Presentations

The PBIS Technical Assistance Center and participating schools give presentations around the country every year. They present about their experiences, published research, and best practices in PBIS. Included here are slide decks from recent sessions, webinars, and trainings.

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Using the PBIS Framework to Build Collaboration Across All Partners

coaching
family
Community
Implementation
PBIS Foundations
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is the most widely researched school-wide framework that consists of a continuum of tiered interventions to promote positive student outcomes. One of the core features of PBIS is to establish partnerships with families, students, and the community. This presentation provides a basic understanding of PBIS and shares resources developed by the Center on PBIS and related state projects to enhance collaboration across partners, especially those who support families in the community.
Last Updated:
4/1/2024

Mental Health CoP—Creating Responsive Systems through Intentional Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Mental Health Providers

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
equity
Sustainability
Presentation from the May 18, 2023 Mental Health Community of Practice
Last Updated:
5/18/2023

Mental Health CoP—Assessing Current Status: What are the needs? How can a community of practice support you?

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Community
Presentation from the January 24, 2023 Mental Health Community of Practice
Last Updated:
1/24/2023
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What Does it Take to Sustain Effective Practices in Schools?

school-wide
Alignment
Fidelity
Research
Sustainability
Tier 1
Trauma
Why does it seem so hard to sustain school initiatives? When initial grant funding ends and champions move on, how do we keep systems like PBL strong in our buildings? This presentation will provide the latest research findings and practical strategies to overcome common barriers to sustaining effective school initiatives.
Last Updated:
9/15/2022

Making School Behavior Systems More Culturally Responsive and Equitable

classroom-pbis
equity
school-wide
Climate
Discipline
Ethnicity
Tier 1
Youth Voice
Many schools are implementing PBIS in efforts to improve outcomes for all students, especially to reduce exclusionary discipline for students from underserved groups. Although there is some research showing that schools implementing PBIS with fidelity have more equitable school discipline, eliminating disproportionality will likely require a specific equity focus. This presentation shares specific strategies and free resources for enhancing the cultural responsiveness of PBIS systems, and is intended for those with intermediate to advanced experience implementing PBIS in either elementary or secondary schools. 
Last Updated:
9/15/2022

Equity in Universal at the Start of the Year

equity
school-wide
districtstate-pbis
Administrator
Implementation
Originally presented as part of the Community of Practice - Equity Series 2022, this presentation provides critical equity concepts and tasks that education leaders should be considering as they prepare their universal systems for the new school year.
Last Updated:
7/20/2022

A Review of FBA-BIP Plans: Implications for Research and Practice

data-based-decision-making
students-with-disabilities
Discipline
Individual
Intensive
Research
Special education
Review of over 300 FBA-BIP and basics of FBA-BIP presented by Shanna Hirsch and Tim Lewis at the Midwest Symposium for Leadership in Behavior Disorders on February 18, 2022. Presentation handout included in file after presentation slides.
Last Updated:
3/10/2022

Reengaging Youth from Juvenile Justice

juvenile-justice
Alternative Settings
This presentation covers characteristics of youth in the juvenile justice system, defines engagement, and provides evidence-based strategies to promote engagement of JJ youth.
Last Updated:
12/9/2021
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Extending the Reach of PBIS to Novel Environments

juvenile-justice
Alternative Settings
This presentation from the 2019 PBIS Forum focuses on the implementation of PBIS in novel environments such as juvenile justice settings.
Last Updated:
12/9/2021
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Center on PBIS TA Approach for Equity in School Discipline

equity
Ethnicity
Tier 1
Training
Brief overview of Center on PBIS TA for equity in school discipline shared at the OSEP Project Directors Conference Technical Assistance and Dissemination Program Meeting.
Last Updated:
7/21/2021
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Recommendations for Enhancing Social, Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health Support in Programs and Schools

