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 What is Positive Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) involves a

Behavioral Interventions proactive, comprehensive, systemic and individualized continuum of

support designed to provide opportunities to all students, including
and Supports? students with disabilities, to achieve social and learning success. This is
accomplished by examining the factors that impact behavior, as well as
the relationships between environment and behavior.

PBIS is not a model or a curriculum but rather a systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools and districts to adopt
and sustain the use of effective practices for all students. PBIS also works to improve the overall school climate, maximize
academic achievement for all students, and address the specific needs of students with severe emotional and behavioral
concerns.
The main focus of School-wide PBIS is to provide proactive and
effective support regarding student behavior at the universal level. This is

What is accomplished when the whole system (i.e., the whole school community)
can establish and maintain universal procedures that contain clear and

School-wide consistent expectations. There are greater opportunities for student

success when students have clearly defined expectations that are taught

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and reinforced. The necessary elements of School-wide PBIS include
methods to: examine needs through data; develop school-wide
expectations; teach school-wide expectations; encourage school-wide
expectations; discourage problem behaviors; and monitor
implementation and progress.

School-wide PBIS has been implemented in over 10,000 schools nationwide, including over 200 in Connecticut. PBIS schools
develop positive approaches to behavior, increase prevention of problem behavior, and establish rational discipline
procedures that are clear to all families, students, and school personnel. School-wide PBIS increases collaboration and
communication among school personnel, families, and the community, thus improving the quality of life for all students,
including students with disabilities.

What are the

Research indicates that office referrals for discipline decrease on average
40-60% (Sugai, 2001) when schools implement PBIS effectively.
Students with behavioral concerns receive increased positive support

Benefits of through behavior interventions, which focus on the teaching and

reinforcement of appropriate behaviors and social skills development

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and thus the prevention of behaviors of concern. These students have
greater opportunities for success and are less likely to be removed from
the school environment. PBIS improves the overall climate of the school
community, while improving student academic success, thus closing the
achievement gaps.
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September Training Dates

5 6 7 8 9 10 11
September 30, 2010
Labor Day
SERC Closed Year 2 & 3 Schools Coaches’ Training
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Looking Ahead:
October 14-15, 2010
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 National PBIS Leadership Forum:
Expanding the Effectiveness of
School-wide PBIS Implementation
26 27 28 29 30 Location: Rosemont, IL
Registration Deadline: September 17, 2010
Specialized strands:
Getting Started; Enhanced Implementation;
Trainer Competency Building; High Schools;
Coaches’ Corner Secondary/Tertiary Supports;
Integrated Systems; and special topics.
Welcome to another school year!!
"As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behavior. Begin to act For more information about the National
the part of the person you would like to become. Take action on your behavior. Too many PBIS Leadership Forum October 14-15,
people want to feel, then take action. This never works." -- John C. Maxwell 2010 in Chicago, visit: www.pbis.org

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 Getting Started with PBIS:
Primary Prevention Tier

Develop Procedures for Teaching

Establish Team Membership
Classroom-wide Behavioral Expectations

Develop Continuum of Procedures for

Develop Brief Statement of Behavior
Encouraging and Strengthening Student Use of
Purpose School-wide Behavior Expectations

Identify Positive School-wide Behavioral Develop Continuum of Procedures for

Discouraging Student Behavior Violations of
Expectations
School-wide Behavior Expectations

Develop Procedures for Teaching School- Develop Data-based Procedures for

wide Behavioral Expectations Monitoring Implementation of SWPBIS

Source information: www.pbis.org

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October Training Dates

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 October 5, 2010
Administrators’ Meeting
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

10 11 12 13 14 PBIS 15 PBIS 16 October 12, 2010

Columbus . Leadership Leadership
Day Observed Forum, Forum, Year 3 Schools Team Training Day 1
SERC Closed Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 October 27, 2010

Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 1
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Year 1 Schools Coaches’ Training
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
District Coaches’ Training
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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October 28, 2010

Coaches’ Corner Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 2
Data Driven Decision Making is essential to SWPBIS implementation success. Continue to monitor 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
data collection and use current data to guide discussions during the team’s monthly meetings.
Keep your team meetings focused. Establish meeting ground rules and expectations as a team and October 29, 2010
review them before each meeting, e.g. start and end meetings on time, stay on task, assure that all Year 3 Schools Team Training Day 2
team members participate, etc. Plan an agenda for each meeting and assign roles to team members 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
such as facilitator, timekeeper, and recorder to ensure you remain efficient, productive, and on task.

