National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs

Grant No. H326S03002

Abstract

TheOSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Education and 11 technical assistance units across the United States. The Center is directed by Drs. George Sugai (University of Connecticut, Rob Horner, (University of Oregon) and Tim Lewis (University of Missouri). The Center builds from a 10 year history of defining, implementing and evaluating PBIS across more than 9000 schools in 40 states.

The logic for the Center is based on (a) documented need for improving the social behavior of students in U.S. schools, (b) demonstrated success of PBIS to improve both student social behavior and academic performance, (c) demonstrated effectiveness of PBIS as a practical technology that can be implemented at socially important scales by actual implementers, (d) the value of school-wide behavior support systems on the education of children with disabilities, and (e) a current need to extend PBIS practices to a broader range of students, schools, and contexts.

The Center (a) provides the technical assistance to encourage large-scaleimplementation of PBIS; (b) provides the organizational models, demonstrations, dissemination, and evaluation tools needed to implement PBIS with greater depth and fidelity across an extended array of contexts; and (c) extends the lessons learned from PBIS implementation to the broader agenda of educational reform.

Co-Directors
George Sugai, University of Connecticut
Robert Horner, University of Oregon
Tim Lewis, University of Missouri
Project Officer
Renee Bradley, Office of Special Education Programs
Implementation Partners
Bob Algozzine, University of North Carolina
Cindy Anderson, University of Oregon
Susan Barrett, Sheppard-Pratt Health System
Lucille Eber, Illinois PBIS Network
Glen Dunlap, Donald Kincaid, & Heather George, University of South Florida
Michael Nelson, University of Kentucky / Lori Newcomer, University of Missouri
Robert Putnam, The May Institute
Michele Rovins, Federal Resource Center
Wayne Sailor,Amy McCart, & Laura Riffel, University of Kansas
Brandi Simonsen, University of Connecticut

Version May 24, 2009