Fwd: web tour 8-16 of PBIS site

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/4/2006 2:10:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

vhornus@... writes:

You are invited to participate in a web tour of the Technical Assistance

Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports web site. The one-hour

tour will be held on Wednesday, August 16, at 2:00 PM EDT (1:00 PM CDT, 12:00

PM MDT, 11:00 AM PDT). A. Riffel, Ph.D., and Webmaster will lead the

tour. You will need access to the web site AND a phone line for the auditory

part of the tour. There is no cost for the tour. The web address for the

Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports site is: www.pbis.org

To register for the tour, contact Vicki Hornus at vhornus@...

Some information about the site…..

Mission and focus: The overall goals of the TA Center on PBIS are to:

• Identify and enhance knowledge about, and practical demonstration of,

school-wide PBS practices, systems and outcomes along the three-tiered

continuum

(primary, secondary, tertiary); and

• Develop, conduct and evaluate technical assistance and dissemination

efforts that allow evidence-based practices to be implemented on a large scale

with high durability and effectiveness.

Who might be especially interested in the resources on this site?

• All educators (regular and special education) - Preschool-High School

• All Administrators (regular and special education)

• Researchers and Professors

• College students in the School of Education or related fields

• Psychologists

• Counselors

• Social Workers

• Juvenile Justice Employees

• Day Care Center Providers

• Head Start Program Providers

Examples of resources available on site:

• Application examples of school-wide positive behavior support, state-wide

initiatives, and individual positive behavior support

• Planning, evaluation, and implementation tools

• Past presentations given by the center partners

• Upcoming conferences

• Links to collaboration sites

• Resources for further research

This site supports LRE and inclusive education in the following ways:

Using positive behavior support means that there will be system changes that

make target behaviors no longer necessary. Children with special needs will

have better role models because a common language and common goals are used

in the school as far as behavioral concerns are addressed. Schools develop

3-5 behavioral expectations that are positively stated and easy for all members

to remember. They then teach and model what these expectations look like in

all areas of the school. The children are given opportunities to practice

these skills and they are caught exhibiting these behaviors and given a

" gotcha " . Gatchis are usually slips of paper identifying what the child was

caught

doing exceptionally well.

The most important principle of PBS is that it uses data to make decisions.

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Donna ez

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I have replied to do the tour. It will be at 4am here!!! hope i wake up.

we are starting the observation / data collection part at school, and have

just completed pages and pages of forms at home.

Am really hoping to modify some behaviours, or I might start banging and

spitting too!!!

Annette (aussie mum to E-J, ds, pdd-nos adhd)

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