The PBIS Team Handbook: Setting Expectations and Building Positive Behavior(Free Spirit Professional®)

A revised and updated edition of the best-selling guide for schools implementing PBIS Tier 1 PBIS (positive behavior interventions and supports) is the most important tool educators have to deal with disruptive student behaviors. This revised and updated handbook provides detailed guidelines for implementing and sustaining PBIS for schools and teams. New in this edition is a chapter addressing inequity and bias in behavior referrals and discipline; a tiered fidelity inventory (TFI) to evaluate adherence to PBIS practices; different methods of data collection; and new research on sustainability. Positive school climates are not achieved through expulsions, suspensions, or detentions, but instead through collective analysis and data-driven decision-making. Downloadable digital content offers a PDF presentation to aid staff buy-in and customizable forms to help manage data and assess progress with ease.

About the Author :
Char Ryan, Ph.D., is a PBIS coach and evaluation specialist. She has been a Minnesota state SWIS and PBIS trainer working with school teams. Char was formerly the Minnesota state PBIS coordinator and PBIS coach for a regional PBIS project. She was an assistant professor at St. Cloud State University and an adjunct professor in teacher training at the University of St. Thomas. Char works and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Beth Baker, M.S.Ed., is a teacher and advocate for students with special needs. During her twenty-plus years in education, Beth has taught in self-contained special education classrooms, implemented and coached PBIS teams, and worked as a behavior specialist. She was also a district program facilitator assisting staff with professional development around social-emotional learning and coaching them in supporting students with emotional-behavioral needs. Recently she has been teaching abroad and implementing PBIS at international schools. Beth loves creating positive paths to behavior change, whenever and wherever she can. She presents frequently on social-emotional learning and PBIS, both in the US and internationally. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Watch a free webinar with Beth Baker, M.S.Ed., and Char Ryan, Ph.D.: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS): School-Wide Leadership and Implementation.

Review :
“An extremely reader-friendly and practical handbook.”   “Through personal anecdotes and helpful tips, Ryan and Baker describe one of the most critical aspects of PBIS implementation: the school team. This revised edition includes cutting-edge research and tools to help teams overcome barriers and improve outcomes for all student groups, including students of color.” “PBIS is being used in literally thousands of schools across the United States. The PBIS Team Handbook provides an accessible description of the key features of PBIS and useful guidance on how a school or district would launch the PBIS adoption process.” “This revised edition of The PBIS Team Handbook provides the updated practical directions and tools coaches and teams need to implement the framework with fidelity along with tips to deal with real situations that happen within the complex settings of schools. Char and Beth give us important updates about the relationship between MTSS and PBIS. It is also vital to talk about the addition of a new chapter on disproportionate discipline and cultural responsiveness as well as how these affect the data as we learn more about our implicit bias. The PBIS Team Handbook highlights this in a very humanistic way. The book continues to be a vital resource for coaches and for those implementing PBIS.” “The second edition of The PBIS Team Handbook continues to be an important resource for all schools as they navigate the process of improving outcomes for all students, especially students who struggle with social-emotional learning. The parts of the book that have remained the same provide a solid framework for schools and districts as they work through the process of implementing PBIS, and the addition of a chapter on equity and disproportionality is timely. As a [veteran teacher and administrator], I can attest to the disproportionality which has existed historically and continues to exist despite the good intentions of professionals who support students. Ms. Baker’s sharing of her self-reflections related to this topic is courageous and inspiring. I appreciate the referrals to tools that can be used to assess a school’s cultural responsiveness as well as to tools to reduce disproportionality. Thank you for providing a user-friendly, real resource for schools!” “The PBIS Team Handbook has been an invaluable resource for our school and staff members. It provided us the opportunity to build capacity with not only our teachers, but also our parent community. The authors’ ability to provide theoretical and practical information in an engaging format was another reason our school was able to implement PBIS so successfully. Our PLC team used the ideas and information in the handbook to create a much needed plan for our context. The PBIS Team Handbook is a critical resource that has assisted our school in creating and utilizing a positive, consistent, and, most importantly, sustainable model of behavioral support!”