SWPBS
Workbook
1

School‐wide
Positive

Behavior
Support




Getting
Started
Workbook 1









Center
on
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions
and
Supports

University
of
Oregon
&
Connecticut

Ver.
October
22,
2008







 


1

This
document
is
supported
in
part
by
the
OSEP
Center
on
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions

and
Supports
(http://pbis.org).
The
Center
is
supported
by
a
grant
from
the
Office
of
Special

Education
Programs,
US
Department
of
Education
(H326S98003).
Opinions
expressed
herein
are

those
of
the
authors
and
do
not
necessarily
reflect
the
position
of
the
US
Department
of

Education,
and
such
endorsements
should
not
be
inferred.

 SWPBS
Workbook
2

School‐Wide
Positive
Behavior
Support



OSEP
Center
on
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions
and
Supports2

University
of
Oregon
&
Connecticut

www.pbis.org





The
OSEP
Center
on
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions
and
Supports
is
grateful
to

the
students,
educators,
administrators,
families,
support
providers,
researchers,
and

teacher
trainers
who
have
worked
tirelessly
to
improve
educational
outcomes
for
all

students
and
who
have
contributed
to
our
understanding
of
the
critical
practices
and

systems
of
positive
behavior
support.



These
training
materials
have
been
developed
to
assist
schools
in
their
efforts
to

improve
school
climate
and
school‐wide
positive
behavior
support
for
all
students.

Photocopying,
use,
and/or
sale
of
these
materials
are
forbidden
without
expressed

written
permission
by
the
OSEP
Center
on
Positive
Behavioral
Interventions
and

Supports.
To
obtain
a
personal
copy
of
these
materials,
contact
the
Center
at

www.pbis.org.





 


2

The
Center
is
supported
by
a
grant
from
the
Office
of
Special
Education
Programs,
US

Department
of
Education
(H326S980003).
Opinions
expressed
herein
are
those
of
the
authors

and
do
not
necessarily
reflect
the
position
of
the
US
Department
of
Education,
and
such

endorsements
should
not
be
inferred.

 SWPBS
Workbook
3



How
Should
I
Use
this
Workbook?




What
is
the
Purpose
of
this
Workbook?

To
provide
implementers
of
a
School‐wide
Positive
Behavior
Support
(SWPBS)

approach
with
user‐friendly
supplement
to
formative
training
and
implementation.



Who
Should
Use
this
Workbook?

• Trainers,
Coaches,
Facilitators
–
to
support
their
efforts
to
implement
SWPBS
at

the
school
level

• Coordinators
and
Administrators
–
to
provide
an
overview
of
the
content
and

process
of
SWPBS
to
others

• School
and
District
Implementation
Leadership
Teams
–
to
support
and
guide

their
development,
implementation,
and
monitoring
of
SWPBS
implementation



How
is
this
Workbook
Organized?

Each
chapter
generally
has
the
following
organizational
features:

• Organizing
introduction
(green)
that
provides
rationale,
definitions,
“big
ideas,”

etc.

• Implementation
guidelines
(blue)
that
are
used
to
support
training,
self‐
assessment,
and
action
planning.

• Generic
activity
worksheets
(yellow)
that
guide
contextualized
implementation

and
product
development.

• Generic
action
planning
(red)
that
structures
commitments
to
follow‐up

activities
and
tasks.

The
Table
of
Contents
serves
as
a
summary
and
roadmap
to
the
organization
of

the
content
and
process
of
SWPBS.
Generally,
the
chapter
sequence
approximates
the

typical
order
in
which
SWPBS
trainers,
coordinators,
and
coaches
guide
School

Leadership
Teams
through
the
practices
and
processes
of
SWPBS.

Appendices
include
(a)
tools
and
instruments,
(b)
supporting
stand‐alone

information
and
activities,
and
(c)
materials
referenced
in
workbook
sections.

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Workbook
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Table
of
Contents




Page
 
 
 Chapter


5
 Appendices
Description


7
 1
–
Overview
of
School‐Wide
Positive
Behavior
Support

• What
is
SWPBS?

• Why
not
“get
tough”
with
problem
behavior?

• What
principles
guide
implementer
use
of
SWPBS?

• What
operational
elements
define
SWPBS?

• What
evidence‐based
behavioral
interventions
are
included
in

SWPBS?

• What
is
the
school‐wide
continuum
of
behavior
support?

o Responsiveness‐to‐intervention

o Practices
and
systems
by
prevention
tier

o Developing
a
SW
continuum
of
PBS

• What
is
the
SWPBS
team‐based
implementation
process?

o Basic
action
planning


40
 2
–
Getting
Started
with
School‐Wide
Positive
Behavior
Support

• Primary
prevention
tier

• Step
1
–
Establish
team
membership

 Conducting
leadership
team
meetings
worksheet

• Step
2
–
Develop
brief
statement
of
behavior
purpose

• Step
3
–
Identify
positive
school‐wide
behavior
expectations

• Step
4
–
Develop
procedures
for
teaching
school‐wide

expectations

• Step
5
–
Develop
procedures
for
teaching
classroom‐wide

behavior
expectations

• Step
6
–
Develop
continuum
of
procedures
for
encouraging
and

strengthening
student
use
of
school‐wide
behavior
expectations

• Step
7
–
Develop
continuum
of
procedures
for
discouraging

student
behavior
violations
of
school‐wide
behavior

expectations

• Step
8
–
Develop
data‐based
procedures
for
monitoring

implementation
of
SWPBS
(primary
tier)


74
 3
–
SWPBS
Practices
and
Systems
in
Non‐Classroom
Settings

83
 4
–
Classroom
Management
Practices
and
Systems

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Appendices


Appendix
 Description


A
 School‐Wide
PBS
 An
example
of
one
school’s
implementation
of
SWPBS
is

Implementation
Example
 provided:
leadership
team,
behavior
purpose
statement,

school‐wide
and
classroom‐wide
behavioral

expectations,
teaching
matrices,
encouragement

procedures,
behavior
expectation
violation
procedures,

and
progress
monitoring
and
data
systems


B
 Committee/Group/Team
 This
standalone
activity
gives
leadership
teams
a

Self‐Assessment
and
Action
 structure
for
identifying
what
behavioral
initiatives,

Planning
 programs,
and
interventions
are
in
place,
and
evaluating

how
SWPBS
fits
with
these
efforts.
The
specific
goal
is
to

develop
an
effective,
efficient,
and
relevant
continuum

of
positive
behavior
support
practices
and
processes
for

all
students


C
 Effective
Behavior
Support
 This
self‐assessment
is
used
by
leadership
teams
to

Self‐Assessment
Survey
 determine
staff
perceptions
about
the
status
of
the

social
and
behavioral
climate
of
the
school.
Perceptions

about
supports
for
school‐wide,
classroom,

nonclassroom,
and
individual
students
are
assessed.

All

school
staff
are
usually
included.


D
 Team
Implementation
 Leadership
teams
and
coaches
use
this
self‐assessment

Checklist
(TIC)
 

to
monitor
their
initial
and
on‐going
SWPBS

implementation.
As
such,
leadership
teams
self‐manage

their
implementation
efforts.


E
 SWPBS
Team
Monthly
 This
organizational
tool
is
used
by
leadership
teams,

Planning
Guide
 coaches,
coordinators
teams
to
supplement
their
review

and
action
planning
efforts,
especially
at
the
beginning

and
end
of
the
school
year.

Emphasis
is
on
first
year

implementation
of
primary
intervention
tier

of
SWPBS.
 The
p

F
 Detention
and
Suspension:
 This
FAQ
has
been
developed
to
provide
a
general

Frequently
Asked
Questions
 summary
of
the
implementation
considerations
and

features
of
detention
and
suspension
consequences.
A

question/answer
format
is
used.


G
 Functional
Assessment
and
 Two
self‐assessment
checklists
are
provided
to
enable

Behavior
Support
Plan
 review
of
the
components
and
processes
of
completing
a

 SWPBS
Workbook
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Checklists
 functional
behavioral
assessment
and
developing
a

behavioral
intervention
plan.


H
 Functional
Assessment
 The
FACTS
is
an
instrument
used
to
guide
the
completion

Checklists
for
Teachers
and
 of
a
functional
behavioral
assessment
and
facilitate
the

Staff
 development
of
a
behavior
intervention
plan.



I
 Emergency
Prevention
and
 This
primer
provides
general
guidelines
and

Response
 considerations
for
being
prepared,
preventing,
and

responding
to
crises
and
emergency
situations.



J
 Teaching
Social
Skills
 A
basic
and
general
lesson
plan
and
examples
for

teaching
social
behavior
are
provided.



K
 SWPBS
and
RtI
 A
brief
overview
of
the
similar
and
different
features
of

school‐wide
positive
behavior
support
and

responsiveness
to
intervention.


L
 Selected
References
 These
references
provide
additional
and
supporting

information
for
the
contents
of
this
workbook.

















 SWPBS
Workbook
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CHAPTER
1



Overview
of
School‐Wide
Positive
Behavior

Supports

 SWPBS
Workbook
8

SWPBS
Message:
Successful
individual
student
behavior
support
is
linked
to

host
environments
or
school
climates
that
are
effective,
efficient,
relevant,

&
durable
for
all
students

(Zins
&
Ponti,
1990)








What
is
SWPBS?




School‐Wide
Positive
Behavior
Supports
(SWPBS)
provides
an
organizational

approach
or
framework
for
improving
the
social
behavior
climate
of
the
schools
and

supporting
or
enhancing
the
impact
of
academic
instruction
on
achievement
and

increasing
proactive
(positive/preventive)
management.











 SWPBS
Workbook
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SWPBS
is
comprised
of
evidence‐based
behavioral
interventions
and
practices

that
can
be
implemented
by
real
users
to
effectively
address
and
support
the
socially

and
educationally
important
behavioral
needs
of
students
and
their
families.

SWPBS
has
its
conceptual
foundations
in

• Behavioral
Theory
‐
Behavior
is
learned,
lawful,
and
manipulable



• Applied
Behavior
Analysis
‐
Behavioral
theory
is
applied
to
socially

important

observable
behaviors
in
the
context
of
the
applied
settings
in
which
they
are

observed



• Positive
Behavior
Support
–
Behavioral
supports

are
considered
in
the
larger

context
of
improvement
of
quality
of
life










 SWPBS
Workbook
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Why
“Not
Get
Tough”
with
Problem
Behavior?




When
students
display
problem
behavior
that
is
unresponsive
to
our
typical

consequences
or
interventions,
we
often
get
stern
or
“tough”
to
see
if
the
student’s

behavior
will
eventually
improve.
For
many
students
this
level
of
consequence
works

because
the
student
has
strong
alternative
ways
of
responding
that
access
success

without
having
to
use
the
problem
behavior.

