The PBIS Team Handbook Setting Expectations and Building Positive Behavior

Why we wrote this book — About this book — How to use this book — What is PBIS? — PBIS 101 — How was PBIS developed and how does it work? — How is PBIS implemented? — Who is involved with PBIS? — What type of training is involved? — What type of funding is required? — What are the expected outcomes of PBIS? — The PBIS leadership team — Role of the PBIS leadership team — Role of building administrators in PBIS implementation — Forming the rest of the PBIS leadership team — Getting started as a team — The PBIS coach — Role of the PBIS coach — Developing as a coach — Coaching an evolving process: the wisdom of situational leadership — Data and assessment — Role of data in PBIS — Types of data in PBIS — Assessment tools — Integrating multiple sources of data — Assessment reports in practice — Office discipline referral (ODR) data — Effective data-based decision making — What is data-based decision making or problem solving? — Problem-solving approaches within the swis system — Team-initiated problem solving (tips) — Implementing PBIS tier 1 — PBIS stage 1: exploration and adoption — Tasks — Determining need — Learning about PBIS — Early commitment and buy-in — Deciding to adopt PBIS — Telling your school’s story — PBIS stage 2: getting ready-installing the infrastructure — Tasks — Establishing a PBIS leadership team — Collecting and examining baseline data — Developing an action plan — Establishing schoolwide behavioral expectations — Developing a process to communicate at all levels — Buy-in and support — Telling your school’s story — PBIS stage 3: getting going-initial implementation — Tasks — Training school staff in the features of PBIS — Refining your action plan — Buy-in and support — Telling your school’s story — PBIS stage 4: up and running-full implementation — Tasks — Achieving and documenting fidelity of implementation — Buy-in and support — Communicating with the local community — Telling your school’s story — PBIS stage 5: sustaining and continuous improvement — Tasks — Sustainability — Implementation with fidelity — Barriers to sustainability — Theoretical model of sustainability in PBIS — Adapting to changing circumstances — Buy-in and support — Telling your school’s story — PBIS and equity — Research on equity in the PBIS framework — Dealing with teacher bias — Tools to address inequities — Putting it into practice — Setting the stage for PBIS tiers 2 and 3 — Are you ready for advanced tiers? — The three-tiered prevention logic of PBIS.