NDTAC WEBINAR ILLINOIS YOUTH CENTER HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS

The Illinois Youth Center—Harrisburg (IYC) is one of eight juvenile facilities operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections. Population Males: Ages years Adjudicated from all over the state Crimes range from retail theft to murder Average population is approximately 370 Average length of stay is 11 months ILLINOIS YOUTH CENTER-HARRISBURG

EDUCATION The Illinois Department of Corrections has its own school district: School District 428 We are a Illinois State Board of Education certified high school General Education (elementary through twelfth grade) Special Education (40%-50% of the population) Schoolwide Title I GED prep and testing (96.5% success rate) Vocational College Technical/Southeastern Illinois College

PBIS Implementation Timeline for IYC First Year (2001) Pre Implementation 1. Secure permission from School District and facility administration 2. Data collection system established, begin baseline data collection 3. Present PBIS concepts and practices to all staff (Big Picture) 4. Establish PBIS Team at IYC-Harrisburg 5. PBIS Team develops school wide PBIS program 6. PBIS Team presents ideas for systems and practices to school staff 7. Get commitment from at least 80 per cent of school staff 8. School staff endorses PBIS as one of their top three school improvement goals 9. Train staff in principles of PBIS and school wide practices

PBIS Implementation Timeline for IYC First Year with Students 1. Introduce concepts and behavioral expectations to students 2. Implement PBIS school wide 3. Gather data and analyze 4. Implement Targeted and Specialized interventions 5. Establish a routine for integrating new students into the program and to refresh the memory of all students.

Continuously analyze data, improve data collection, assess accuracy of implementation Assess effectiveness of program, make improvements, changes Continue staff development and staff involvement PBIS Implementation Timeline for IYC Second and Following Years

What Does It Take to Do PBIS? Team / Resources Team / Resources People: Staff must be committed Equipment: Very little…computers for data collection…printers…AV system Locations: Throughout the school areas at Harrisburg Support: From the facility administrators, the school district, and the PBIS network

THE BASICS Respect Self: Make decisions that will keep you safe Treat your self in a respectable manner Respect Others: Treat others how you would like to be treated Agree to disagree Respect Property: Use property in an appropriate manner When finished, return items to the proper place

PBIS Model vs IYC After One Year 80 % 15% 5% 10% 20% 70%

School-Wide Systems and Practices Teams: Teachers, Staff, and Students Orientation of Youth Reinforcement System Social Skill Lessons Discipline Policy Professional Development Universal Interventions all settings, all students preventive, proactive

Reward System – Positive Reinforcement We try to pair extrinsic and intrinsic rewards (praise and “ice cubes”) Our rewards are determined by what is acceptable in a secure environment Folders, stationary, candy, food items, pictures and greeting cards for sending home, time with Game Boys, etc. Activities such as movies, sports tournaments, time with adults

How Do We Target Youth? Review of Data Informal meetings with teachers Grade Card Behavior Reports Behavior Reports

SECONDARY INTERVENTIONS Pre-Correction Check-Ins Mentoring Student-Teacher Mediations Journaling Additional Social Skills Lessons Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response

Check-In with a Teacher One-on-One Wrap-Around: Utilize the ‘Community’ Involve School Psychologists Confinement/Segregation Behavior Intervention Program TERTIARY INTERVENTIONS Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response

WHAT NEXT FOR PBIS At IYC-HARRISBURG? Work on our team building skills Really fine-tune the social skills lessons Bring positive behavior supports practices to other departments Include new concepts such as Balanced and Restorative Justice and Transforming the Difficult Child in our overall program.