The
problem
behavior
of
some
students
continues
to
be
unresponsive,
and
we

get
“tougher”
to
get
the
student’s
attention,
make
a
clear
statement
or
point
about
the

behavior,
and
minimize
the
likelihood
of
future
occurrences.
A
few
students
respond
to

this
level
of
consequence
but
the
improvement
is
often
not
long
lasting.

So,
the
problem
behavior
of
a
few
students
continues
to
be
observed,
and
we

resort
to
further
intensifying
the
aversiveness
of
our
responses
to
force
a
halt
to
the

problem
behavior.



 

 SWPBS
Workbook
11

See
below
for
example
of
“Get
Tough”
Sequence





 “GET
TOUGH”
 BEHAVIOR
RESPONSE


Initial
problem
 Given
initial
“aversive”
 Behavior
of
many
students
improve;


behavior
 consequence,
e.g.,

 however,
for
some
their
problem

behavior
continues

• Say
“no.”

• Remove
“privilege

• Send
to
“think
seat”


Further
 Give
additional
and
more
 Behavior
of
a
few
more
students


occurrences
of
 “aversive”
consequence,
e.g.,
 improve;
however,
for
a
few
individual

problem
 students,
their
behavior
continues

• Scream
“NO!”
louder


behavior

• Move
closer
and
point

finger

• Complete
office
discipline

referral

• Threaten
and
establish

bottom
line

• Send
to
in‐school
detention


Continued
 Increase
intensity,
frequency,
and
 Behavior
escalates
in
intensity,


occurrences
and
 duration
of
“aversive”
 frequency,
and
duration
to
levels
that

increasing
 consequences,
e.g.,

 severely
interfere
with
teaching
and

intensity
of
 learning

• Establish
and
enforce
zero

problem

tolerance
policies

behavior

• Increase
monitoring
and

security

• Physically
assist
or

intervene

• Give
out
of
school

suspension





 SWPBS
Workbook
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 Why
do
we
get
tougher
when
student’s
behavior
does
not
improve?

Because

we…

1. Assume
the
student
is
inherently
bad,
and
stubborn
behaviors
require
much

more
intensive
consequences.

2. Assume
the
student
must
“learn”
to
take
responsibility
for
their
own
behavior,

and
prove
that
they
deserve
to
be
part
of
the
classroom
or
group.

3. Assume
aversive
consequences
“teach”
the
student
to
behave
better.

4. The
behavior
of
some
students
does
improve….albeit
short‐lived;
so,
we
get

temporary
relief.

5. Learn
“tougher”
consequences
remove
the
student
with
irritating
behavior

which
brings
relief
in
the
immediate
environment,
and
the
student’s
behavior

will
be
better
“tomorrow.”

6. Experience
an
initial
improvement
in
problem
behavior,
when
the
student

responds.



So,
what’s
wrong
with
a
get
tough
approach?

The
research
is
clear
that
if
the

only
thing
we
do
is
get
tough
and
tougher
when
students
display
problem
behavior,

1. Environments
of
control
are
fostered

2. Antisocial
behavior
is
triggered
and
reinforced

3. Shared
accountability
is
shifted
away
from
school
and
to
the
student,
family,

and/or
community

4. Child/youth‐adult
relationships
are
devalued
and
put
at
risk

5. Link
between
academic
achievement
and
social
behavior
programming
is

weakened



So,
what
should
we
do?

The
science
on
human
behavior
has
taught
us
that

students….

1. Are
not
born
with
bad
(or
good)
behavior

2. Do
not
learn
through
the
sole
use
of
“aversive”
consequences

3. Learn
better
ways
of
behaving
by
being
taught
social
skills
directly
and
receiving

positive
feedback
about
what
they
are
doing
correctly
or
appropriately.



 SWPBS
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In
addition,
results
from
research
on
the
prevention
of
youth
violence

consistently
indicates
that
preventing
the
development
and
occurrence
of
violent
and

behavior
is
associated
with
the
following:



Youth
Violence
Prevention
 Sample
Sources


• Positive,
predictable
school‐wide
 • Surgeon
General’s
Report
on

climate
 Youth
Violence
(2001)

• High
rates
of
academic
&
social
success
 • Coordinated
Social
Emotional

• Formal
social
skills
instruction
 &
Learning
(Greenberg
et
al.,

2003)

• Positive
active
supervision
&

• Center
for
Study
&
Prevention

reinforcement

of
Violence
(2006)

• Positive
adult
role
models

• White
House
Conference
on

• Multi‐component,
multi‐year
school‐ School
Violence
(2006)

family‐community
effort








 SWPBS
Workbook
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What
Principles
Guide
Implementer
Use
of
SWPBS?




Implementers
of
SWPBS
use
the
following
principles
to
guide
their
decisions
and

actions:

1. Use
data
to
guide
decision
making

2. Establish
school
discipline
as
instrument
for
academic
and
behavior
success

3. Make
decisions
that
are
linked
to
important
and
measurable
outcomes

4. Utilize
research‐validated
practices,
interventions,
and
strategies

5. Emphasize
an
instructional
approach
to
behavior
management

6. Emphasize
prevention

7. Integrate
initiatives,
programs,
interventions
that
have
common
outcomes

8. Adapt
products,
activities,
actions,
etc.
to
align
with
cultural
and
contextual

characteristics
of
local
environment
(e.g.,
family,
neighborhood,
community)

9. Build
and
sustain
a
continuum
of
behavior
support

10. Consider
and
implement
school‐wide
practices
and
systems
for
all
students,

all
staff,
and
all
settings

11. Evaluate
continuously

12. Coordinate
efforts
with
a
school‐wide
leadership
team




 SWPBS
Workbook
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What
Operational
Elements
Define
SWPBS?




Effective,
efficient,
and
relevant
school‐wide
discipline
is
based
on
a
balance
of

four
key
and
interactive
elements:










 SWPBS
Workbook
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DATA:
What
do
we
currently
see
and
know?


Data‐based
decision
making
guides
selection
and
modification
of
curricula
and

practices,
evaluation
of
progress,
and
enhancement
of
systems.


OUTCOMES:
What
do
we
want
to
see?


Clearly
specified
outcomes
are
related
to
academic
achievement
and
social

competence


PRACTICES:
What
practice
could
effectively,
efficiently,
and
relevantly
achieve
what

we
want
to
see?


Evidenced‐based
practices
have
a
high
probability
of
outcome
achievement
for

students.



SYSTEMS:
What
needs
to
be
in
place
to
support
(a)
practice
adoption
that
is

informed
and
(b)
full
implementation
that
is
contextualized,
accurate,
and

sustainable?


Systems
support
adult
adoption,
high
fidelity
implementation,
and
sustained
use
of

effective
practices.







 SWPBS
Workbook
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What
Evidence‐based
Behavioral
Interventions
are
Included
in
SWPBS?




SWPBS
emphasizes
selection
and
implementation
of
the
most
appropriate,

effective,
efficient,
and
relevant
practices
and
interventions
that
match
the
needs,

resources,
and
competence
of
users.
These
practices
and
interventions
are
organized
in

five
SWPBS
subsystems:










SUBSYSTEMS
 PRACTICES,
PROCESSES,
AND
SYSTES
FOR……


School‐wide
 All
students
and
staff
members,
across
all
settings


Classroom
 Settings
in
which
delivery
of
instruction
is
emphasized


Settings
and
contexts
in
which
the
emphasis
is
on
supervision
and

Nonclassroom
 monitoring,
not
instruction
(e.g.,
sporting
events,
assemblies,

lunchrooms,
hallways,
buses,
field
trips,
etc.).


Individual
students
whose
behaviors
are
not
responsive
to
school‐
Student

wide
or
primary
tier
prevention
(secondary/tertiary
tiers)


Engaging
and
supporting
family
participation
in
the
activities
and

Family

access
to
resources
of
the
school.






 SWPBS
Workbook
18

Behavioral
Interventions
and
Practices


1. Common
purpose
&
approach
to
discipline

2. Clear
set
of
positive
expectations
&
behaviors

School‐Wide


3. Procedures
for
teaching
expected
behavior

4. Continuum
of
procedures
for
encouraging
expected
behavior

5. Continuum
of
procedures
for
discouraging
inappropriate
behavior

6. Procedures
for
on‐going
monitoring
&
evaluation


1. All
school‐wide
above.

2. Maximium
structure
&
predictability
(e.g.,
routines,
environment)

3. Positively
stated
expectations
posted,
taught,
reviewed,
prompted,
&

supervised

Classroom‐Wide


4. Maximum
engagement
through
high
rates
of
opportunities
to
respond,

delivery
of
evidence‐based
instructional
curriculum
&
practices


5. Continuum
of
strategies
to
acknowledge
displays
of
appropriate

behavior
,
including

contingent
&
specific
praise,
group
contingencies,

behavior
contracts,
token
economies

6. Continuum
of
strategies
for
responding
to
inappropriate
behavior,

including
specific,
contingent,
brief
corrections
for
academic
and
social

behavior
errors,
differential
reinforcement
of
other
behavior,
planned

ignoring,
response
cost,
and
time
out.


1. Positive
expectations
&
routines
taught
&
encouraged/acknowledged

Non‐Classroom


2. Active
supervision
by
all
staff,
emphasizing
scanning,
moving,
&

Settings


interacting

3. Precorrections,
prompts,
&
reminders

4. Positive
reinforcement

 SWPBS
Workbook
19

1. Behavioral
competence
at
school
&
district
levels


Individual
Student


2. Function‐based
behavior
support
planning


3. Team‐
&
data‐based
decision
making

4. Comprehensive
person‐centered
planning
&
wraparound
processes

5. Targeted
social
skills
&
self‐management
instruction

6. Individualized
instructional
&
curricular
accommodations


1. Continuum
of
positive
behavior
support
for
all
families

Engagement


2. Frequent,
regular,
&
positive
contacts,
communications,
&

Family


acknowledgements

3. Formal
&
active
participation
&
involvement
as
equal
partners

4. Access
to
system
of
integrated
school
&
community
resources













 SWPBS
Workbook
20


 What
is
the
PBS
School‐wide
Continuum
of
Behavior
Support?3
 




A
relatively
small
proportion
of
students
(1‐15%)
have
learning
histories
that

cause
general
school‐wide
interventions
to
be
ineffective
(i.e.,
not
responsive),
and

these
students
require
additional
specialized
and
individualized
interventions.
Thus,

school‐wide
discipline
systems
should
not
be
abandoned
because
the
behaviors
of
these

students
are
unresponsive.
Instead,
schools
should
think
of
school‐wide
discipline

systems
as
being
important
foundations
for
(a)
supporting
the
majority
of
students,
(b)

preventing
the
development
of
chronic
problem
behavior
for
students
with
high
risk

backgrounds
and
learning
histories,
and
(c)
identifying
(screening)
and
providing
more

specialized
and
individualized
behavior
supports
for
students
with
high
intensity,

difficult‐to‐change
problem
behaviors.


