Study
A case study of a Canadian School that was partially implementing problem behavior interventions and support in 2007-2008 (year one) and fully implementing in 2008-2009 (year two). This study examined whether an increase in problem behavioral interventions and support implementation reliability was related to positive outcomes for students, as it related specifically to problem behavior, academic achievement, and student perceptions of school safety.
Method
The setting for this case study was an elementary school within the district of British Columbia. The district has 15,000 students and 49 schools. Although the employees at the school previously received training in PBIS in the 2003-2004 academic year, the current case study focuses solely on the year prior to reaching full implementation (Year 1), and the year of full implementation (Year 2). In Year 1, the school had just shy of 200 students. 26% of the students were native, and 6% of students were designated as students with special needs. The school was part of a district with an ongoing PBIS incentive. Some schools had been implementing PBIS for more than ten years. By Year 2, sixteen schools (33% of the district) were implementing PBIS. To examine validity of implementation, the School- wide evaluation tool was used. This is a
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The school expectations were acknowledged with a points system in which points could be earned and used for pizza parties. However, points were not paired with behavior feedback. The school had a program for tracking ODRs, but the information was not used for decision-making. Although fidelity of implementation data were not collected that year, based on the lack of a documented system for teaching school expectations, it would have not been possible for the school to meet criteria for adequate PBIS implementation (at least 80% on the expectations taught scale of the SET) (Kelm, McIntosh, & Cooley,