districtstate-pbis
mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Alignment
Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF)
Policy
Systems Alignment
This presentation provides (a) update on upcoming U.S. Department of Education guidance; (b) an overview of mental health and well being; (c) describes how to leverage MTSS to support social, emotional, and behavioral (i.e.,mental health) practices; and (d) shares implementation exemplars.
Last Updated:
7/20/2021
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Using PBIS to Ensure Racial Equity in School Discipline

equity
Ethnicity
Implementation
Research
Tier 1
Schools across the U.S. are implementing PBIS in efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in school discipline, and overall, research shows that schools implementing PBIS with fidelity have more equitable school discipline. Yet eliminating disparities through standard PBIS implementation, without attention to the sociocultural context and systems that perpetuate inequities, is unlikely to produce desired outcomes. The presenters will share specific strategies and free Center resources for increasing equity in PBIS systems.
Last Updated:
7/19/2021

Addressing Inequities in School Discipline

equity
Alternatives to Suspension
Behavior
Discipline
Ethnicity
This presentation shares strategies and resources related to addressing inequities in school discipline.
Last Updated:
7/19/2021
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Equity-focused PBIS Approach Reduces Racial Inequities in School Discipline: A Randomized Controlled Trial

classroom-pbis
equity
Ethnicity
Research
Tier 1
Paper as part of symposium on racial disparities in education.
Last Updated:
6/2/2021

Implementing PBIS with a Racial Equity Mindset

equity
school-wide
Climate
Ethnicity
Urban Implementation
Many schools are implementing PBIS in efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in school discipline. Research shows that schools implementing PBIS with fidelity have more equitable school discipline, but eliminating disproportionality requires a specific equity focus. The presenter will share specific strategies and free Center resources for enhancing the cultural responsiveness of PBIS systems.
Last Updated:
5/6/2021

Effective Classroom Instructional & Behavior Management Strategies

classroom-pbis
Academics
Behavior
Climate
Discipline
PBIS Foundations
Tier 1
Overview of creating supportive and positive classrooms
Last Updated:
7/22/2020

PBIS and Continuity of Learning: Getting Systems Back Up and Running

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
school-wide
Fidelity
Implementation
PBIS Foundations
Social relationships
Tier 1
Trauma
Extended school closures and distance learning have added intense stressors to the lives of educators, students, and their families. Being away from school means disruptions not only in academic learning but also the systems to support students’ social-emotional-behavioral development. This presentation will describe establishing and maintaining systems to keep education safe, predictable, and positive, in the wake of school closures, trauma, and distance learning.
Last Updated:
5/26/2020

Starting, Stopping, or Sustaining? New Empirical Research on Implementation of SWPBIS

data-based-decision-making
school-wide
Research
Sustainability
Tier 1
This session will share results from three empirical studies examining school and district predictors of sustained implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (SWPBIS). Participants will learn about the speed of reaching adequate implementation, elements of technical assistance that influence implementation, and predictors of re-adoption after abandonment.
Last Updated:
2/7/2020
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Implementing Effective Educational Practices

districtstate-pbis
school-wide
Implementation
Sustainability
Systems Alignment
Presentation to Ohio Deans Compact
Last Updated:
12/12/2019

Core MTSS and PBIS Practice and Systems Feature: Avoiding Misrules

school-wide
coaching
Implementation
PBIS Foundations
George Sugai's November 2019 presentation given at the Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Regional Staff Development Day.
Last Updated:
10/21/2019

Pre-corrections, Big Ideas, and Key Investments

coaching
school-wide
Alignment
Sustainability
PBIS Foundations
George Sugai's October 2019 presentation given at the California PBIS Conference.
Last Updated:
10/18/2019

Coaching & Supporting High Fidelity & Sustained PBIS Implementation

coaching
school-wide
Fidelity
Implementation
PBIS Foundations
George Sugai's October 2019 presentation to Berrien RESA Michigan.
Last Updated:
10/18/2019

Overview of SCTG SEA TA Support from PBIS Center

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
This presentation was designed to provide overview of funded SCTGs and PBIS Center TA for SCTG SEAs.
Last Updated:
1/9/2019
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Aligning Initiatives in a Multi-Tiered System of Support Framework