3

Also
referred
to
as
“RtI”
or
Responsiveness‐to‐Intervention

 SWPBS
Workbook
21

The
three
tiered
prevention
logic
organizes
practices
and
systems
along
a

continuum
of
increasing
intensity
and/or
complexity.
Student
behavior
responsiveness

to
intervention
is
used
to
match
intervention
intensity.
Although
the
continuum
is

dynamic
and
blended,
the
three
tiers
are
generally
described
as
follows:




Prevention
 General
Response

Description

Tier
 Criteria


Primary
 Practices
and
systems
for
all
students
and
staff
 Behaviors
of
70‐

(Universal)
 implemented
across
all
settings.

 90%
of
students


More
intensive
and
specialized
practices
and
systems

for
students
whose
behaviors
have
been

Secondary
 Behaviors
of
10‐
documented
as
not
responsive
at
the
primary
tier,

(Targeted)
 30%
of
students

and
generally
provided
in
a
common
or
standardized

manner
in
small
student
groupings.



Most
intensive
and
specialized
practices
and
systems

for
students
whose
behaviors
have
been

Tertiary
 documented
as
not
responsive
at
the
primary
or
 Behaviors
of
1‐
(Intensive)
 secondary
tiers,
and
generally
are
highly
 10%
of
students

individualized
to
the
specific
needs
and
strengths
of

an
individual
student.




 SWPBS
Workbook
22



 SWPBS
Workbook
23

The
following
figure
illustrates
this
important
concept:















 The
following
figure
illustrates
the
an
“applied”
continuum
of
support
in
which

sequencing
and
integration
of
practices
and
supports
varies
by
setting
(e.g.,
elementary

v.
middle
v.
high
school;
alternative
programming;
rural
v.
urban)
and
individual
student

strengths
and
needs:




 SWPBS
Workbook
24

How
does
SWPBS
Relate
to
Responsiveness
to
Intervention?





 “Responsiveness‐to‐Intervention”
(RtI)
has
been
described
as
an
approach
for

establishing
and
redesigning
teaching
and
learning
environments
so
that
they
are

effective,
efficient,
relevant,
and
durable
for
all
students,
families,
and
educators.

Specifically,
RTI
is
shaped
by
six
defining
characteristics4:







4

Brown‐Chidsey
&
Steege,
2005;
Christ,
Burns,
&
Ysseldyke,
2005;
Fuchs
&
Deschler,
2007;

Fuchs
&
Fuchs,
2007;
Fuchs,
Mock,
Morgan,
&
Young,
2003;
Gresham,
2005;
Gresham
et
al.,

2005;
Kame’enui,
2007;
National
Association
of
State
Directors
of
Special
Education,
2006;

Severson,
Walker,
Hope‐Doolittle,
Kratochwill,
&
Gresham,
2007;
Sugai,
2007

 SWPBS
Workbook
25

RtI
Feature
 Description


Learner
performance
and
progress
should
be
reviewed
on
a

regular
basis
and
in
a
systematic
manner
to
identify
students

1. Universal

who
are
(a)
making
adequate
progress,
(b)
at
some
risk
of

screening

failure
if
not
provided
extra
assistance,
or
(c)
at
high
risk
of

failure
if
not
provided
specialized
supports.


Information
that
directly
reflects
student
learning
based
on

2. Data‐based

measurable
and
relevant
learning
criteria
and
outcomes
should

decision
making

be
used
to
guide
decisions
regarding
instructional

and
problem

effectiveness,
student
responsiveness,
and
intervention

solving

adaptations
and
modifications


3. Continuous
 Student
progress
should
be
assessed
on
a
frequent
and
regular

progress
 basis
to
identify
adequate
or
inadequate
growth
trends
and

monitoring
 support
timely
instructional
decisions.


Priority
should
be
given
to
using
actual
student
performance

4. Student

on
the
instructional
curriculum
to
guide
decisions
regarding

performance

teaching
effectiveness
and
learning
progress


An
integrated
and
sequenced
curriculum
should
be
available

such
that
a
(a)
core
curriculum
is
provided
for
all
students,
(b)

5. Continuum
of
 modification
of
this
core
is
arranged
for
students
who
are

evidence‐based
 identified
as
nonresponsive,
and
(c)
specialized
and
intensive

interventions
 curriculum
is
developed
for
students
whose
performance
is

deemed
nonresponsive
to
the
modified
core.
Elements
of
this

continuum
must
have
empirical
evidence
to
support
efficacy

(intervention
is
linked
to
outcome),
effectiveness
(intervention

 SWPBS
Workbook
26

outcomes
are
achievable
and
replicable
in
applied
settings),

relevant
(intervention
can
be
implemented
by
natural

implementers
and
with
high
fidelity),
and
durable
(intervention

implementation
is
sustainable
and
student
outcomes
are

durable).



Team‐based
structures
and
procedures
are
in
place
to
ensure

6. Implementation
 and
coordinate
appropriate
adoption
and
accurate
and

fidelity
 sustained
implementation
of
the
full
continuum
of
intervention

practices.



 SWPBS
Workbook
27

Practices
and
Systems
by
Prevention
Tier
and
SWPBS
Working
Elements




 
 Prevention
Tier


 
 Primary
 Secondary
 Tertiary

• Office
discipline
 • Office
disciplinary
 • FACTS

referrals
(ODR)
 referrals
 • FBA

• EBS
Self‐ • Points
earned
 • Academic

Assessment
 token
economy
 competence

• SET
 • Academic
 • Curriculum
based

SWPBS
Working
Elements


• Benchmarks
of
 competence
 measurement


Data


Quality
 • Curriculum
based

• School
Safety
 measurement

Survey
 • FACTS

• Academic

performance

• Curriculum
based

measurement

• ~80%
of
students
 • ~15%
of
students
 • Individualized

Outcomes


with
0‐1
major
ODR
 with
2‐5
major
 academic
and


• ~1/500
 ODR
 behavior
objectives

students/day
 • ~5%
of
students

with
>6
major
ODR

 SWPBS
Workbook
28


 • Teach
and
 • Universal
screening
 • Function‐based


encourage

small
 • Group
social
skills
 Individualized

number
of
school‐ instruction
 behavior
support

wide
behavioral
 • Daily
performance
 plan

expectations
and
 feedback
 • Targeted
social

behaviors
 • Self‐management
 skills
instruction

Practices


• Continuum
of
 instruction
 • Academic


consequences
for
 • At
least
hourly
 accommodations

violations
of
 positive
 and
supports

behavior
 reinforcement
 • Family

expectations
 • Family
 participation

• Active
supervision
 engagement

• Effective
classroom

management



• SW
leadership
team
 • Behavioral
 • Specialized

• Formative
data‐
 competence
 behavioral

and
team‐based
 • Weekly
program
 competence

decision
making
 review
 • Team‐based

and
action
planning
 • Team
based
 coordination
and

Systems


• High
priority
 coordination
and
 decision
making


• Active
 decision
making
 • Daily
program

administrator
 • Direct
link
to
 review

involvement
 school‐wide

primary
tier

prevention
system






 SWPBS
Workbook
29

Developing
a
School‐wide
Continuum
of
Positive
Behavior
Support



 The
development
of
a
SW
continuum
of
requires
a
careful
consideration
of
local

context
(features
and
data),
desired
outcomes
(data,
priority
needs,
etc.),
evidence‐
based
practices,
and
systems
capacities
and
supports.



To
enhance
efficiency
and
relevance,
the
following
steps
for
selecting
practices

within
a
school‐wide
continuum
of
positive
behavior
supports
should
be
considered:


Steps
for
Selecting
Practices
within
a
School‐Wide
Continuum
of
Positive
Behavior

Support


Step
1:

Identify
what
practices
(e.g.,
interventions,
programs,
strategies)
are
available
at

each
prevention
tier.
(See
Practices
Evaluation
Chart)


Step
2:

Evaluate
each
practice
against
the
following
evaluation
criteria

• Evidence‐based
–
Does
experimental
research
evidence
exist
to
support
the

selection
and
use
of
a
practice
to
achieve
desired
outcome?

• Outcome
Data
–
Are
relevant
data
collected
to
measure
effectiveness?

• Non‐Responder
Decision
Rule
–
Are
data‐based
rules
available
and
used
to

modify
intervention
for
students
who
do
not
respond
to
practice?


• Implementation
Fidelity
–
Are
data
collected
to
assess
and
improve
accuracy
of

practice
implementation?

• Effectiveness
–
Have
data
demonstrated
that
practice
is
effective
in
achieving

desired
outcomes?


Step
3:

Based
on
the
above
results,
decide
whether
to
(a)
eliminate
or
discontinue,
(b)

integrate
with
other
practices,
(c)
modify
and
continue
or
integrate,
or
(d)
sustain
as

is.


Step
4:

Based
on
the
above
results,
do
new
or
different
practices
need
to
be
considered
and

adopted
to
complete
the
continuum?

• Identify
outcome
that
needs
to
be
achieved.

• Evaluate
practices
that
have
experimental
evidence
of
their
effectiveness
and

are
likely
to
produce
desired
outcome.

• Insert
new
practice
into
Practices
Evaluation
Chart


Step
5:

Complete
display
of
continuum
of
behavior
support
practices
(see
following

Continuum
of
School‐wide
Behavior
Support
triangle
continuum)

 SWPBS
Workbook
30



 SWPBS
Workbook
31

Practices
Evaluation
Chart




Evaluation

Non‐
Outcome
 Implem.

Practices
 Evidence‐ Responder

Data
 Fidelity
 Effective?
 Decision

Based?
 Decision

Collected?
 Assessed?

Rule?


 Y


?


N5
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S6


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S

Primary



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S

Prevention
Tier


Secondary



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S

Tertiary



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S



 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 Y


?


N
 E


I


M


S


5

Yes

?

No

6

Eliminate,
Modify,
Integrate,
Sustain

 SWPBS
Workbook
32

Continuum
of
School‐wide
Positive
Behavior
Support




Directions:

Insert
evaluated
and
selected
practices
and
strategies
into
this
table
to

establish
a
continuum
of
school‐wide
positive
behavior
supports.