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School-wide Continuum of
Support for Behavior
Interventions provided to
students with intensive/
chronic behavior
challenges based on
comprehensive evaluation

Interventions provided to
students identified as
at-risk of academic or
social challenges due to
behavioral issues

ALL students are taught

expectations that are
reinforced and monitored
in all settings by all adults
with ongoing use of data
to inform the design of
interventions that are
preventive and proactive

Source information: www.pbis.org

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November Training Dates

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
November 9, 2010 - Group A
A B Veterans’ Day
SERC Closed Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 1
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
14 15 16 17 18 19 20

November 10, 2010 - Group B

Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 1
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Thanksgiving
Day November 16 or 17 or 18 or 19, 2010
SERC Closed Year 1 Schools SWIS Training
28 29 30
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. OR
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
*Please note that each school attends only one session.

Coaches’ Corner
Your school-based team should be in the habit of meeting at least monthly. Be sure to set a
schedule of meeting dates and times for the remainder the school year. Remember that all
team work should be considered draft with an opportunity for faculty and staff feedback
before implementation. Fall is a good to time to focus on how your team will establish or
review definitions for major and minor behavioral infractions.

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PBIS RESOURCES
STATE LINKS
Colorado: http://www.cde.state.co.us/pbs
Connecticut: http://www.ctserc.org/pbis
Illinois: http://www.pbisillinois.org
Florida: http://lpbs.fmhi.usf.edu
Kansas: http://www.kipbs.org
Maryland: http://www.pbismaryland.org
Missouri: http://www.pbismissouri.org
University of Delaware: http://www.udel.edu/cds/pbs
Vermont: http://www.pbsvermont.org
TARGETED/INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT LINKS
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence:
http://www.colorado.edu/cspd
Check and Connect:
http://www.ici.umn.edu/checkandconnect
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning:
http://www.casel.org
National Institute of Mental Health Publications:
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
Online Academy Positive Behavior Support:
http://uappbs.apbs.org
NATIONAL PBIS LINKS
Association for Positive Behavior Support:
http://apbs.org
Center for Behavioral Education and Research:
http://www.cber.uconn.edu
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports:
http://www.pbis.org
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba
Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions
http://pbi.sagepub.com
FAMILY & COMMUNITY LINKS
Colorado Department of Education: Parent/School Partnerships:
http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprevention/pi_parent_school_partnerships.htm
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC): http://www.cpacinc.org
Connecticut Parent Information and Resource Center (CT PIRC):
http://www.ctpirc.org (Toll-Free Parent Line: 1-800-842-8678)
CSDE School-Family-Community Partnerships:
http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2678&q=320778
Technical Assistance Center on PBIS:
http://www.pbis.org
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December 2010
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December Training Dates

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There are no training events in December.

Looking Ahead:
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
March 10-12, 2011
8th Annual APBS Conference
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 The Expanding World of PBS:
Christmas Science, Values and Vision
Day Observed
SERC Closed Location: Denver, CO
Keynote Speaker: George Sugai, Ph.D.
26 27 28 29 30 31 Registration deadlines:
New Year’s
Day Observed Early Bird- January 7, 2011
SERC Closed Regular- February 11, 2011
www.apbs.org
Coaches’ Corner
Consider a booster training for staff and students in preparation for the holiday season.
Interfering behaviors often spike preceding a school vacation. Remind staff to Teach,
Model, Practice, Pre-Correct, and Reinforce for expected behavior.
"People's behavior makes sense if
you think about it in terms of their
goals, needs, and motives."
- Thomas Mann

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 Supporting Social Competence and Academic Achievement

