PBIS Goals

The overall goals of the TA Center on PBIS are to:

• Identify and enhance knowledge about, and practical demonstration of, school-wide PBS practices, systems and outcomes along the three-tiered continuum (primary, secondary, tertiary); and
• Develop, conduct and evaluate technical assistance and dissemination efforts that allow evidence-based practices to be implemented on a large scale with high durability and effectiveness.

The PBIS Center activities include:

• Expanding school-wide PBS technical assistance to allow large-scale implementation;
• Emphasizing effective education and support for students with more intense and individualized support needs;
• Expanding school-wide PBS to urban schools and high schools;
• Increasing accessibility to the concepts, outcomes and research associated with school-wide PBS;
• Establishing a network of resource agents to build local capacity; and
• Utilizing state-to-state communities of practice to facilitate PBS implementation.

To accomplish these goals, the Center operates as a consortium of researchers, advocates, family members, teacher educators, professional association leaders, and model developers, and receives guidance from an external evaluation team. A network of researchers has been established to provide feedback on Center-related products and activities, receive and disseminate Center-related products and information, and participate in Center-sponsored events.

Center-affiliated collaborators include

• University of Kansas (Rachel Freeman, Wayne Sailor)
• University of Missouri, Columbia (Tim Lewis, Lori Newcomer)
• University of Florida (Terry Scott)
• University of South Florida (Glen Dunlap, Don Kincaid)
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Bob Algozzine)
• May Institute (Bob Putnam)
• Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (Carol Massanari)
• Sheppard-Pratt Health Systems (Susan Barrett, Burt Lohns)
• Illinois State Board of Education (Lucille Eber)