• 

• 

Tertiary
 • 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 



Secondary


•
• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Primary


• 

• 

• 

• 





 SWPBS
Workbook
33

Example:
Continuum
of
School‐wide
Positive
Behavior
Support




• Function‐based
support

• Wraparound/person‐centered
planning

• Special
education

Tertiary

• Crisis
prevention
&
intervention

• 

• 

• 

• Check
in/out

• Targeted
social
skills
training

Peer‐based
tutoring

Secondary


•
• Social
skills
club

• Behavioral
contracting

• 

• 

• Teaching
&
encouraging
positive
school‐wide
behavioral

expectations

• Proactive
school‐wide
discipline

Effective
academic
instruction/curriculum

Primary


•
• Parent
engagement

• Active
supervision

• 


 • 



 SWPBS
Workbook
34

What
is
the
SWPBS
Team‐Based
Implementation
Process?





 SWPBS
implementation
process
or
approach
is
premised
on
the
finding
that

sporadic
one‐time
or
occasional
high
intensity
training
events
are
ineffective
and

inefficient
at
achieving
system
or
organization‐wide
implementation
of
an
intervention

or
practice
that
is
sustainable
and
accurate.
Typical
school
inservice
or
professional

development
events
are
more
likely
to
be
“train‐and‐hope”
(Stokes
and
Baer,
1977)

events:










 SWPBS
Workbook
35

In
contrast,
the
SWPBS
approach
adopts
a
continuous
multi‐component,
multi‐
year
organizational
approach.
The
features
of
the
general
team
based
implementation

process
are
summarized
in
the
following:








 SWPBS
Workbook
36

When
engaged
in
the
general
SWPBS
implementation
steps,
consider
the

following
guidelines:





Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Adequate
representation


Yes


No


?
 2. Active
administrator
membership
and
involvement

Form
Team


3. Efficient
means
for
communications
within
team
and
with
faculty

Yes


No


?

as
a
whole


Yes


No


?
 4. Capacity
for
on‐going
data‐based
decision
making



Yes


No


?
 5. Priority
and
status
among
committees
and
initiatives


Yes


No


?
 6. Behavioral
capacity
on
team


Yes


No


?
 1. Commitment
to
3‐4
years
of
priority
implementation



Yes


No


?
 2. Use
of
3‐tiered
prevention
logic
and
continuum

Establish
Agreements


Yes


No


?
 3. Administrator
participation
and
membership


Yes


No


?
 4. On‐going
coaching
and
facilitation
supports


5. Dedicated
resources
and
time

Yes


No


?
 6. Agreement
about
operating
procedures
for
roles,
agenda,

meeting
times,
action
planning,
etc.


Yes


No


?
 7. Top
three
school‐wide
initiatives
based
on
need


Yes


No


?
 1. Regular
self‐assessment

Data‐based
Action
Plan


Yes


No


?
 2. Review
and
use
of
existing
discipline
data


Yes


No


?
 3. Multiple
subsystems
of
evidence‐based
behavioral
interventions


Yes


No


?
 4. Team‐based
decision
making
and
action
planning


Yes


No


?
 5. Efficient
system
of
data
input,
storage,
and
summarization

 SWPBS
Workbook
37

Yes


No


?
 1. Emphasis
on
evidence
based
practices
and
interventions


Implementation
Action
Plan
with
Fidelity
and

Develop
Procedures
and
Supports
for
 Yes


No


?
 2. Active
administrator
participation


Yes


No


?
 3. Continuous
staff
involvement
in
planning


4. Efficient
and
effective
support
for
staff
training
and

Durability


Yes


No


?

implementation


5. Continuous
monitoring
of
fidelity
of
implementation
and

Yes


No


?

progress


6. Regular
and
effective
staff
acknowledgements
for
participation

Yes


No


?

and
accomplishments


Yes


No


?
 7. Team
coordinated
and
managed
implementation


Yes


No


?
 1. Team‐
and
data‐based
decision
making
and
planning

Continuous
Evaluation
Fidelity
of

Implementation
and
Outcome


Yes


No


?
 2. Relevant
and
measurable
outcome
indicators


Yes


No


?
 3. Efficient
input,
storage,
and
retrieval
of
data

Progress


Yes


No


?
 4. Effective,
efficient,
and
informative
visual
displays


Yes


No


?
 5. Regular
data
review


6. Continuous
monitoring
of
fidelity
of
implementation
and

Yes


No


?

progress



 SWPBS
Workbook
38

Basic
Action
Planning



 Action
planning
is
a
process
of
organizing
and
using
resources
to
enable

individuals
to
engage
in
activities
designed
to
achieve
specific
and
important
outcomes.

The
process
is
guided
by
the
following
principles:




Process
Principles


1. Align
with
district
goals.

2. Focus
on
measurable
outcomes.

3. Base
and
adjust
decisions
on
data
and
local
characteristics.

4. Give
priority
to
evidence‐based
programs.

5. Invest
in
building
sustainable
implementation
supports.

6. Consider
effectiveness,
efficiency,
relevance,
and
efficacy

in
decision
making





 The
action
planning
process
can
be
facilitated
by
considering
the
following

questions:


Facilitating
Questions


Question
 Notes


1. What
need
(problem,
 

issue,
concern,
etc.)
are

we
trying
to
address?


2. What
evidence
do
we
 

have
to
confirm,

understand,

characterize,
etc.
the

need?

 SWPBS
Workbook
39

3. What
factors
seem
to
 

be
contributing
to
the

need?


4. How
high
of
a
priority
is
 

addressing
this
need?


5. What
would
the
 

solution
(data,
strategy,

policy,
etc.)
look
like
to

address
the
need?


6. What
existing
activities
 

also
are
addressing
this

need?


7. What
would
we
see
if
 

we
have
been

successful
in
addressing

this
need
in
3
months,
1

year,
2
years,
etc.?


8. What
would
a
1‐3
year
 

action
plan
look
like
to

address
this
need?


9. What
factors
($,
 

roadblocks,
agreements,

capacity,
leadership,

etc.)
need
to
be

considered
to
support

and
maximize
the

successful

implementation
of
this

action
plan?






 SWPBS
Workbook
40


 The
following
flowchart
has
been
designed
to
improve
decisions
related
to

selection
and
use
of
instructional
and
behavioral
interventions.

 SWPBS
Workbook
41

Generic
Action
Planning
Worksheet
–
Example
#1


Action
Plan
Outcome
(measurable,
achievable,
priority):








Due
Date:



Activity
 Persons
 Due
 Outcome
 Notes


1. 

 
 
 
 






 SWPBS
Workbook
42





GENERAL
PLANNING
WORKSHEET
–
Example
#2


Planning
Questions
 Planning



1. What
did
we
propose
to
 

accomplish?


2. What
have
we
done
so
 

far?
Data?


3. How
much
have
we
 

accomplished?
Are
we

satisfied?



4. What
do
we
need
to
 

accomplish
next?


5. What
do
we
need
to
do
 What
 Who
 When


next?


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 


9. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
43

Actions
Needed
for

Using
SWPBS
Basic
Information
and
Concepts




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 






 SWPBS
Workbook
44






CHAPTER
2



Getting
Started
with
School‐Wide
Positive

Behavior
Supports

 SWPBS
Workbook
45

GETTING
STARTED
WITH
SWPBS:

PRIMARY
PREVENTION
TIER



In
the
following
sections,
planning
steps
for
getting
started
with
the
implementation
of

SWPBS
are
described.
Examples
of
outcomes
for
each
step
are
provided
in
the
Appendices.


Guidelines


Yes


No


?7
 STEP
1
‐
Establish
Leadership
Team
Membership


Yes


No


?
 STEP
2
‐
Develop
Brief
Statement
of
Behavior
Purpose


Yes


No


?
 STEP
3
‐
Identify
Positive
School‐wide
Behavioral
Expectations


Yes


No


?
 STEP
4
‐
Develop
Procedures
for
Teaching
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations


Yes


No


?
 STEP
5
‐
Develop
Procedures
for
Teaching
Classroom‐wide
Behavioral

Expectations


Yes


No


?
 STEP
6
‐
Develop
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Encouraging
and
Strengthening

Student
Use
of
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations


Yes


No


?
 STEP
7
‐
Develop
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Discouraging
Student
Behavior

Violations
of
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations


Yes


No


?
 STEP
8
‐
Develop
Data‐based
Procedures
for
Monitoring
Implementation
of

SWPBS
(Primary
Tier)




Descriptions
for
each
step
(pink)
include

• Guidelines
(blue)
for
improving
the
completion
of
each
step

• Sample
worksheets
(yellow)
for
completing
each
step

• Action
planning
(red)
forms
to
organize
and
manage
“next
activities”




7

Uncertain,
unknown,
more
information
needed

 SWPBS
Workbook
46

STEP
1
‐
Establish
Team
Membership




When
establishing
a
school‐wide
PBS
leadership
team,
consider
the
following

guidelines:


Guidelines


Yes


No


?8
 1. Representative
of
demographics
of
school
and
community


Yes


No


?
 2. 1‐2
individuals
with
behavior/classroom
management
competence


Yes


No


?
 3. Administrator
active
member


Yes


No


?
 4. Schedule
for
presenting
to
whole
staff
at
least
monthly



Yes


No


?
 5. Schedule
for
team
meetings
at
least
monthly


Yes


No


?
 6. Integration
with
other
behavior
related
initiatives
and
programs


Yes


No


?
 7. Appropriate
priority
relative
to
school
and
district
goals



Yes


No


?
 8. Rules
and
agreements
established
regarding
voting,
confidentiality
and

privacy,
conflict/problem
solving,
record‐keeping,
etc.


Yes


No


?
 9. Schedule
for
annual
self‐assessments

• EBS
Self‐Assessment
Survey

• Review
Office
Discipline
Referrals

• Benchmarks
of
Quality

• School‐wide
Evaluation
Tool


Yes


No


?
 10. Coaching
support
(school
and/or
district/region)


8

?
=
uncertain,
unknown,
more
information
needed

 SWPBS
Workbook
47







Team
Profile
and
Agreements


School

Name:
___________________________


Level:

El,
Md/Jr,
Sr,
other_________




City:
_____________________________

State:
________________________

District:
__________________________




Team
Member
Name
by
Role

Principal:
_______________________




Teacher:
______________________

Teacher:
_______________________





Teacher:
______________________

Teacher:
_______________________





Teacher:
______________________

Counselor:
_____________________






Parent:
_______________________

Classified:
______________________





Classified9:
_____________________

Special
Educator:
________________





Student10:
_______________________

Other:
_________________________





Other:
________________________

Other:
_________________________





Other:
________________________


Coaching

Name:
________________________






Email:
________________________

Contact
Telephone:
______________


Agreements
for
Getting
Started

Dates
for
next
two
team
meetings:
______________

________________

Date
for
next
presentation
to
whole
staff:
______________

Date
for
completion
of
EBS
Self‐Assessment
Survey:
________________

Date
for
collection
and
summarization
of
office
discipline
data:
______________

Date
for
completion/review
of
action
plan:
______________


9

Representatives
from
non‐classroom
settings
(e.g.,
office
staff,
cafeteria
and
hallway

supervisor,
bus
driver,
school
resource
officer,
custodian,
community
member)

10

Students
are
recommended
particularly
for
secondary
level
school
teams.