OUTCOMES
Supporting
Decision Making

Supporting Staff
Behavior SYSTEMS DATA

PRACTICES

4 PBIS
ELEMENTS
Supporting
Student Behavior Source information: www.pbis.org
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January Training Dates

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January 7, 2011
Year 2 & 3 School Coaches’ Training
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
January 12, 2011 - Group A
A
Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 2
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
B January 19, 2011 - Group B
SERC Closed
Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 2
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

January 28, 2011

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PBIS Informational Session
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Coaches’ Corner Contact nicholas@ctserc.org for more
Action planning is essential to the success of building a system for behavioral support. information.
Remember to:
1) work as a team
2) review current data
3) link all activities to measurable outcomes
4) evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of each activity
5) use one action plan to guide and plan monthly team meetings

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Six Types of Parental Involvement
TYPE 1:
PARENTING
Help all families to establish home environments to
support children as students.
• Offer interactive parent focus groups
• Create “PBIS at Home” classes for parents
• Create behavior support classes for parents
and community members
• Provide training in parents’ native language
• Offer family activities on PBIS
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TYPE 6:
COLLABORATING
WITH COMMUNITY
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Identify and integrate resources and services
from the community to strengthen school
programs, family practices, and student
learning and development.
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• Acknowledge employers’ donation of parent time
in newsletter/Web site
• Invite community members with parent resources
to present to parent groups
• Make presentations to school board and
community groups
• Invite community and parents to celebrations
TYPE 5:
DECISION MAKING
Include parents in school decisions, developing
parent leaders and representatives.
• Recruit multiple family members for PBIS team
• Alternate meeting times: morning, afternoon, evening
• Pair new parents with veteran parents
• Offer “short-term” participation on PBIS team, with an
option to renew
• Plan for care of children during meetings
• Involve parents in selection of incentives and celebrations
TYPE 2:
COMMUNICATING
Design effective forms of school-to-home and home-to-school
communication about school programs and student progress.
• PBIS table at “Back to School Night” with parent surveys
• Share results of PBIS assessments and surveys
• Create “PBIS in Action” video
• Create and distribute calendars and agendas with PBIS motto
• Publish a PBIS Newsletter
• Add a PBIS page to the school and district Web site
• Include PBIS motto on school letterhead
• Create and distribute PBIS shirts, hats, book covers,
mugs, bumper stickers, etc.
TYPE 3:
VOLUNTEERING
Recruit and organize parent help
and support.
• Create a volunteer book that describes the PBIS
program and behavior expectations for parents
• Have parents available to read to students as a
PBIS incentive or reward
• Have parents help children design PBIS posters
TYPE 4:
LEARNING AT HOME
Provide information and ideas to families about how to help
students at home with homework and other curriculum-related
activities, decisions, and planning.
• Have Web topics and activities available each week or each month
• Purchase resources that parents can check out that support PBIS
• Have children explain and give examples of how PBIS works with
their family as “homework”
• Have a PBIS video available for checkout with follow-up activities
Source information: www.cde.state.co.us/pbs
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February Training Dates

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Lincoln’s
Birthday February 2, 2011
SERC Closed Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 3
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Year 1 Schools Coaches’ Training
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
District Coaches’ Training
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Presidents’
Day
SERC Closed February 3, 2011
Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 4
27 28
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

February 15, 2011

School-wide Evaluation Tool Training
Coaches’ Corner 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Prepare students and staff for CMT and/or CAPT testing. Brainstorm activities for
reinforcing CMT/CAPT attendance. For example, have an attendance contest between
classes or grades, or reinforce students who have full attendance with a social activity.
Keep the team energized by celebrating student and staff successes. Use staff meetings as
opportunities to recognize staff commitment to and involvement in the process.

