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Nanci Johnson; Gordon Way; Tim Lewis – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2025
Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (MO SW-PBS), with support from the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), has provided training and support to build local capacity and positively impact student outcomes. Numerous years of descriptive data and a recent peer-reviewed research article both show the effects of…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Attendance, Student Behavior, State Programs
Nicholas A. Gage; Nicolette M. Grasley-Boy; Ashley S. MacSuga-Gage; Tracy G. Ulrich – WestEd, 2025
This report investigates the implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) during the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on school discipline. It highlights the challenges faced by educators, including increased student problem behaviors due to disruptions in traditional schooling. The study evaluates how different tiers of…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, COVID-19, Pandemics, Discipline
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Nicholas A. Gage; Timothy J. Lewis; Nanci L. Johnson; Gordon T. Way – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
The negative outcomes of exclusionary discipline practices on children and youth are well established. Fortunately, for the past two decades, research has demonstrated that pro-active instructional approaches and building supportive class and school environments can effectively promote student social, emotional, and behavioral well-being,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Student Behavior, Well Being, Positive Behavior Supports
Evinery Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines whether Positive Behavior Interventions can support student performance in schools in three Southern districts. Schools today seek opportunities for interventions to support student behaviors and increase engagement. Three school districts in the southeast of the United States have been trained to implement a schoolwide…
Descriptors: Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Suspension
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Gage, Nicholas A.; Kern, Laura; Peshak George, Heather; Elfner, Karen; Robbie, Karen – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2022
Rural schools experience unique challenges, including teacher quality and teacher retention, limited resources, and availability of funding. Furthermore, access to professional development and, subsequently, implementation of evidence-based practices may also be limited in rural settings. One evidence-based framework for implementing…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Bayless, Michael Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to examine how Pleasant Academy (a pseudonym), implemented and experienced Restorative Practices. This approach represents an alternative to traditional, punitive disciplinary actions, such as suspension or expulsion. Mansfield et al. (2018) maintained that Restorative Practices did not have a single definition but…
Descriptors: Discipline, Punishment, Suspension, Expulsion
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Fleming, Jesse I.; Grasley-Boy, Nicolette M.; Gage, Nicholas A.; Lombardo, Michael; Anderson, Lucas – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2024
School-wide positive behavior interventions and supports (SWPBIS) is a tiered framework that supports the academic, social, and behavioral needs of students. In this study, we conducted a conceptual replication of Grasley-Boy et al. (2022a) and used a series of two-level linear multilevel analyses to examine the impact of SWPBIS fidelity on 10…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention
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Hepburn, Lorna; Poed, Shiralee – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
Positive behaviour for learning (PBL) was introduced to the state education sector in Queensland in the early 2000s in an effort to move schools away from use of punitive disciplinary practices towards a positive and supportive approach to student behaviour. Although around half of state schools in Queensland have received training to implement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Hall, Rebecca Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This program evaluation evaluated the effectiveness of the Positive Intervention and Supports Program in reducing the number of Office Referrals, In School Suspensions, and Out of School Suspensions when implemented with fidelity in a metro Atlanta Area Middle School. Archival data was used to determine if there had been any significant change in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Positive Behavior Supports, Program Effectiveness
Melissa Renee Friez – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study examined the use of a Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS) to promote a positive school culture. PBIS focuses on promoting a positive school culture through behavioral interventions specific to the school, and providing feedback to students to reinforce positive behaviors (Contractor & Staats, 2014). The study focuses on…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, School Culture, Behavior Modification, Urban Schools
Melissa Renee Friez – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study examined the use of a Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS) to promote a positive school culture. PBIS focuses on promoting a positive school culture through behavioral interventions specific to the school, and providing feedback to students to reinforce positive behaviors (Contractor & Staats, 2014). The study focuses on…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, School Culture, Behavior Modification, Urban Schools
Lauren C. Cave – ProQuest LLC, 2021
School districts across the nation experience student behavior problems resulting in office discipline referrals, suspensions, and time spent away from instruction. This study examined the implementation (with fidelity based on the Tiered Fidelity Instrument) of positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) at the Tier 1 level and the…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Program Implementation, Differences
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Bleakley, Paul; Bleakley, Cindy-lou – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2019
It is the purpose of this study to determine the extent to which the implementation of the Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) model and its focus on data-driven behaviour management has impacted on exclusion rates in Queensland public schools and, as such, the commitment of Queensland public schools to reintegration of students with behavioural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, Positive Behavior Supports, Suspension
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Grasley-Boy, Nicolette M.; Gage, Nicholas A.; Lombardo, Michael; Anderson, Lucas; Rila, Ashley – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2022
Evidence suggests that implementing School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) with fidelity can reduce behavior problems in schools and, concomitantly, the use of school suspensions. Few studies have explored differences in SWPBIS implementation fidelity and outcomes between rural and urban schools, but research suggests…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Fidelity, Behavior Modification
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Heidelburg, Kamontá; Rutherford, Laura; Parks, Timothy W. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2022
Exclusionary school discipline practices and policies have contributed to the racial disparities in discipline for certain demographic of students, particularly Black students. As a result, many schools have adopted the school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS) framework to identify and address disproportionality, despite…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Positive Behavior Supports, Discipline, Racial Bias
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