Idaho CCBD Spring Conference

March 8-9, 2012, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Keynote Speaker:  Dr.  Jeffrey Sprague, “RtI:  Using Universal Screening and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in Schools”

Location:  The Riverside Hotel in Boise, ID

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Response to Intervention: Using Universal Screening and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports In Schools

Jeffrey Sprague, Ph.D.

The University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior

With the No Child Left Behind Act increasingly focusing schools’ attention on test scores alone, programs that stress behavior, social development and commitment to school have sometimes gotten left behind. Research strongly indicates that schools adopting programs that target antisocial behavior also boost their students’ academic performance. This session will describe practices that successfully integrate academic and behavioral supports to achieve maximum success. This session will illustrate how an RTI universal screening approach should be used to identify students in need of additional supports, outline a framework for selecting and implementing evidence-based interventions in a PBIS model, and use progress monitoring methods to support data based decision making.

Participant Objectives

1) Describe the background and need for integrated RTI and PBIS supports in schools in terms of child and adolescent brain development and risk factor exposure.

2) Describe the three-tiered public health model as applied in schools and provide examples of interventions at each level.

3)  Describe the logic and procedures of a multi-gate universal screening process for behavior and list two or more behavior rating methods (e.g., rating scales, school records review).

4)  Describe the major methods for behavioral progress monitoring and define a set of data based decision rules.

5)  Implement a system of intervention fidelity assessments to aid in judgments about program improvement.