Positive Environments and Supports

School Wide Efforts

Three PENT Collaborators offer their leadership in addressing school wide environments in California:

• BEST trainings - Dr. Jeff Sprague
• Teaching Alternative Behaviors - Dr. G. Roy Mayer
• Educational Behavioral Support - Dr. George Sugai

These programs emphasize collaborative team efforts to address evidence-based system change efforts with data, system and practices in alignment with positive behavioral support principles.

PENT membership is engaged in similar school wide trainings and support efforts.

• Overview of Behavior Support Calls-12 minute video - Please wait for the video to load for about 3 minutes with high-speed internet connection. Video requires Quicktime 6 or higher. Click here to download the free player. 

PENT Cadre Member, Bob Harvell of Poway School District has led Mira Mesa Middle School in a program that attempts to prevent referrals to the office. Instead of discipline for infractions, this program uses "Behavior Support Calls" where an administrator does on the spot functional assessment of the problem behavior. This program exemplifies best practice in data collection, system change and effective practice.

Documents and training materials PENT Cadre members have found helpful in their efforts to create positive school environments for students and staff include:

• B.E.S.T. Practices Staff Development
• Behavior Environment Strategies and Support Teams BESST
• Bullying
• Cultural Diversity Exercise-Heart Surgery by Dr. Valerie Samuel
• Cultural Identity Exercise by Dr. Valerie Samuel
• Diversity Exercise Task Force Exercise 1 | 2
• Five Human Needs Fostered Through School Based Support
• Gangs
• Getting Started at Your Site to Achieve the BESST Support for Staff and Students
• How Do You Respond to Conflicts
• IDEA & Bus Driver Training
• Outcomes For One Whole School Reform Project
• Promoting Resilience
• School Wide Positive Behavior Support and Student Success
• Self-Assessment Checklist
• The Making of a Problem Behavior: How We Contribute by Dr. G. Roy Mayer - PowerPoint
• Three-Tiered Model of School Wide Discipline Strategies

Heading Off Disruptive Behavior - A good summary article about what schools can do to prevent/reduce problem behavior. Thanks to Adam Stein, PENT Leadership Team, for this valuable website link.