“Sustaining & Expanding Effective Practices: Lessons Learned from Implementation of School-wide Positive Behavior Supports” Susan Barrett Cyndi Boezio, Rob Horner, George Sugai Shepperd-Pratt Health Systems MD, Colorado Department of Education, University of Oregon, University of Connecticut

Problem Statement “We give schools strategies & systems for developing more positive, effective, & caring school & classroom climates, but implementation is not accurate, consistent, or durable. Schools & teams need more than training.”

Purpose Describe what OSEP Center on PBIS has learned about establishing, sustaining, & expanding implementation of SWPBS practices & systems in schools, districts, & states.

Agenda 2:15Overview, Definitions, Guiding Principles, Implementation Blueprint, Sustainability & Expansion (George) 2:30Lessons Learned from CO Implementation (Cyndi) History, Features, Data, Lessons Learned 2:50Lessons Learned from MD Implementation (Susan) 3:10Research, National Data, Conclusions (Rob) 3:30Questions/Comments

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Our Real Question What’s it gonna take to promote large scale accurate & durable implementation of evidence based practices in >100,000 schools? Maintain effects Sustain implementation

Worry “Train & Hope”

Challenge “Train-n-hope” approaches to PD 1 school at a time Going it alone Adding w/o integrating/facilitating

SYSTEMS PRACTICES DATA Supporting Staff Behavior Supporting Student Behavior OUTCOMES Supporting Social Competence & Academic Achievement Supporting Decision Making 4 PBS Elements

Primary Prevention: School-/Classroom- Wide Systems for All Students, Staff, & Settings Secondary Prevention: Specialized Group Systems for Students with At-Risk Behavior Tertiary Prevention: Specialized Individualized Systems for Students with High-Risk Behavior ~80% of Students ~15% ~5% CONTINUUM OF SCHOOL-WIDE INSTRUCTIONAL & POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT

Academic SystemsBehavioral Systems 1-5% 5-10% 80-90% Intensive, Individual Interventions Individual Students Assessment-based High Intensity Intensive, Individual Interventions Individual Students Assessment-based Intense, durable procedures Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response Targeted Group Interventions Some students (at-risk) High efficiency Rapid response Universal Interventions All students Preventive, proactive Universal Interventions All settings, all students Preventive, proactive Designing School-Wide Systems for Student Success

Agreements Team Data-based Action Plan ImplementationEvaluation GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

Nonclassroom Setting Systems Classroom Setting Systems Individual Student Systems School-wide Systems Research to Practice

Start w/ Shifts in our Units of Analysis Student Classroom School State District

4. Implementation Phases 3. Implementation Capacity 2. Organizational Features SWPBS Sustainability Model of Effective Innovations 1. Core Features

4. Implementation Phases 3. Implementation Capacity 2. Organizational Features Scalable Innovations 1. Core Features Valued Outcomes Measurable Definition of Innovation Measurable Definition of Context, Recipients, Outcomes Efficacy Research Effectiveness Research

4. Implementation Phases 3. Implementation Capacity 2. Organizational Features Scalable Innovations 1. Core Features Necessary & Sufficient Conditions for Implementation Iterative Measurement Systems Support Sustainability Capacity Contextual Fit

4. Implementation Phases 3. Implementation Capacity 2. Organizational Features Scalable Innovations 1. Core Features Redesigning Teaching & Learning Environments Supporting Enhancements Of Adult Behavior Organizational Structures & Procedures Establishing Competence

Leadership Team Active Coordination Funding Visibility Political Support Training Coaching Evaluation Local School Teams/Demonstrations PBS Systems Implementation Logic

Leadership Team Active Coordination FUNCTIONS Implementation support Data-based action plan Coordination Capacity building Policy & funding Communications Training capacity Exemplars Evaluation MEMBERS Coordinator State representation Behavioral capacity Agency Parent/family Leadership Etc

TrainingCoachingEvaluation TrainingCoachingEvaluation Continuous Embedded Team-coordinated Data-based Local expertise Action plan linked Etc…. Continuous Local support Data-based Preventive Positive Competent Etc…. Continuous Question-based Academic & social Efficient Team-coordinated Public Etc….

Tools (pbis.org) EBS Self-assessment TIC: Team Implementation Checklist SSS: Safe Schools Survey SET: Systems School-wide Evaluation Tool BoQ: Benchmarks of Quality PBS Implementation & Planning Self- assessment ISSET: Individual Student Systems Evaluation Tool (pilot) SWIS: School-Wide Information System (swis.org)

Funding Visibility Political Support General fund 3 years of support Integrated Data-based Etc…. Demos & research Multiple formats Multiple audiences Acknow. others Etc…. Continuous Top 3 priorities Quarterly/annually Policy Participation Etc….

Local School Teams/Demonstrations Fidelity implementation >80% of staff >80% of students Administrator leadership Team-based Data driven Contextually relevant Teaching focused Integrated initiatives Etc…..

4. Implementation Phases 3. Implementation Capacity 2. Organizational Features Scalable Innovations 1. Core Features 1 Emergence 2 Demonstration 3 Elaboration 4 Systems Adoption

IMPLEMENTATION PHASES 1. Emergence 2. Demonstration 3. Elaboration 4. Systems Adoption

Valued Outcomes Practice Implementation Identifying & Modifying Practices Efficiency Efficacy & Effectiveness Priority Continuous Regeneration Continuous Measurement Data- Based Prob. Solving Capacity Building

Organizational Outomes Common Vision Common Language Common Experience ORGANIZATION MEMBERS

Look for…. Role of self-assessment Investments in capacity building Coaching, training, evaluation, exemplars, political support, funding, visibility Emphasis on fidelity of implementation Understanding of research & practice Use of data/team-based decision making Formal planning for sustainability Appreciation for controlled expansion