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
Systems Alignment
This presentation covers: Aligning multiple initiatives at the organizational level where a common budget authority exists. Aligning multiple initiatives by using a common outcome measure to assess effectiveness. Building aligned professional development by comparing and combining the “core features” of multiple initiatives.
Last Updated:
10/12/2018
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Keynote—Integrating Mental Health Within a School-Wide System of PBIS: Systems Practices, Data

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Trauma
The presentation reviews core features of Interconnected Systems Framework and provides exemplars.
Last Updated:
9/26/2018
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Improving the Effectiveness of Tier 2 Interventions

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
Tier 2
Presentation answers the follow questions: What are the strategies to reduce the use of Tier 2 interventions? What are the systems to improve Tier 2 interventions? What data sources should we use to assist in improving Tier 2 interventions? What are the overall ways to improve Tier 2 practices?
Last Updated:
4/19/2018
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Impacting Classrooms for Students with EBD

students-with-disabilities
Alternative Settings
Tier 1
PBIS Foundations
Presentation on Classroom Supports for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Last Updated:
4/1/2018
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Social Skills Instruction at Tier 2

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
Social skills
Tier 2
How do you determine which students may benefit from social skills instruction at Tier 2? This presentation discusses which skills to teach at Tier 2 and how to support implementation (e.g., treatment integrity, social validity, measure student performance).
Last Updated:
3/16/2018
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Aligning and Integrating SEL and PBIS

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Systems Alignment
Trauma
How do we create platform for ALL stakeholders to demand priority for schools to be places that are: Nurturing environments, Focus on acquiring pro-social skills, and Know how to generalize across settings
Last Updated:
1/18/2018
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Layering Mental Health Interventions within PBIS

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
high-school-pbis
Systems Alignment
This presentation addresses the scaling up of mental health and suicide prevention efforts as part of a comprehensive multi-tiered system of support (MTSS). Tools, resources, and strategies that infuse mental wellness efforts into the PBIS framework will be shared. This model will be demonstrated via a sample high school.
Last Updated:
9/28/2017

Positive and Proactive Classroom Management: Focus on Positive Classroom Behavior Supports (PCBS)

school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
classroom-pbis
Tier 1
PBIS Foundations
Why positive classroom behavior support (PCBS)? What are the critical features of PCBS? Where can I find resources to support my LEA? How does this apply in my work in my LEA?
Last Updated:
9/27/2017

Integrating Trauma-Informed Approaches within School-Wide Systems of PBIS

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Systems Alignment
Overview of Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) and its Examples / A Trauma-Informed Intervention, Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS)
Last Updated:
7/17/2017
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Neutralizing Implicit Bias in School Discipline

equity
Ethnicity
Presentation describes data driven prevention and intervention approaches to enhance equity in school discipline. (NYU TAC-D Summer Institute, New York, NY)
Last Updated:
5/19/2017

Integrated Multi-Tiered Systems of Support

school-wide
coaching
Systems Alignment
In this presentation: Define MTSS, Describe the value of alignment and integration, Show how different approaches complement each other, and Provide a set of key steps of how to integrate these approaches in schools
Last Updated:
5/19/2017

Integrating trauma Informed Support in MTSS

equity
school-climate-transformation-grant-sctg
mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Alignment
Trauma
This presentation answers the questions: How can trauma-informed interventions enhance the PBIS/behavioral health system in schools? / When should trauma-informed approaches be used and at what tiers? / How can the core features of an Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) support and guide the implementation of trauma-informed approaches in schools?
Last Updated:
1/26/2017
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Effective Use of Positive Reinforcement

school-wide
Tier 1
The presentation was made to enhance understanding and use of positive reinforcement
Last Updated:
11/11/2016

