strong effects for all learners. This trend is reflected by the widespread influence of evidence-based practice…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Outcomes of Education, Scientific Research
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George, Heather Peshak; Kincaid, Don K. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2008
As more and more schools adopt school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) as a model for school improvement and the success of initial demonstration sites becomes evident, districts are faced with expansion and sustainability issues. Careful planning of these implementation efforts requires district personnel to be familiar with the resources…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Districts, Systems Development, Strategic Planning
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Wang, Mian; McCart, Amy; Turnbull, Ann P. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
In positive behavior support (PBS) practices, one critical issue involves helping professionals understand and respect the values of families from culturally diverse backgrounds. This article summarizes embedded cultural values of PBS represented in four key features of the PBS process: collaborative partnerships, functional assessment, contextual…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Chinese Americans, Acculturation
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Crone, Deanne A.; Hawken, Leanne S.; Bergstrom, Melissa K. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2007
The primary goal of this project was to increase schools' resources and staff skills in providing function-based behavior support to individual students with chronic problem behaviors. Over the course of a 3-year period, 10 school teams received training in and on-site consultation on functional behavioral assessment (FBA) and behavior support…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Behavior Problems, Severe Disabilities, Program Effectiveness