 SWPBS
Workbook
48





Conducting
Leadership
Meetings
Worksheet

How
did
we
do?


Preparing


H


M


L


na11
 Review
agreements/tasks
from
previous
minutes


H


M


L


na
 Identify/review/develop
agenda
items


H


M


L


na
 Invite/remind/prepare
participants


H


M


L


na
 Prepare/review
materials


H


M


L


na
 Check/confirm
logistics
(e.g.,
room,
location,
time)


H


M


L


na
 Other:


Beginning


H


M


L


na
 Acknowledge/introduce
participants


H


M


L


na
 Review
purpose


H


M


L


na
 Review/assign
roles


H


M


L


na
 Review/modify
agenda
items
(e.g.,
discussion,
decision,
information)


H


M


L


na
 Assign
#
of
minutes
for
each
agenda
item


H


M


L


na
 Set/review
meeting
rules/routines
(Routines
below)


H


M


L


na
 Other:


Conducting


H


M


L


na
 Follow
agenda
items


H


M


L


na
 Stay
within
timelines


H


M


L


na
 Follow/review
rules/routines


H


M


L


na
 Restate/review/remind
of
purpose/outcomes


11

H
=
high,
M
=
medium,
L
=
low,
na
=
not
applicable

 SWPBS
Workbook
49

H


M


L


na
 Other:


Concluding


H


M


L


na
 Review
purpose


H


M


L


na
 Review/summarize
agreements/products/assignments


H


M


L


na
 Review/evaluate
extent
to
which
agenda
items
addressed


H


M


L


na
 Review
new
agenda
items


H


M


L


na
 Review
compliance
with
rules/routines


H


M


L


na
 Acknowledge/reinforce
participation/actions/outcomes


H


M


L


na
 Indicate
next
meeting
date/time/place


H


M


L


na
 Other:


Following‐Up


H


M


L


na
 Distribute
minutes


H


M


L


na
 Complete
agreements/products/assignments


H


M


L


na
 Contact/remind
participants


H


M


L


na
 Prepare
for
next
agenda


H


M


L


na
 Other:


Other
Notes/Observations













 SWPBS
Workbook
50

Routines
for
Conducting
Effective
and
Efficient
Meetings


1. How
are
decisions
made?











2. How
are
problems/conflicts/disagreements
resolved
and
processed?











3. How
are
roles/responsibilities
(e.g.,
leadership,
facilitation,
recording
minutes,

reporting)
assigned
and
conducted?











4. How
is
participation
encouraged
and
reinforced?












 SWPBS
Workbook
51

Actions
Needed
for

Establishing
Team
Membership
and
Agreements




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
52

STEP
2
‐
Develop
Brief
Statement
of
Behavior
Purpose




Each
school
has
or
should
develop
a
brief
statement
of
purpose
relative
to
the

development
and
support
of
the
social
and
behavioral
climate
of
the
school.

When
reviewing
or
developing
this
purpose
statement,
consider
the
following

guidelines:




Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Positively
stated


Yes


No


?
 2. 2‐3
sentences
in
length


Yes


No


?
 3. Supportive
of
academic
achievement


Yes


No


?
 4. Contextually/culturally
appropriate
(e.g.,
age,
level,
language)


Yes


No


?
 5. Comprehensive
in
scope
(school‐wide
–
ALL
students,
staff,
and

settings)


Yes


No


?
 6. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staff


Yes


No


?
 7. Communicated
to
stakeholders
(e.g.,
families,
community

members,
district
administrators)


Yes


No


?
 8. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbook,
posters,

newsletters)


School‐wide
Behavior
Purpose
Statement




 SWPBS
Workbook
53

Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Brief
Statement
of
Behavior
Purpose




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 






 SWPBS
Workbook
54

STEP
3
‐
Identify
Positive
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations




When
identifying
3‐5
positive
school‐wide
behavior
expectations
(a.k.a.,
rules,

character
traits,
values),
consider
the
following
guidelines:




Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Linked
to
social
culture
of
school
(e.g.,
community,
mascot).


Yes


No


?
 2. Considerate
of
social
skills
and
rules
that
already
exists.


Yes


No


?
 3. 3‐5
in
number


Yes


No


?
 4. 1‐3
words
per
expectation


Yes


No


?
 5. Positively
stated


Yes


No


?
 6. Supportive
of
academic
achievement


Yes


No


?
 7. Comprehensive
in
scope
(school‐wide
–
ALL
students,
staff,
and

settings)


Yes


No


?
 8. Mutually
exclusive
(minimal
overlap)


Yes


No


?
 9. Contextually/culturally
appropriate
(e.g.,
age,
level,
language)


Yes


No


?
 10. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staff


Yes


No


?
 11. Communicated
to
stakeholders
(e.g.,
families,
community


members,
district
administrators)


Yes


No


?
 12. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbook,
posters,


newsletters)




 SWPBS
Workbook
55

School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations


1. 




2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 









 SWPBS
Workbook
56

Actions
Needed
for

Identifying
Positive
School
Wide
Behavior
Expectations




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
57

STEP
4
‐
Develop
Procedures
for
Teaching
School‐wide
Behavior

Expectations




Teach
Social
Behavior
Like
Academic
Skills


 A
frequent
misrule
is
that
social
behavior
is
learned
and
encouraged
through
the

use
of
aversive
consequences
(especially,
for
errors).
However,
these
types
of

consequences
do
little
to
promote
desired
social
skills,
except
to
signal
that
an
error
has

occurred.


“A
behavior
is
a
behavior”
regardless
of
whether
it
is
an
academic
or
a
social
skill.

As
such,
whether
teaching
an
academic
skill
or
concept,
a
social
skill,
or
a
character
trait,

the
basic
instructional
process
is
the
same.
The
following
figure
illustrates
those
basic

instructional
steps,
beginning
with
“define
the
skill.”






Like
academic
skills
that
have
been
learned
initially,
social
skills
must
be

practiced
regularly
and
acknowledged/reinforced
frequently
for
mastery,
sustained
use,

and
generalized
applications
to
be
realized.
If
a
student
has
a
firmly
learned
problem

behavior,
then
formally
and
continually
prompting,
practicing,
and
reinforcing
the

desired
alternative
becomes
especially
important
and
necessary.

 SWPBS
Workbook
58








SWPBS
Workbook
59



 SWPBS
Workbook
60


 The
following
worksheet
provides
a
task
analysis
of
the
main
steps
involved
in

developing
a
teaching
matrix
for
school‐wide
behavior
expectations:




Date

Implementation
Worksheet

Completed



 Develop
and
list
on
the
Teaching
Matrix
3‐5
positively
stated
rules
or

expectations
that
support
the
school’s
mission/purpose.
These
rules

should
use
common
and
few
words
(e.g.,
Respect
Others,
Respect

Yourself,
Respect
Property),
and
should
apply
to
all
students
and
staff

members.



 Identify
and
list
on
the
Teaching
Matrix
all
school
setting
or
classroom

contexts
in
which
rules
are
expected



 For
each
rule
or
expectation,
provide
at
least
two
positively
stated,

observable
behavioral
indicators
or
examples
(e.g.,
Walk
with
hands

and
feet
to
self,
return
lunch
tray
to
kitchen)
for
each
setting



 Develop
a
standard
lesson
plan
for
teaching
each
expectation
(e.g.,

Cool
Tool).



 Develop
a
schedule
for
presenting
each
lesson
plan.



 Develop
a
procedure
for
prompting,
precorrecting,
and
encouraging

appropriate
displays
of
expectations.



 Develop
a
procedure
for
proactively
correcting
errors
in
displays
of

expectations.



 Develop
system
for
determining
the
extent
to
which
students
(a)

have
acquired
the
rule
or
expectation
and
(b)
are
using
the

expectation
in
natural
school
settings
or
classroom
contexts.





 SWPBS
Workbook
61

When
developing
lesson
plans
for
teaching
school‐wide
behavior
expectations,

consider
the
following
guidelines:




Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Considerate
of
main
school
settings
and
contexts
(e.g.,
classroom,

common
areas,
hallways,
cafeteria,
bus)


Yes


No


?
 2. Considerate
of
lessons
that
already
exists.


Yes


No


?
 3. Specification
of
2‐3
positive
observable
behavior
examples
for
each

expectation
and
each
setting/context.


Yes


No


?
 4. Teach
social
behavior
like
academic
skills.


Yes


No


?
 5. Involvement
by
staff,
students,
families
in
development


Yes


No


?
 6. Contextually/culturally
appropriate
(e.g.,
age,
level,
language)


Yes


No


?
 7. Schedule
for
initial
instruction
in
natural
and
typical
contexts


Yes


No


?
 8. Schedule
for
regular
review,
practice,
and
follow‐up
instruction


Yes


No


?
 9. Prompts,
reminders,
or
precorrections
for
display
of
behaviors
in

natural
contexts
and
settings


Yes


No


?
 10. Feedback
(corrections
and
positive
acknowledgements)
for
displays


of
behaviors
in
natural
contexts
and
settings


Yes


No


?
 11. Procedures
for
providing
instruction
to
new
faculty,
staff,
students


Yes


No


?
 12. Procedures
for
informing
others
(e.g.
families,
community,
district


administrators,
substitute
teachers
&
staff)


Yes


No


?
 13. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staff


Yes


No


?
 14. Schedule
for
continuous
evaluation
of
effectiveness,
efficiency,
and


relevance
of
teaching


Yes


No


?
 15. Procedures
in
place
for
identifying
and
supporting
students
whose


behaviors
do
not
respond
to
teaching
school‐wide
behavior

expectations


Yes


No


?
 16. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbooks)


 SWPBS
Workbook
62

School‐Wide
Teaching
Matrix


Typical
 School‐Wide
Behavior
Expectations

Settings/

Contexts
 1.
 2.
 3.
 4.
 5.



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
63

Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Plan
for
Teaching
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
64

STEP
5
‐
Develop
Procedures
for
Teaching
Classroom‐wide
Behavior

Expectations

When
developing
lesson
plan
for
teaching
classroom‐wide
behavior
expectations,
the

school
leadership
team’s
goal
is
to
increase
consistency
between
school‐wide
and
classroom‐
wide
expectations
and
procedures.
However,
individual
teachers
should
fit
examples,
activities,

etc.
to
the
context
of
their
individual
classrooms,
students,
and
routines.
Consider
the
following

guidelines:


Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. School‐wide
action
plan
for
classroom
management
practices
and

procedures
based
on
results
from
Classroom
Self‐Assessment



Yes


No


?
 2. Definitions
and
processes
for
responding
to
classroom
versus
office‐
managed
(minor)
or
administrator‐managed
(major)
violations
of
behavior

expectations.


