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Karen Gustinger – ProQuest LLC, 2023
School safety is a primary societal concern due to catastrophic incidences of violence and educational leaders have a duty to ensure children's security. School shootings spotlight failures in school safety but educators and scholars cannot use tragedy to bridge the gap in high-efficacy practice. The problem is that school safety needs to improve…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Risk Assessment, School Safety, Decision Making
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McIntosh, Kent; Mercer, Sterett H.; Nese, Rhonda N. T.; Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen; Hoselton, Robert – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2016
In this analysis of extant data from 3,011 schools implementing school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS) across multiple years, we assessed the predictive power of various school characteristics and speed of initial implementation on sustained fidelity of implementation of SWPBIS at 1, 3, and 5 years. In addition, we…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Sustainability, Program Implementation, Positive Behavior Supports
McIntosh, Kent; Mercer, Sterett H.; Nese, Rhonda N. T.; Strickland-Cohen, M. Kathleen; Hoselton, Robert – Grantee Submission, 2016
In this analysis of extant data from 3,011 schools implementing school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS) across multiple years, we assessed the predictive power of various school characteristics and speed of initial implementation on sustained fidelity of implementation of SWPBIS at 1, 3, and 5 years. In addition, we…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Sustainability, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
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Özdemir, Metin; Giannotta, Fabrizia – New Directions for Youth Development, 2014
Prevention field has achieved major advances in developing, implementing, and testing the efficacy of preventive interventions in controlled settings. Nevertheless, there is still a gap in translating the success of programs in efficacy trials into real-life settings. Dissemination of evidence-based programs is a major challenge. The authors argue…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Information Dissemination, Theory Practice Relationship, Evidence
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Cornell, Dewey G.; Allen, Korrie; Fan, Xitao – School Psychology Review, 2012
This randomized controlled study examined disciplinary outcomes for 201 students who made threats of violence at school. The students attended 40 schools randomly assigned to use the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines or follow a business-as-usual disciplinary approach in a control group. Logistic regression analyses found, after…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Guidelines, Discipline, Violence