Attend the first Northeast PBIS Network Leadership Forum, and join us to develop a professional PBIS network that
will enhance our capacity to work smarter and more effectively on PBIS framework implementation in the northeast.

SAVE THE DATE
MAY 17-18, 2012
Crowne Plaza
100 Berlin Road
Cromwell, CT 04618

Featured Keynotes:

  • Susan Barrett, MD PBIS
  • Renee Bradley, OSEP in the US Department of Education
  • Catherine Bradshaw, Johns Hopkins
  • Lucille Eber, IL PBIS
  • George Sugai, UConn

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Conference at a Glance

Thursday, May 17th

7:30 AM    Registration, Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM    Welcome & Orientation

9:15 AM    Keynote

10:30AM  Break

10:45 AM  Session 1

12:00 PM  Lunch

1:30 PM   Session 2

2:45 PM   Break

3:00 PM   Session 3

4:15 PM  Break

5:00 – 7:00 PM  Poster & Networking Session

Friday, May 18th

8:00 AM   Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM   Keynote

9:45 AM    Break

10:00 AM  Session 4

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM  Closing Keynote

12:45 PM Wrap-up

1:00 PM   Adjourn

 

Strand Overview: Descriptions and Titles

A. PBIS Implementation
The PBIS Implementation strand provides an opportunity for PBIS coaches, trainers, and district/regional administrators to explore issues related to implementation.
Sessions
1 Linking Training Efforts to Coaching and Evaluation  Susan Barrett
2 Preventing Bullying within the PBIS Framework  George Sugai & Catherine Bradshaw
3 Systems to Support Advanced Tiers  Susan Barrett
4 Developing Regional or State-level Infrastructure to Promote Implementation Fidelity  Lucille Eber

 

B. School-wide PBIS
The School-wide PBIS strand provides an overview of the first tier of School-wide PBIS and highlights issues of contextual fit in rural and urban settings.
Sessions
1 Getting Started with Tier 1 School-wide PBIS  George Sugai
2 Implementing PBIS in an Urban High School  Scott Basile, Gayle Allen-Greene, Diane Vaughn-Anthony , & Ann Marie Dubuque
3 Rural and Small: Building Capacity for Fidelity of Implementation and Sustainability in VT   Carol Randall, Josh Souliere, & Cassandra Townshend
4 PBIS in the Urban Context  Kristina Jordan, Michelle Weaver, Eben McNight, & Tarold Miller,

 

C. Class-wide PBIS
The Class-wide PBIS strand provides an overview of PBIS in the classroom and shares proactive strategies to support teachers’ implementation of class-wide PBIS.
Sessions
1 Class-wide PBIS: Evidence-based Classroom Management  Diane Myers & Brandi Simonsen
2 Teacher/Trainer: The Art of Learning From One Another  Theresa Gillis, Pat Red, & Lynelle Morin-Towers
3 Promoting Student Engagement and Reducing Disproportionality: The Double Check Model  Catherine Bradshaw
4 Increasing Class-wide Positive Behavior Support Practices: Building the Triangle for Teachers  Brandi Simonsen, Ashley S. MacSuga, Donald E. Briere, & Jennifer Freeman

 

D.  Advanced Tiers of PBIS
The Advanced Tiers of PBIS strand focuses on targeted group (Tier 2) and intensive individualized (Tier 3) PBIS.  Presenters share practices, systems, data structures, and outcomes.
Sessions
1 Early Identification of Students at Risk of School Failure Due to Social, Emotional and/or Behavior Problems: Nomination and Activation of Tier II Behavior Supports  Eric Mann & Howard S. Muscott
2 Using Brief FBA to Modify or Augment CICO Type Programs  Brian Cavanaugh & Jim Artesani
3 Protocol for implementing Function-Based Problem Solving at the Tertiary Level of Intervention  Sharon Lohrmann, Kate Handville, Scott McMahon, Blair Rosenthal, Paula Raigoza, & Bill Davis
4 Interconnected Systems: School Mental Health and School-wide Positive Behavior Support   Bob Putnam, Jennifer Parmalee, Mark Vinciquerra, Monique Fletcher, & Martha Wally

 

E.  Linking to Academic Systems
The Linking to Academic Systems strand focuses on the connection between PBIS and academic supports provided within a Response-to-Intervention Framework.
Sessions
1 Understanding and Promoting Treatment Integrity  Lisa M. H. Sanetti & Anna C. J. Long
2 Tiered Supports for Literacy in Elementary Settings  Natalie G. Olinghouse, Joshua Wilson, & Sabina Rak Neugebauer
3 The Role of School Climate in the Redesign of Low Performing Schools  Steven J. Adamowski
4 Using Data for Decision Making for Academic and Social Behavior  Sandra M. Chafouleas & Faith Miller

 

F.  Special Settings
The Special Settings strand focuses on implementation of PBIS in special settings, including alternative schools/settings and preschool/early childhood settings.
Sessions
1 PBIS in Alternative Settings  Adam Feinberg & Rebekah Bickford
2 Sustaining PBIS in Alternative School Settings  Kitty Clemens, Vic Cicchese, Diane Casella, Beth Law, & Brandi Simonsen
3 Integration of Pennsylvania’s Program and School wide PBIS: Early Childhood and School Age Partnership at the State and Local Level  Susan Zeiders & Tina Lawson
4 Lessons Learned from a Decade of Implementing Program-wide PBIS in Early Childhood Programs Across New Hampshire  Howard S. Muscott

 

G.  Special Topics
The Special Topics strand focuses on topics relevant across strands, including connecting with families, implementation, and school climate.
Sessions
1 Homeward Bound: Connecting School-wide PBIS and Families  John Eagle & Shannon Dowd-Eagle
2 PBIS in New York State:  A Framework for Implementation  Satish Moorthy, Erin Brewer, & Noel Granger
3 Herding Cats – Strategic Implementation of PBIS in Three Vermont School Systems  Mandy Couturier, Jim Drown, & Sarah J. Schoolcraft
4 School Climate and SWPBS: Assessing Needs and Outcomes  George Bear, Deborah Boyer, Linda Smith, & Sarah Hearn

  

Sponsored by the OSEP Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions

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