Yes


No


?
 3. Teaching
matrix,
procedures,
and
schedules
developed
for
teaching
school‐
wide
behavior
expectations
in
typical
classroom
contexts
and
routines.


Yes


No


?
 4. Data
system
in
place
to
monitor
office
discipline
referral
that
come
from

classrooms


Yes


No


?
 5. Procedures
in
place
for
obtaining
behavior
support
for
students
whose

behaviors
are
not
responsive
to
classroom‐wide
management

Yes


No


?

6. Prompts
(reminders
and
precorrections)
for
display
of
behaviors
in
natural

contexts
and
routines

Yes


No


?

7. Feedback
(corrections
and
positive
acknowledgements)
for
displays
of

behaviors
in
natural
contexts
and
routines


Yes


No


?
 8. Involvement
by
staff,
students,
and
families
in
development


Yes


No


?
 9. Contextually/culturally
appropriate
(e.g.,
age,
level,
language)


Yes


No


?
 10. Schedule
for
initial
instruction


Yes


No


?
 11. Schedule
for
regular
review,
practice,
follow‐up
instruction


Yes


No


?
 12. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staffu


Yes


No


?
 13. Schedule
for
continuous
evaluation
of
effectiveness,
efficiency,
and


relevance
of
teaching

 SWPBS
Workbook
65

Yes


No


?
 14. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbooks)


Classroom‐Wide
Teaching
Matrix


Typical
 Classroom‐Wide
Behavior
Expectations

Contexts/

Routines
 1.
 2.
 3.
 4.
 5.



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

 SWPBS
Workbook
66

Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Plan
for
Teaching
Classroom‐wide
Behavior
Expectations




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
67

STEP
6
‐
Develop
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Encouraging
and

Strengthening
Student
Use
of
School‐wide
Behavior

Expectations




When
developing
continuum
of
procedures
for
encouraging
and
strengthening

student
use
of
school‐wide
behavior
expectations,
consider
the
following
guidelines:


Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Easy
and
quick
form
of
acknowledgement
(e.g.,
object,
event)
for
all
staff

members
to
use.

Yes


No


?
 2. Considerate
of
strategies/processes
that
already
exists.

Yes


No


?
 3. Contextually
appropriate
name
for
acknowledgements

Yes


No


?
 4. Culturally,
developmentally,
contextually
appropriate/relevant
form
of

acknowledgement

Yes


No


?
 5. Back‐
or
follow‐up
acknowledgements

Yes


No


?
 6. Schedule
for
daily,
weekly,
monthly,
quarterly
feedback
to
students
and
staff

Yes


No


?
 7. Use
by
all
staff
(e.g.,
office,
security,
supervisors,
bus
drivers)

Yes


No


?
 8. Schedule
for
initial
introduction
of
acknowledgements.

Yes


No


?
 9. Schedule
for
regular
boosters
or
re‐implementation
of
acknowledgements

Yes


No


?
 10. Procedures
for
providing
orientation
to
new
faculty,
staff,
students

Yes


No


?
 11. Procedures
for
informing
others
(e.g.
families,
community,
district

administrators,
substitute
teachers
&
staff)

Yes


No


?
 12. Procedures
in
place
for
identifying
and
supporting
students
whose
behaviors

do
not
respond
to
school‐wide
acknowledgements

Yes


No


?
 13. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staff

Yes


No


?
 14. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbooks)

Yes


No


?
 15. Instructions
and
practice

on
how
to
pair
acknowledgements
with
positive

social
acknowledgements

Yes


No


?
 16. Means
for
keeping
track
of
number
of
acknowledgements
versus
number
of

disciplinary
or
corrective
actions
for
violations
of
behavior
expectations.

Yes


No


?
 17. Schedule
and
procedures
for
regular
review
and
enhancement
of

acknowledgements.

 SWPBS
Workbook
68





Acknowledgements
Worksheet


Type
of
Acknowledgement

Consideration


 
 
 


What
 
 
 
 


When
 
 
 
 


By
Whom
 
 
 
 


How
Often
 
 
 
 


How
Many
 
 
 
 


Where
 
 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
69

Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Encouraging
and
Strengthening
Student
Use

of
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
70

STEP
7
‐
Develop
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Discouraging
Student

Behavior
Violations
of
School‐wide
Behavior
Expectations




When
developing
procedures
for
discouraging
violations
of
school‐wide
behavior

expectations,
consider
the
following
guidelines:


Guidelines



 1.


Specification
of
Definitions
for
Violations
of
School‐wide
Behavior

Expectations


Yes


No


?
 a. Contextually
appropriate
labels/names


Yes


No


?
 b. Definitions
represent
continuum
of
severity
(e.g.,
minor,
major,
illegal)


Yes


No


?
 c. Definitions
comprehensive
in
scope
(school‐wide)


Yes


No


?
 d. Definitions
in
measurable
terms


Yes


No


?
 e. Mutually
exclusive
(minimal
overlap)



 2.



Specification
of
Procedures
for
Processing
Violations
of
School‐wide

Behavior
Expectations


Yes


No


?
 a. Agreement
regarding
office
staff
versus
teacher/staff
responsibilities


Yes


No


?
 b. Office
discipline
form
for
tracking
discipline
events
that
specifies
the

following:

• Who
violated
rule
(name,
grade)

• Who
observed
and
responded
to
the
violation
of
behavior

expectations

• When
(day,
time)
the
violation
of
behavior
expectation
occurred

• Where
the
violation
of
behavior
expectation
occurred

• Who
else
was
involved
in
the
problem
situation

• What
was
the
possible
motivation
or
purpose
of
the
problem
behavior

• What
school‐wide
behavior
expectation
was
violated


Yes


No


?
 c. Agreement
regarding
options
for
continuum
of
consequences


Yes


No


?
 d. Data
decision
rules
for
intervention
and
support
selection

 SWPBS
Workbook
71


 3.


Implementation
of
Procedures


Yes


No


?
 a. Use
by
all
staff
(e.g.,
office,
security,
supervisors,
bus
drivers)


Yes


No


?
 b. Schedule
for
teaching
to
students
and
staff
members


Yes


No


?
 c. Schedule
for
regular
review
of
use
and
effectiveness


Yes


No


?
 d. 
Procedures
for
providing
orientation
to
new
faculty,
staff,
students


Yes


No


?
 e. Procedures
for
informing
others
(e.g.
families,
community,
district

administrators,
substitute
teachers
&
staff)


Yes


No


?
 f. Agreement
by
>80%
faculty
and
staff


Yes


No


?
 g. Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbooks)


Yes


No


?
 h. Means
for
keeping
track
of
number
of
acknowledgements
versus
number

of
disciplinary
or
corrective
actions
for
violations
of
behavior

expectations.


Yes


No


?
 i. Schedule
and
procedures
for
regular
review
and
enhancement
of

acknowledgements.


Yes


No


?
 j. Schedule
for
daily,
weekly,
monthly,
quarterly
feedback
to
students
and

staff


Yes


No


?
 k. 
Included
in
school
publications
(e.g.,
handbook,
posters,
newsletters)


Yes


No


?
 l. Procedures
in
place
for
identifying
and
supporting
students
whose

behaviors
do
not
respond
to
school‐wide
continuum
of
consequences
for

violations
of
behavior
expectations.


• Pre‐referral
intervention
or
behavior
support
team


• Data‐decision
rule
for
initiating
positive
behavior
support
(e.g.,
3

office
discipline
referrals
for
major
rule
violating
infraction)


• Precorrection
intervention
to
prevent
future
occurrences
of
problem

behavior


• Formal
procedures
for
teaching,
practicing,
and
reinforcing
positively

prosocial
behaviors
to
replace
problem
behavior


• Adult
mentor/advocate




 SWPBS
Workbook
72







 Behavior
Expectation
Violations



 Level



 I.
 II.
 III.
 IV.


Name/Label
 
 
 
 



 
 
 


Definition



 
 
 


Examples



 
 
 


Procedures




 SWPBS
Workbook
73

Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Continuum
of
Procedures
for
Discouraging
Student
Behavior
Violations
of

School‐wide
Rules




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
74

STEP
8
‐
Develop
Data‐based
Procedures
for
Monitoring

Implementation
of
SWPBS




Establishment
of
a
data
system
is
preceded
by
determination
of
what
questions

you
want
to
answer.

To
guide
this
process,
four
steps
should
be
considered:




Steps
for
Selecting
Practices
within
a
School‐Wide
Continuum
of
Positive
Behavior

Support


Step
1:

Develop
evaluation
questions.

What
do
you
want
to
know?


Step
2:

Identify
indicators
or
measures
for
answering
each
question.

What
information
can
be
collected?


Step
3:

Develop
methods
and
schedules
for
collecting
and
analyzing
indicators.

How
and
when
should
this
information
be
gathered?


Step
4:

Make
decisions
and
action
plan
from
analysis
of
indicators.

How
was
the
question
answered
and
what
should
be
done
next?


To
ensure
the
effective,
efficient,
relevant,
and
sustained
implementation
of
a

school‐wide
discipline
system,
school
staff
members
must
receive
information
that
is

accurate,
timely,
and
easily
available
to
guide
decision
making.
In
general,
a
record

keeping
and
decision
making
system
must
have
(a)
structures
and
routines
for
data

collection,
(b)
mechanisms
for
data
entry,
storage,
and
manipulation,
and
(c)
procedures

and
routines
for
review
and
analysis
of
data.
In
general,
record
keeping
and
data

decision
making
systems
must
be
effective,
efficient,
and
relevant.
A
readily
available

source
of
information
about
the
disciplinary
climate
of
a
school
is
the
office
discipline

system.

After
a
specific
question
has
been
answered
and
a
specific
outcome
is

determined,
a
practice
or
intervention
must
be
selected
to
achieve
that
outcome.
In

general,
an
evidence‐based
practice
should
be
identified.
However,
if
an
evidence‐based

practice
is
not
identified,
a
promising
practice
can
be
carefully
considered.
See
decision

making
flowchart
described
previously
on
page
30
 SWPBS
Workbook
75



 SWPBS
Workbook
76



Data
and
Evaluation
Worksheet


When
do
they

Who
needs
the
 Data
Indicators
&
 Data
Collection

Evaluation
Question
 need
the

information?
 Sources
 Methods
&
Schedule

information?



 
 
 

1.



 
 
 

2.



 
 
 

3.



 
 
 

4.



 
 
 

5.



 
 
 

6.




 SWPBS
Workbook
77

Guidelines



 1. General
data
collection
procedures


Yes


No


?
 a. Data
collection
procedures
that
are
integrated
into
typical
routines

(e.g.,
office
discipline
referrals,
attendance
rolls,
behavior
incident

reports).

