National Technical
Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports
This National
Center was established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US
Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and
technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective
school-wide disciplinary practices.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.
The PBIS Center activities include:
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Emphasizing effective education and support
for students with more intense and individualized support needs
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Expanding school-wide PBS to urban schools
and high schools
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Increasing accessibility to the concepts,
outcomes, and research associated with school-wide PBS
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Establishing a network of resource agents to
build local capacity
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Utilizing state-to-state communities of
practice to facilitate PBS implementation
To accomplish these goals, the Center
operates as a consortium of researchers, advocates, family members, teacher
educators, professional association leaders, and model developers, and receives
guidance from an external evaluation team.A network of researchers has been established to provide
feedback on Center-related products and activities, receive and disseminate
Center-related products and information, and participate in Center-sponsored
events.Some of the
Center-affiliated collaborators included: University of Missouri, University of
Florida, University of Kansas, University of South Florida, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, University of South Carolina, and the Illinois State
Board of Education. Please visit
http://www.pbis.org for more about the National TA Center on PBIS.