Promoting Social Emotional Competence in the Preschool Classroom: Powerful Teaching Practices that Every Early Educator Should Know & Use

early-childhood-pbis
equity
This presentation describes a multi-tiered system for supporting young learners in the classroom. Practical strategies that can be used to support the engagement of all children are shared.
Last Updated:
10/28/2016

PBIS Classroom Management

classroom-pbis
Tier 1
Presentation on strategies and tools for classroom management.
Last Updated:
10/27/2016
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Using PBIS to Address the Needs of Students with Internalizing Problem Behavior

mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Alignment
PBIS Foundations
Schools are increasingly aware of the need to better support students with internalizing challenges such as depression, anxiety, and trauma-related concerns. This session will discuss issues involved in improving school-wide PBIS systems for these students, including guidance on improving multi-tiered practices to ensure prevention and intervention for students with internalizing problems.
Last Updated:
10/27/2016

Tier 2 Progress Monitoring: Using Data for Decision Making

data-based-decision-making
Tier 2
Evaluation
Using data to make decisions about student responsiveness to intervention is a key feature in all tiers of behavioral support. This presentation will discuss Tier 2 interventions and how Direct Behavior Ratings (DBR), systematic direct observation, and intervention-based measures can be used to monitor progress.
Last Updated:
10/27/2016

Effective Teacher Instructional Behaviors to Decrease Challenging Student Behavior

classroom-pbis
Tier 1
Academics
Evaluation
Presentation on a number of evidence-based teacher instructional behaviors that have been demonstrated to increase student engagement and decrease both off-task and disruptive behaviors. Video examples will be used to demonstrate how teachers can use these behaviors effectively.
Last Updated:
10/27/2016

Maintaining a Positive Learning Climate in the Aftermath of Tragedy: Lessons Learned in the Ferguson-Florissant School District

equity
school-wide
mental-healthsocial-emotional-well-being
Trauma
PBIS Foundations
Presentation explaining the steps the Ferguson Florissant School District took to maintain a positive learning climate using trauma informed practice and PBIS after Michael Brown was fatally shot in their community.
Last Updated:
4/1/2016
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An Overview of PBIS

school-wide
PBIS Foundations
Tier 1
Describe how PBIS framework addresses behavior needs of all children, especially those with disabilities.
Last Updated:
2/12/2016

Bully Prevention within PBIS

bullying-prevention
school-wide
Behavior
Bullying and variables that sustain bullying are defined. Student skills and instructional/implementation process to build those skills are discussed.
Last Updated:
10/28/2015
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Engaging Families in Schools using School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

family
Presentation on a systematic process for engaging families in schools using School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Last Updated:
10/23/2015

Restorative Practices in PBIS, Tier 1 Elementary School Example

school-wide
Restorative Practices
Tier 1
This presentation poses the questions we are most commonly asked related to systems, data, practices, and policies. We will offer our shared experiences in how different facilities and agencies have adopted and adapted the PBIS framework for use within 24/7 secure environments.
Last Updated:
10/22/2015

Reducing the Effects of Implicit Bias in School Discipline

equity
Discipline
Ethnicity
Research is showing that disproportionality in school discipline is related to implicit (unconscious) bias. This presentation will provide an overview of this concept and describe a training approach for reducing the effects of implicit bias in discipline decision making based on the data-based approach described in the previous session in the strand.
Last Updated:
10/22/2015

Implementation Action Planning

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Material for the webinar 'Implementation Action Planning'
Last Updated:
5/19/2015
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Implementing PBIS In High Schools

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PBIS Foundations
The fundamental purpose of PBIS is to make schools more effective, efficient and equitable learning environments. (San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, CA)
Last Updated:
2/13/2015
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Using the PBIS Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI)

coaching
school-wide
Assessment
Research
Introduce a new PBIS Fidelity Measure / Purpose, Format, Functions of TFI / Provide examples of how TFI is being use
Last Updated:
10/30/2014
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Two Strategies To Increase High School Success: Academic Seminar And Freshman Success Curriculum

high-school-pbis
Academics
Social skills
Targeted
This presentation summarizes Academic Seminar and Freshman Success Implemenation
Last Updated:
10/29/2014
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Preparing Students for Graduation and Post-High School Success: Linking PBIS with College and Career Readiness

high-school-pbis
school-wide
Academics
Alignment
Social skills
What is College and Career Readiness, How is the SWPBIS framework being used to teach CCR skills.
Last Updated:
10/19/2014

