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Santiago-Rosario, María Reina; Cohen Lissman, Dana; McIntosh, Kent; Calhoun, Elyse; Izzard, Sara – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2023
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a widely implemented framework for promoting positive school systems and fostering students' social, emotional, behavioral, and mental health. Numerous studies indicate that PBIS implementation improves student outcomes, educator practices, and school systems. This brief presents the…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Student Behavior, Social Emotional Learning, Behavior Modification
McIntosh, Kent; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
In recent years, there has been an increased research focus on developing tools to support the design, installation, and evaluation of tiered systems of support. In this special issue, we focus on research validating freely available tools to (a) measure fidelity of implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Measurement
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McIntosh, Kent; Girvan, Erik J.; McDaniel, Sara C.; Santiago-Rosario, Maria Reina; St. Joseph, Stephanie; Fairbanks Falcon, Sarah; Izzard, Sara; Bastable, Eoin – Preventing School Failure, 2021
In efforts to improve outcomes for students, state education agencies have developed systems of school improvement to identify and provide support for schools that have persistently low educational outcomes, often those with majority-Black student populations. However, such efforts have generally been ineffective in turning schools around. This…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Positive Behavior Supports, School Turnaround, Discipline
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McIntosh, Kent; Mercer, Sterett H.; Hume, Amanda E.; Frank, Jennifer L.; Turri, Mary G.; Mathews, Susanna – Exceptional Children, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with sustainability of school-based interventions and the relative contributions of those factors to predicting sustained implementation of Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). Participants were respondents from 217 schools across 14 U.S. states. Sustainability factors were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Intervention, Sustainability, Factor Analysis
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McIntosh, Kent; Predy, Larissa K.; Upreti, Gita; Hume, Amanda E.; Turri, Mary G.; Mathews, Susanna – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2014
The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived importance of specific contextual variables for initial implementation and sustainability of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS). A large, national sample of 257 school team members completed the "School-Wide Universal Behavior Sustainability Index: School Teams", a…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Environment, Behavior Problems, Student Behavior
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McIntosh, Kent; Bennett, Joanna L.; Price, Kathy – Exceptionality Education International, 2011
This article discusses School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS), an evidence-based approach to teaching social competencies and enhancing the school social environment. The focus of this article is on the value of evaluation and evaluation plans at a district level for maintaining and increasing the effectiveness of SWPBS in a district. We…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Attitudes, School Safety, At Risk Students