Yes


No


?
 b. Data
collection
procedures
regularly
checked
for
accuracy
of
use

Yes


No


?
 c. Data
collection
limited
to
information
that
answers
important
student,

classroom,
and
school
questions


Yes


No


?
 d. Structures
and
routines
for
staff
members
to
receive
weekly/monthly

data
reports
about
the
status
of
school‐wide
discipline

Yes


No


?
 e. Decision
rules
for
guiding
data
analysis
and
actions

Yes


No


?
 f. Schedule
for
daily,
weekly,
monthly,
quarterly
feedback
to
students

and
staff

Yes


No


?
 g. Data
system
managed
by
2‐3
staff
members

Yes


No


?
 h. No
more
than
1%
of
time
each
day
for
managing
data
system.

Yes


No


?
 i. Efficient,
timely,
and
graphic
displays
of
data


 2. Office
discipline
referral
procedures

Yes


No


?
 a. Agreed
upon
definitions
of
violations
of
behavior
expectations

organized
in
a
continuum
of
increasing
intensity
(see
Step
7).

Yes


No


?
 b. A
form
for
documenting
noteworthy
behavior
incidents
(e.g.,
office

discipline
referral
form,
behavior
incident
report)

Yes


No


?
 c. School‐wide
procedures
for
processing
or
responding
to
violations
of

behavior
expectations.

Yes


No


?
 d. Efficient
and
user‐friendly
procedures
for
inputting
and
storing

information

Yes


No


?
 e. Efficient
and
user‐friendly
procedures
for
summarizing
and
analyzing

information.

Yes


No


?
 f. Efficient
and
user‐friendly
procedures
for
producing
visual
displays
of

the
data.

Yes


No


?
 g. Procedures
for
presenting
data
to
staff
on
routine
basis.

Yes


No


?
 h. Procedures
for
making
decisions
and
developing
actions
based
on
the

data.

 SWPBS
Workbook
78



Actions
Needed
for

Developing
Data‐based
Procedures
for
Monitoring
Implementation
of
SWPBS




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 








 SWPBS
Workbook
79

CHAPTER
3



SWPBS
Practices
and
Systems
in
Non‐
Classroom
Settings




 SWPBS
Workbook
80

Problematic
Non‐Classroom
Settings





 Development
and
implementation
of
a
formal,
consistent,
and
continuous

system
of
SWPBS
in
nonclassroom
settings
is
important
because
behavior
success
(or

failure)
in
those
settings
can
carry‐over
into
the
classroom,
and
vice
versa.
Consider

the
following
examples:


Non‐Classroom
Behavior
Examples
 Strategy?


1. An
elementary
school
principal
found
that
over
45%
 

of
their
behavior
incident
reports
were
coming
from

the
playground.


2. High
school
assistant
principal
reports
that
over
2/3
 

of
behavior
incident
reports
come
from
“four

corners.”


3. A
middle
school
secretary
reported
that
she
was
 

getting
at
least
one
neighborhood
complaint
daily

about
student
behavior
on
and
off
school
grounds.


4. An
high
school
nurse
lamented
that
“too
many
 

students
were
asking
to
use
her
restroom”
during

class
transitions.


5. At
least
2
times/month,
police
are
called
to
settle
 

arguments
by
parents
and
their
children
in
parking

lot.


6. Dean
of
Students
has
made
a
request
to
the
district
 

school
board
to
cancel
all
after
school
dances
and

pep
rallies
because
student
behavior
is
unruly,

disrespectful,
and
unmanageable.


7. Cafeteria
staff
have
filed
a
complaint
to
the
school
 

administration
because
transitions
into
and
out
of

the
lunchroom
are
“plagued”
by
student

misbehavior
and
staff
shouting
and
complaining.

 SWPBS
Workbook
81

Definitions
and
Intervention
Considerations





 Nonclassroom
settings
are
characterized
as
particular
times
or
places
where

supervision
is
emphasized,
and
where
instruction
is
not
available
as
a
behavior

management
tool.


– Cafeteria,
hallways,
playgrounds,
bathrooms

– Buses
&
bus
loading
zones,
parking
lots

– Study
halls,
library,
“free
time”

– Assemblies,
sporting
events,
dances




Compare
and
Contrast
Classroom
v.
Nonclassroom

Settings


Nonclassoom
settings

Classrooms
are…
 V.

are…


Teacher
directed
 V.
 Student
focused


Instructionally
focused
 V.
 Socially
focused


Small
#
of
predictable
 Large
#
of

V.

students
 unpredictable
students


Basic
Management
Considerations
 Basic
Management
Practices


• Physical/environmental
 • Teach
directly
expected

arrangements
 behaviors
and
routines
in

• Routines
and
expectations
 context

• Staff
behavior
and
practices
 • 
Actively
supervise
(scan,
move,

• Student
behavior
 interact)

• Precorrect
and
remind

• Positively
reinforce
expected

behavior




 SWPBS
Workbook
82

When
establishing
a
plan
for
implementing
practices
and
systems
in
non‐
classroom
settings,
consider
the
following
guidelines:


Guidelines


Yes


No


?
 1. Implementation
is
school‐wide
by
all
staff


Yes


No


?
 2. School‐wide
behavior
expectations
taught
in
context


Yes


No


?
 3. Administrator
active
member


Yes


No


?
 4. Context‐specific
expectations
and
routines
taught
directly
and

early
in
school
year/term



Yes


No


?
 5. Regular
opportunities
for
review,
practice,
&
positive

reinforcement


Yes


No


?
 6. Team
–based

review,
action
planning,
and
implementation

coordination


Yes


No


?
 7. Data‐based
progress
monitoring
and
action
planning


Yes


No


?
 8. Regular
review
of
accuracy
of
intervention
implementation



 


Self‐Assessment
of
Non‐Classroom
Setting
Practices



 The
following
self‐assessment
has
been
developed
for
teams
and
for
multiple

purposes:
(a)
exposure
to
best
practice,
(b)
determination
of
current
practice,
(c)

teaching
of
best
practice,
and
(d)
evaluation
of
changes
in
practice.




 

 SWPBS
Workbook
83

Supervision
Self‐Assessment12



Name______________________________
 Date_____________


Setting

□
Hallway


□
Entrance


□
Cafeteria



 Time
Start_________









□
Playground


□
Other_________________

 Time
End
_________


Tally
each
Positive
Student
Contacts
 Total
#



Ratio13
of
Positives
to
Negatives:

_____:
1

Tally
each
Negative
Student
Contacts
 Total
#





1. Did
I
have
at
least
4
positive
for
1
negative
student
contacts?
 Yes



No


2. Did
I
move
throughout
the
area
I
was
supervising?
 Yes



No


3. Did
I
frequently
scan
the
area
I
was
supervising?
 Yes



No


4. Did
I
positively
interact
with
most
of
the
students
in
the
area?
 Yes



No


5. Did
I
handle
most
minor
violations
of
behavior
expectations
 Yes



No

quickly
and
quietly?


6. Did
I
follow
school
procedures
for
handling
major
violations
of

Yes



No

behavior
expectations?


7. Do
I
know
our
school‐wide
behavior
expectations
(positively

Yes



No

stated
rules)?


8. Did
I
positively
acknowledge
at
least
5
different
students
for

Yes



No

displaying
our
school‐wide
behavior
expectations


Overall
active
supervision
score:

7‐8
“yes”

=

“Super
Supervision”

#
Yes______

5‐6
“yes”

=

“So‐So
Supervision”

<5

“yes”

=

“Improvement
Needed”


12

Draft
3‐10‐04
Sugai

13

To
calculate,
divide
#
positives
by
#
of
negatives.

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Action
Planning

The
purposes
of
this
assessment
are
to
(a)
determine
the
extent
to
which
effective

non‐classroom
management
practices
are
in
place
and
(b)
develop
an
action
plan
for

enhancement/maintenance
based
on
this
information.
This
assessment
and
action
plan
can

be
completed
as
a
“self‐assessment”
or
by
an
observer.

1. Pick
a
typical
non‐classroom
setting14
that
has
a
specific
learning

outcome/objective.

2. During
the
activity,
count
number
of
positive
and
negative
student
contacts
that

occur
during
the
activity.

3. After
the
activity,


a. Sum
the
number
of
positive
and
negative
contacts
and
calculate
the
ratio
of

positive
to
negative
contacts.

b. Assess
whether
each
nonclassroom
management
practice
was
evident.

c. Sum
the
number
of
“yes”
to
determine
overall
classroom
management
score.

d. Based
on
your
score,
develop
an
action
plan
for
enhancement/maintenance.




Action
Plan


#
 Current
Level
of
 Enhancement/Maintenance
Strategies15

Performance



 
 




 
 



 
 



 
 


14

Setting
or
activity
in
which
academic
instruction
or
teacher/staff‐directed
activities
are
not

available
to
engage
students
(e.g.,
cafeteria,
playground,
common
areas,
bus,
hallways,

parking
lots,
assemblies,
sporting
events).

15

What?
When?
How?
By
When?

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Actions
Needed
for

Establishing
and
Implementing
Non‐Classroom
Practices
and
Systems




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




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Selected
References

Colvin,
G.,
Kame’enui,
E.J.,
&
Sugai.
G.
(1993).

School‐wide
and
classroom

management:
Reconceptualizing
the
integration
and
management
of
students

with
behavior
problems
in
general
education.

Education
and
Treatment
of

Children,
16,
361‐381.

Colvin,
G.,
Sugai,
G.,
Good,
R.,
&
Lee,
Y.
(1997).

Effect
of
active
supervision
and

precorrection
on
transition
behaviors
of
elementary
students.

School

Psychology
Quarterly,
12,
344‐363.

Colvin,
G.,
Sugai,
G.,
&
Patching,
B.
(1993).
Pre‐correction:
An
instructional
approach

for
managing
predictable
problem
behaviors.
Intervention
in
School
and
Clinic,

28,
143‐150.

DePry,
R.
I.,
&
Sugai,
G.
(2002).
The
effect
of
active
supervision
and
precorrection
on

minor
behavioral
incidents
in
a
sixth
grade
general
education
classroom.

Journal
of
Behavioral
Education,
11,
255‐267.

Franzen,
K.,
&
Kamps,
D.
(2008).
The
utilization
and
effects
of
positive
behavior

support
strategies
on
an
urban
school
playground.
Journal
of
Positive
Behavior

Interventions,
3,
150‐161.

Haydon,
T.,
&
Scott,
T.
M.
(2008).
Using
common
sense
in
common
settings:
Active

supervision
and
precorrection
in
the
morning
gym.
Intervention
in
School
and

Clinic,
43,
283‐290.

Heck,
A.,
Collins,
J.,
&
Peterson,
L.
(2001).

Decreasing
children’s
risk
taking
on
the

playground.