School-wide Screening For At-Risk Students: Best Practices And School Examples

data-based-decision-making
Screening
Presentation on how to prepare to install universal screening and how to access resources to support getting started or expanding universal screening.
Last Updated:
10/10/2013

Measuring and Supporting Classroom Management: Focus on Outcomes, Systems and Data

classroom-pbis
Tier 1
PBIS Foundations
Presentation to Identify Effective Classroom Practice training modules that have proven effective, learn about differing types of technical support to enhance effective classroom practices, understand key responsibilities to assure effective classroom practices are used, and review types of outcome data that can be utilized at school, district and state levels to inform practices and systems building.
Last Updated:
8/27/2012

Prevention and Systematic Intervention to Address Social Behavioral Problems: School-wide Positive Behavior Support

school-wide
Tier 1
Research reviews continue to indicate that effective responses to significant behavioral challenges in school include: Social Skills Training, Academic Restructuring, and Behavioral Interventions. This presentation lays out the basics of PBIS as a solution.
Last Updated:
2/10/2012
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Teaching Expectations and Reinforcement Systems

school-wide
Tier 1
PBIS Foundations
This presentation the why and how of developing a system for teaching behavior. Behaviors are prerequisites for academics, Procedures and routines create structure, Repetition is key to learning new skills: For a child to learn something new, it needs to be repeated on average 8 times, For a child to unlearn an old behavior and replace it with a new behavior, the new behavior must be repeated on average 28 times
Last Updated:
10/26/2011
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Advanced PBIS Coaching: Building Solutions that Promote and Sustain Evidence Based Practices

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Action plan
Assessment
Research
Presentation that review coaching basics, discusses using self assessment to guide personal action plans, and identifies the 10 best practices to promote evidence based practices.
Last Updated:
3/15/2011

Supporting Students with Challenging Behavior in the Classroom

classroom-pbis
Tier 1
PBIS Foundations
Presentation describing how to setup a positive classroom environment so that all students spend more time in the classroom.
Last Updated:
11/12/2010
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Bully Prevention: In Positive Behavior Support

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Climate
Implementation
Presentation on bully prevention in PBIS
Last Updated:
4/14/2010
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Look Who’s Behavin'

school-wide
Systems Alignment
Example Presentation on MTSS
Last Updated:
10/6/2009
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Using Rewards within School Wide PBIS

school-wide
Research
PBIS Foundations
Tier 1
Presentation that defines the challenge faced in many schools as they consider the use of rewards, shares research foundation, and provides examples of reward use at all grade levels.
Last Updated:
7/16/2009
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Teaching Function of Behavior to All Staff

districtstate-pbis
Tier 3
Presentation on methods of teaching function of behavior to all staff, making it easy, and getting to teh root of problems by identifying motivation.
Last Updated:
4/1/2009

Check In Check Out: A Targeted Intervention

school-wide
coaching
Behavior
Tier 2
Targeted
This presentation shows you how to define the logic and core features of Targeted Interventions, and the specifics of the Check-in/Check-out (CICO) approach, provide empirical evidence supporting CICO, and practical examples from local schools, self-assesse if CICO is appropriate for your school, and build action plan for CICO implementation
Last Updated:
7/11/2008
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Family and Community Engagement in Tiered Systems of Support

family
Implementation
PBIS Foundations
Presentation on best practices for family and community engagement (FACE), learn more about a systemic framework for FACE in tiered behavioral frameworks, and approaches, resources and strategies to build local capacity for implementing a systemic approach to FACE.
Last Updated:
6/13/2007
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