Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

@ St. Elizabeth School

Our School

St. Elizabeth School is a member of MANSEF; Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities

Our students range of 11-21 years of age

125 Students

Who We Serve

Our students are from: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Harford County, Howard County, and Prince Georges County

Handicapping Codes include:

01-mental retardation 04-speech or language

impairment 06- emotional disturbance 08-other health

impairments 09-specific learning

disabilities 13- traumatic brain injury 14-Autism

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Allyson,LisaAndy, JamesLionelLeslie, Nano

Evolution of PBIS @ SES

Thesis: (In Place)Anti-thesis: (Not In Place)Synthesis: What We Created

Thesis (In Place)

8 identified expectations on a point sheet Paper trail for office referrals/data base CPI training for all staff School-wide Behavior Management Plan/

Options Plus Behavior Management Committee,w/small

budget Pretty Good Staff Morale

Anti-thesis (Not in Place)

Small number off clear rules the students understood

An emphasis on prevention An emphasis on teaching behavioral

expectations A culture where all school staff are

responsible for positive behavior support

Synthesis

What we created and how

The First Year Expanded the team

to increase representation

Recruit staff “buy in”- Initial survey

Initial staff presentation and surveys (forms: F&G)

Remember Those Surveys?

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School Wide system scored the

HIGHEST NEED for improvement

Of the 3 areas ALL STAFF rated

Data

Started using SWIS

First Surveys•

SURVEY SAYS

Expected student behaviors need to be taught directly

Booster training activities need to be done on regular basis

Consequences for problem behaviors need to be defined clearly

All staff directly or indirectly in school wide intervention

RACE TO SUCCESS

RESPECT ACHIEVEMENT COOPERATION ENCOURAGE-

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EAGLE HIGH 5

RESPONSIBILITY RESPECT RE-THINK ACHIEVEMENT ENCOURAGE-

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Developing the Matrix

Subcommittees for: Hallway Classroom Cafeteria Gymnasium Vocational Increase staff input

by 15

2 New Subcommittees

LESSON PLANNING

P.R. and GRAPHIC ARTS

Budget

Submitted a line item budget

some engraved products-pencils water bottles, embroidered items

Graphic design Solicited incentives

EAGLE HIGH 5 2003-2004

PBIS UP AND RUNNING THIS FALL!!!

Year 2

Team back @ Summer Institute Consolidating and Annual Action

Planning Developing the EAGLE HIGH 5

Handbook for all staff Teaching all staff Plus the introduction of new COMAR

regs

2 WEEK OPENER

Eagle High 5 Handbook Posted Matrices Daily Lesson Plans Eagle High 5 Assembly Other learning strats:

experiential, game play Daily Raffles Ice cream social for all

staff and students

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Staff Incentives

PBIS Bagel Wednesdays

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EAGLE HIGH 5 FLYER AWARD

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Incentive Subcommittee

Behavior incentives: school store, weekly raffles, level based activities, some small and some big (trips, luau)

Increased more staff involvement

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Develop Continuum of Behavioral Support Behavior Support

Referral form, designated preventative classroom intervention

Process for requesting and conducting FBA/BIP

Developed the forms and taught the process

Booster Activities

Holiday Caring and Sharing Campaign

PTO Community Art

Therapy Pep Squad Booster week in

April

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Presenting Data

School wide data and PBIS presentations approx every 6 weeks

This seemed overwhelming to many staff initially

Team members more fluent in the data Lingo, takes awhile to generalize over large staff

As a team, we were still struggling w/ data (much of it still felt new to us)

YEAR 3- Summer Institute

Surveys indicated increase in School Wide System being in place, and improved

Identified classroom, and individual systems as in need of improvement

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Shift Focus to smaller systems

Had classroom support strats in place, Continuum of behavior support; but how were they being implemented

Had SWIS but what about the fidelity of stats, how to communicate data w/ larger group

STAFF DEVELOPMENT

Presented FBA and BIP for Autistic Spectrum Students

Presented on FBA-not just process but why, what , when

Presented on managing surface behaviors in the classroom

Statistics Subcommittee

System for more timely and accurate data entry

Chose to look @ stats in smaller groups

Much cont’d work in this area

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Areas of Continued Growth

Expanding focus to include family

Continue promoting a school wide culture that embraces PBIS

Stats and Forms Summer Institute ‘05

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING PBIS in SPECIAL SCHOOLS

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