The Center has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. Check out the user friendly handbook entitled: Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support.
The San Bernardino City USD is located in the heart of the Inland Empire area of Southern California. The District serves the City of San Bernardino, part of the City of Highland, and the unincorporated communities of Muscoy and Devore. SBCUSD is the seventh largest school district in California with 65+ schools in operation and a student enrollment of approximately 57,000 students.
The Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) is an international organization dedicated to promoting research-based strategies that combine applied behavior analysis and biomedical science with person-centered values and systems change to increase quality of life and decrease problem behaviors. The Association is made up of professionals, family members, trainers, consumers, researchers, and administrators who are involved and interested in positive behavior support.
For more information regarding the social skills curricula of I Can Problem Solve, Skills Streaming the Elementary School Child, or Skillstreaming the Adoloescent, visit www.researchpress.com.
This professional training video demonstrates the Behavior Education Program (BEP), the Tier 2 intervention comprehensively described in the book Responding to Problem Behavior in Schools. Scenes set in classrooms and other school and home settings depict such nonaggressive problem behaviors as disruption, defiance, and tardiness, and show how teachers, other school personnel, and parents can work with students effectively to implement the steps of the BEP. In addition, an interview with BEP codeveloper Dr. Leanne S. Hawken provides answers to frequently asked questions. A special feature of the DVD is a set of reproducible forms and training materials that can be downloaded on the purchaser's computer as PDFs or PowerPoint files.
The University of South Florida (USF) has created an excellent series of teacher-friendly manuals which cover a variety of topics. Check out the one which outlines how to establish a PBS classroom.
