1. Developing a Special Education Program and Infrastructure: A Three-Tiered Approach Hank Bohanon hbohano@luc.edu http: //www.hankbohanon.net

2. Create a Consistent and Explicit Environment

3. Purpose Increase knowledge of tiers of support for the success of students with disabilities – Legal issues – Rationale – Systems, practices, data – Examples – Resources

4. What has been included in IDEA? Consider if impedes Schoolwide General education Incidental benefit Service not a place School- improvement FBA/BIP

5. Importance of Tiers Twice as many intensive interventions Eber, L., Phillips, D., Upreti, G., Hyde, K., Lewandowski, H., & Rose, J. (2009) Increase self- determination instruction Carter, E., Lane, K., Pierson, M., & Stang, K. (2008) Students benefit from depth in defense Bohanon, H. & Wu, M. (in press)

6. SYSTEMS PRACTICES DATA Supporting Staff Behavior Supporting Student Behavior OUTCOMES Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement Supporting Decision Making 4 PBS Elements OSEP Center on PBIS

7. School 2 Tier I - Schoolwide/Universal Behavioral Curriculum Academic Curriculum Social and Emotional Learning Climate Supports Mental Health

8. Certified Hall Walkers Tier II - Secondary/Group Focus on groups – Who is not responding? Interventions match needs Monitor Progress

9. Tier III - Individual/ Tertiary Intensive supports Based on function Quality of life Self-determination

10. Change Point Analysis: 2005-2008 Possibly the booster for students and PD for staff in Jan/Feb 2007

11. Resources Data System for Academics – http://www.aimsweb.com/ http://www.aimsweb.com/ Data System for Behavior/Discipline – http://www.swis.org http://www.swis.org Free Online Training – http://www.onlineacademy.org/ http://www.onlineacademy.org/ Interventions – http://www.interventioncentral.org/ http://www.interventioncentral.org/

12. Resources RtI Action Network – http://www.rtinetwork.org/ http://www.rtinetwork.org/ Universal Design of Learning – http://www.cast.org/ http://www.cast.org/ PBIS and the Law – http://www.pbis.org/school/pbis_and_the_law/d efault.aspx http://www.pbis.org/school/pbis_and_the_law/d efault.aspx New Hampshire Institute on Disability – http://www.iod.unh.edu/Home.aspx http://www.iod.unh.edu/Home.aspx

13. Resources Bohanon, H. & Wu, M. (in press). Can prevention programs work together? An Example of school-based mental health with prevention initiatives. School-Based Mental Health Practice. Carter, E., Lane, K., Pierson, M., & Stang, K. (2008). Promoting self-determination for transition-age youth: Views of high school general and special educators. Exceptional Children, 75(1), 55-70. doi: 1548558211 Eber, L., Phillips, D., Upreti, G., Hyde, K., Lewandowski, H., & Rose, J. (2009). Illinois positive behavioral interventions & supports (PBIS) network 2008- 09 progress report (pp. 245). La Grange Park, IL. Turnbull, A., Edmonson, H., Griggs, P., Wickham, D., Sailor, W., Beech, S., Freeman, R., Guess, D., Lassen, S., McCart, A., Park, J., D., Turnbull, R., & Warren, J. (2002). A Blueprint for schoolwide positive behavior support: Full implementation of three components, Exceptional Children, 68 (3), pgs. 337-402. http://www.cec.sped.org http://www.cec.sped.org