Good Behavior GameReplication Project

Lancaster County School District

Office of Research & Development

Who works with this grant?

LaMonica Blair is a full-time Behavior Coach housed at both schools.

Adrienna Witherspoon is the Project Director.

Grant Facts

First awarded October 1, 2010 Target schools: Brooklyn Springs Elementary

Clinton Elementary Current award amount: $96,884.00 Total award amount for five years: $487,076 Funded by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration)

Why the Good Behavior Game? Two schools have the highest

free and reduced lunch rates A growing rate of behavioral

incidents Continued achievement

problems Increase in students with

diagnosed mental health disorders

Overview of the Good Behavior Game

Good Behavior Game at a glance…. Serves 2 elementary schools Serves grades 1st and 2nd

12 regular classroom teachers are trained in the GBG program

GBG is incorporated during regular classroom instruction time – No Interruptions

Game is played several times per day

What Happens In The Program? Students are placed on teams Students help define the rules of the classroom to create

a “wonderful school” Teachers use “kernels”/tools to play the game “Spleems” or disruptions are counted and noted by the

teacher The team with the fewest “spleems” are rewarded during

a wacky activity lasting less than one minute!

10 STEPS USED TO PLAY GBG1. Use Tootle Notes

2. Create Granny’s Wacky Prizes

3. Use PAX sticks

4. Use baseline data for disruptions

5. Use PAX quiet

6. Use Beat the Timer

7. Post what GBG/PAX is in classroom

8. Create teams

9. Start a culture of GBG/PAX

10. Make GBG/PAX an everyday routine

Goals of the Good Behavior Game:

Reduced classroom disruptions Fewer discipline referrals Increased time teaching and learning Reduced need for mental health services

The Good Behavior Game helps students learn to self-regulate, and to know when to STOP or GO!It helps children exercise the portion of the brain that controls impulsivity.

SPLEEMS

PAXIS

PROGRAM OUTCOMES TO DATE

Student Outcomes and Data:

19 teachers/coaches have been trained in GBG

240 students have been served in Year One 6 first grade classes have implemented GBG

and 6 second grade classes have implemented GBG

Are We Making Progress? YES All teachers and coaches have been trained on

a timely basis The GBG is in full operation in the classrooms There is a decrease in class disruptions or

“spleeming” Teachers have embraced the GBG and other

grade level teachers want it in their classrooms Teachers are making progress toward

successful implementation after less than one year of training

Outcomes:

AVERAGE FIDELITY SCORE

38.8

26.6

20

25

30

35

40

BROOKLYN SPRINGS CLINTON

AVERAGE CLASSROOM DISRUPTION PER HOUR

9.7

24.6

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

TEACHERS MEETING FIDELITY TEACHERS NOT MEETING FIDELITY

AVERAGE STUDENT DISSRUPTIONS PER HOUR

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

19

2/7/2011 3/7/2011 4/7/2011 5/7/2011

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