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6 Strategies to Reenergize Your PBIS Team
By Beth Baker, M.S.Ed., and Char Ryan, Ph.D., authors of The PBIS Team Handbook After a long winter break, school has resumed. In northern climates (where we are from) it continues to be cold and snowy, and there is not … Continue reading
Defusing Refusing: Reaching and Teaching Students Who Display Resistant, Defiant, and Confrontational Behavior (Part 1 of 3)
By Tom McIntyre, Ph.D., author of The Survival Guide for Kids with Behavior Challenges Few educators have received advanced training for working productively with contentious kids—those pupils whose behavior patterns include frequent and intense oppositional and argumentative outbursts. These episodes, … Continue reading
How to Sustain Enthusiasm in Your PBIS Team
By Beth Baker, M.S.Ed., and Char Ryan, Ph.D., authors of The PBIS Team Handbook While many of us may want to be thinking about summer vacation, sustaining PBIS should be front and center in everyone’s mind right now. Regardless of … Continue reading
Getting Off to a Good Start with Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
By Beth Baker, M.S.Ed., and Charlotte Ryan, Ph.D., authors of The PBIS Team Handbook As we near the end of September, the excitement of the beginning of the school year has probably faded somewhat at your school. But it’s still … Continue reading