Journal
of
Applied
Behavior
Analysis,
34,
349‐352.

Kartub,
D.,
Taylor‐Greene,
S.,
March,
R.E.,
&
Horner,
R.H.
(2000).

Reducing
hallway

noise:
A
systems
approach.
Journal
of
Positive
Behavior
Interventions,
2(3),

179‐182.

Leedy,
A.,
Bates,
P.,
&
Safran,
S.
P.
(2004).
Bridging
the
research‐to‐practice
gap:

Improving
hallway
behavior
using
positive
behavior
supports.
Behavioral

Disorders,
19,
130‐139.

Lewis,
T.
J.,
Colvin,
G.,
&
Sugai,
G.
(2000).
The
effects
of
pre‐correction
and
active

supervision
on
the
recess
behavior
of
elementary
school
students.
Education

and
Treatment
of
Children,
23,
109‐121.

Lewis,
T.
J.,
&
Garrison‐Harrell,
L.
(1999).
Effective
behavior
support:
Designing

setting
specific
interventions.
Effective
School
Practices,
17,
38‐46.

Lewis,
T.
J.,
Powers,
L.
J.,
Kelk,
M.
J.,
&
Newcomer,
L.
L.
(2002).
Reducing
problem

behaviors
on
the
playground:
An
investigation
of
the
application
of
school‐
wide
positive
behavior
and
supports.
Psychology
in
the
Schools,
39,
181‐190.

Lewis,
T.
J.,
Sugai,
G.,
&
Colvin,
G.
(1998).
Reducing
problem
behavior
through
a

school‐wide
system
of
effective
behavioral
support:
Investigation
of
a
school‐
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wide
scoal
skills
training
program
and
contextual
interventions.
School

Psychology
Review,
27,
446‐459.

Nelson,
J.
R.,
Colvin,
G.,
&
Smith,
D.
J.
(1996).
The
effects
of
setting
clear
standards
on

students’
social
behavior
in
common
areas
of
the
school.
The
Journal
of
At‐
Risk
Issues,
Summer/Fall,
10‐17.


Putnam,
R.
F.,
Handler,
M.
W.,
Ramirez‐Platt,
C.
M.,
&
Luiselli,
J.
K.
(2003).
Improving

student
bus‐riding
behavior
through
a
whole‐school
intervention.
Journal
of

Applied
Behavior
Analysis,
36,
583‐589.

Todd,
A.,
Haugen,
L.,
Anderson,
K.,
&
Spriggs,
M.
(2002).

Teaching
recess:
Low‐cost

efforts
producing
effective
results.

Journal
of
Positive
Behavior
Interventions,

4(1),
46‐52.

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CHAPTER
4



Classroom
Management
Practices
and

Systems

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Effective
Classroom
Management
Practices







 Maximizing
academic
achievement
is
directly
linked
to
academic
engagement.

In
turn,
academic
engagement
is
linked
to
(a)
effective
curriculum,
(b)
effective

delivery
of
curriculum
(instruction),
and
(c)
effective
classroom
management.





 More
importantly,
accurate
and
sustained
use
of
effective
management

practices
is
related
to
having
comprehensive
and
effective
support
systems,
including

SWPBS.














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 Although
a
review
of
the
literature
on
effective
classroom
management

practices
does
not
reveal
a
definitive
list
of
evidence
based
practices,
a
“short‐list”
of

recommended
best
practices
emerges
from
over
50
years
of
descriptive
and

evaluation
research:



Classroom

Description

Management
Practice


1. Minimize
 • Design
environment
to
elicit
appropriate
behavior:

crowding
and
 o Arrange
furniture
to
allow
easy
traffic
flow.

distraction
 o Ensure
adequate
supervision
of
all
areas.

o Designate
staff
&
student
areas.

o Seating
arrangements
(classrooms,
cafeteria,
etc.)



2. 
Maximize
 • Teacher
routines:
volunteers,
communications,

structure
&
 movement,
planning,
grading,
etc.

predictability
 • Student
routines:
personal
needs,
transitions,

working
in
groups,
independent
work,
instruction,

getting
materials,
homework,
etc.


3. State,
teach,
 • Establish
behavioral
expectations/rules.

review
&
 • Teach
rules
in
context
of
routines.

reinforce

positively
stated
 • Prompt
or
remind
students
of
rule
prior
to
entering

expectations
 natural
context.

• Monitor
students’
behavior
in
natural
context
&

provide
specific
feedback.

• Evaluate
effect
of
instruction
‐
review
data,
make

decisions,
&
follow
up.



4. Provide
more
 • Maintain
at
least
4
to
1

acknowledgemen • Interact
positively
once
every
5
minutes

ts
for
appropriate

than
 • Follow
correction
for
violation
of
behavior

inappropriate
 expectations
with
positive
reinforcement
for
rule

behavior
 following


5. Maximize
varied
 • Vary
individual
v.
group
responding

opportunities
to
 • Vary
response
type


respond

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o Oral,
written,
gestural

• Increase
participatory
instruction

o Questioning,
materials


6. Maximize
Active
 • Vary
format

Engagement
 o Written,
choral,
gestures

• Specify
observable
engagements

• Link
engagement
with
outcome
objectives


7. Actively
&
 • Move

Continuously
 • Scan

Supervise

• Interact

• Remind/precorrect


• Positively
acknowledge


8. Respond
to
 • Respond
efficiently

Inappropriate
 • Attend
to
students
who
are
displaying
appropriate

Behavior
Quickly,
 behavior

Positively,
&

Directly
 • Follow
school
procedures
for
major
problem

behaviors
objectively
&
anticipate
next
occurrence



9. Establish
Multiple
 • Social,
tangible,
activity,
etc.

Strategies
for
 • Frequent
v.
infrequent

Acknowledging

Appropriate
 • Predictably
v.
unpredictably

Behavior
 • Immediate
v.
delayed


10. Generally
Provide
 • Provide
contingently


Specific
Feedback
 • Always
indicate
correct
behaviors

for
Errors
&

Corrects
 • Link
to
context



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When
establishing
a
plan
for
implementing
practices
and
systems
in
non‐
classroom
settings,
consider
the
following
guidelines:




Guidelines


1. Academic
achievement
is
linked
to
social
success,
active

Yes


No


?

engagement,
and
effective
teaching


Yes


No


?
 2. Good
teaching
is
used
as
a
behavior
management
strategy


3. Behavior
management
is
used
as
an
instructional
management

Yes


No


?

strategy


4. The
three‐tiered
prevention
logic
is
applied
to
the
classroom

Yes


No


?

context



Yes


No


?
 5. Classroom
management
is
linked
to
school‐wide
behavior
support


6. School‐wide
support
systems
are
used
to
sustain
effective

Yes


No


?

classroom
management
strategies


Yes


No


?
 7. Data‐based
progress
monitoring
and
action
planning


Yes


No


?
 8. Regular
review
of
accuracy
of
intervention
implementation



 











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Classroom
Management
Self‐Assessment


Teacher__________________________


Rater_______________________
 Date___________


Instructional
Activity
 Time
Start_______

Time
End
_______


Tally
each
Positive
Student
Contacts
 Total
#
 Tally
each
Negative
Student
Contacts
 Total
#



 


16
Ratio 
of
Positives
to
Negatives:

_____
to
1


Classroom
Management
Practice
 Rating


1. I
have
arranged
my
classroom
to
minimize
crowding
and
distraction
 Yes



No


2. I
have
maximized
structure
and
predictability
in
my
classroom
(e.g.,
explicit
classroom
 Yes



No

routines,
specific
directions,
etc.).


3. I
have
posted,
taught,
reviewed,
and
reinforced
3‐5
positively
stated
expectations
(or
 Yes



No

rules).


4. I
provided
more
frequent
acknowledgement
for
appropriate
behaviors
than
 Yes



No

inappropriate
behaviors
(See
top
of
page).


5. I
provided
each
student
with
multiple
opportunities
to
respond
and
participate
during

Yes




No

instruction.


6. My
instruction
actively
engaged
students
in
observable
ways
(e.g.,
writing,
verbalizing)
 Yes




No


7. I
actively
supervised
my
classroom
(e.g.,
moving,
scanning)
during
instruction.
 Yes



No


8. I
ignored
or
provided
quick,
direct,
explicit
reprimands/redirections
in
response
to

Yes



No

inappropriate
behavior.


9. I
have
multiple
strategies/systems
in
place
to
acknowledge
appropriate
behavior
(e.g.,

Yes



No

class
point
systems,
praise,
etc.).


10. In
general,
I
have
provided
specific
feedback
in
response
to
social
and
academic

Yes



No

behavior
errors
and
correct
responses.


Overall
classroom
management
score:

10‐8

“yes”

=

“Super”
 #
Yes____

7‐5

“yes”

=

“So‐So”


16

To
calculate,
divide
#
positives
by
#
of
negatives.

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<5

“yes”

=

“Improvement
Needed”




Action
Planning

The
purposes
of
this
assessment
are
to
(a)
determine
the
extent
to
which

effective
general
classroom
management
practices
are
in
place
and
(b)
develop
an

action
plan
for
enhancement/maintenance
based
on
this
information.
This

assessment
and
action
plan
can
be
completed
as
a
“self‐assessment”
or
by
an

observer.

1. Pick
a
teacher‐led/directed
activity
that
has
a
specific
learning

outcome/objective.

2. During
the
activity,
count
number
of
positive
and
negative
student

contacts
that
occur
during
the
activity.

3. After
the
activity,


a. Sum
the
number
of
positive
and
negative
contacts
and
calculate
the

ratio
of
positive
to
negative
contacts.

b. Assess
whether
each
classroom
management
practice
was
evident.

c. Sum
the
number
of
“yes”
to
determine
overall
classroom
management

score.

d. Based
on
your
score,
develop
an
action
plan
for

enhancement/maintenance.




Action
Plan


#
 Current
Level
of
 Enhancement/Maintenance
Strategies17

Performance



 
 



 
 



 
 


17

What?
When?
How?
By
When?

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 SWPBS
Workbook
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Actions
Needed
for

Establishing
and
Implementing
Classroom
Management
Practices
and
Systems




Action
 Person(s)
 Date


1. 
 
 


2. 
 
 


3. 
 
 


4. 
 
 


5. 
 
 


6. 
 
 


7. 
 
 


8. 
 
 




 SWPBS
Workbook
98

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G.,
&
Lazar,
M.
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elementary
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Managing
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G.,
Sugai,
G.,
&
Patching,
W.
(1993).
Pre‐correction:
An
instructional

strategy
for
managing
predictable
behavior
problems.
Intervention
in
School

and
Clinic,
28,
143‐150.


Darch,
C.
B.,
&
Kameenui,
E.
J.
(2003).
Instructional
classroom
management:
A

proactive
approach
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Creating
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