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.