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The PaPBS' Coaches Day is specifically designed to support Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) school-wide and program-wide PBIS coaches. Through participation in PAPBS Coaches' Day, PBIS coaches at all levels will enhance their skills to provide coaching supports to their respective PBIS team(s) for initial and sustained implementation, working toward fidelity. PBIS Coaches will participate in sessions customized to their role (program-wide or school-wide), developmental level(s) of students they serve (early childhood, elementary, secondary) as well as level of coaching experience (ranging from new to experienced).

This training will lead participants through the Team Initiated Problem-Solving (TIPS) model that will help to make Tier 2 meetings more efficient and your intervention systems more effective. We'll briefly cover the meeting foundations and spend the majority of the time discussing critical components such as precision problem statements, goals, decision rules, solution development, and fidelity.

Is your school or district thinking about partnering with a mental health provider to provide school-based mental health services and professional development at the Tier-1 classroom, building, and district level? Would you like to learn more about how School-Based Mental Health Providers and educators are partnering to implement a comprehensive array of services, while at the same time meeting and exceeding the PA Legislative requirements associated with Act 71, Act 44, and Act 18? If so, check out this behavior byte that highlights this partnership, situated within an MTSS framework in K-12 and Intermediate Unit Community-Based Schools.

PaTTAN Behavior Initiative consultants provide a quick list of tips to consider as educators engage in providing virtual learning experiences These include: using virtual backgrounds, opportunities to respond, engagement strategies and virtual incentives.

PBIS Coaches Day Playbook - January 19, 2024

Progress monitoring is the ongoing process of collecting and analyzing data to determine student progress toward attainment of measurable annual goals. This webinar will provide information and considerations to be addressed when identifying a student behavior to target, writing a measurable behavior goal. This webinar will provide examples of how to monitor student progress.

This five part webinar series will cover the basic principles of providing effective instruction for students with High Functioning Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome. The series will cover a range of topics including basic educational strategies and tactics for addressing the academic needs of students with High Functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder, social skills instruction, successful team work and instructional practices to promote effective inclusive practices, and methods of assuring fidelity of interventions for these students as well monitoring progress through measurement. - This segment of the five part webinar series will address the importance of evidence-based practice for serving students with high functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. Descriptions of how the basic principles align with specific programming methods for this population will be provided. An emphasis on both instructional design and motivation will be provided.

Academic Instruction/Group Instruction/Direct Instruction: This segment of the five-part webinar series will address research-based instructional practices that increase the participation and success of students with autism during group instruction. Teacher-led academic instruction in inclusive classrooms will be featured.

This session of the five part series will address the following questions: What are social skills? Which ones are most important to teach? What instructional strategies are most effective for teaching social skills? How well-designed collaborative learning activities can pay 2-for-1 dividends by promoting both academic achievement and social skill development? The content will cover strategies such as class-wide peer tutoring and teaching students to recruit positive attention.

This segment of the webinar will address practices that promote the success of students with autism in general education classrooms. Specific practices will be described within five strategic approaches: a) teach self-monitoring/self-management skills, b) ensure success experiences, c) use group contingencies, d) collaborate with a focus on student outcomes, and e) increase parent involvement.