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PBIS Systems Implementation Logic
Source: SWPBS Implementation Blueprint and Self‐Assessment

Visibility Political
Funding Support Policy

Leadership Team
Active & Integrated Coordination

Behavioral
Training Capacity
Coaching Evaluation

Local School Teams/Demonstrations
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March Training Dates

6 7 8 9 10 APBS 11 APBS 12 APBS

International International International
Conference, Conference, Conference, There are no training events in March.
Denver, CO Denver, CO Denver, CO

13 14 15 16 17 18 19
For more information about the
8th Annual APBS Conference
The Expanding World of PBS:
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Science, Values and Vision
March 10-12, 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Keynote Speaker: George Sugai, Ph.D.
27 28 29 30 31
Please visit:
www.apbs.org

Coaches’ Corner
Remember that behavior can have only two functions. We either act to get/obtain
something sensory, social or tangible or to escape/avoid the same. Consider reviewing the
basics of behavioral function with your staff. Focus on viewing your school’s current data "People don't change their
through a behavioral lens and let the data guide your decisions.
behavior unless it makes a
difference for them to do so."
- Fran Tarkenton

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 CT PBIS EVALUATIONclose-up

Benchmarks of Quality (BOQ)

Updated in March 2010, the BOQ for School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is an evaluation
tool developed by the University of South Florida to assess implementation of SWPBIS. The BOQ has been proven a
reliable and valid measure of school-wide implementation of PBIS.

When should the BOQ be completed? What does the BOQ measure? What are the benefits of the BOQ?

 The BOQ should be completed annually
in the spring of each school year
(March/April).
Who completes the BOQ?
The district coach supports the school-
based team in completing the BOQ.
 The BOQ uses 53 items to measure criti-  
cal elements aligned with the SW-PBIS
training process, including:
 
faculty commitment;
effective procedures for dealing with  
discipline;
data entry and analysis;
 
expectations and rules;
reward/recognition programs
 
lesson plans for teaching;
implementation plan;
Easy and quick to complete by
coaches and teams
Provides immediate feedback to the
team
Clarifies outcomes related to imple-
mentation
Useful in developing action plans for
the following year
Assists states that are rapidly expand-
ing PBIS in maintaining evaluation
standards

classroom systems; and

evaluation.

Cohen, R., Kincaid, D., & Childs, K. (2007). Measuring School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Implementation: Development
and Validation of the Benchmarks of Quality (BOQ). Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions.
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April 6, 2011 - Group A
A B Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 3
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
April 7, 2011 - Group B
Year 2 Schools Team Training Day 3
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
April 26, 2011
Year 2 & 3 School Coaches’ Training
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
April 27, 2011
Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 5
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Year 1 Schools Coaches’ Training
Coaches’ Corner 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The Team Implementation Checklist (TIC) and Self-Assessment Survey (EBS) are due April District Coaches’ Training
15, 2011. Submit the TIC and EBS online by entering your school’s access code at 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
www.pbssurveys.org. Select Team Checklist or Self-Assessment from the Surveys tab.

April 28, 2011

Year 1 Schools Team Training Day 6
8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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PBIS Implementation in CT

Map Adapted from: CT Dept of Economic and Community Development

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May Training Dates

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May 10, 2011
SWIS Statewide Training
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. and
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Open to current PBIS schools. Contact
Sarah-Anne Nicholas for more information at
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 nicholas@ctserc.org

May 12, 2011

Year 3 Schools Team Training Day 3
29 30 31 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

May 20, 2011

Potential PBIS Statewide Conference
*Please await more information to follow
Coaches’ Corner
Finish the year strong by focusing on the many things that have gone well this year. Help
your team members avoid problem admiration by mapping out the things that are in your
locus of control. Consider using a fishbone diagram as an organizer.
After completing the BOQ, be sure to share successes and challenges with the full staff.
Action-plan for the upcoming year and prepare students and staff for the end of the year
and the start of the following year.

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For more information, please contact:
Kristina Jones, Consultant
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Tarold (Terry) Miller, Consultant
(860) 632-1485, ext. 371

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Michelle Weaver, Consultant
(860) 632-1485, ext. 364
weaver@ctserc.org
Sarah-Anne Nicholas, Project Assistant
(860) 632-1485, ext. 281
nicholas@ctserc.org
Janina Johnkoski, Team Coordinator
(860) 632-1485, ext. 393
johnkoski@ctserc.org

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