1. I used the OneSeach search engine through the online UNF library database to find my next article titled Examining Variation in the Impact of School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Effectiveness Trial. I chose this research study because it goes beyond analyzing the outcomes of implementing Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) and looks at the variety of effects from PBIS based off of the children’s baseline levels of interpersonal skills and behavior problems as documented by their teachers.
Bradshaw, C., Waasdorp, T., & Leaf, P. (n.d.). Examining variation in the impact of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports: Findings from a randomized controlled …show more content…
The authors used high ethical standards to conduct this study in many ways. They recruited schools to participate and only schools who gave their approval to participate were studied. The researchers note missing data, such as students who left one the 37 schools in the middle of the study. This research had high fidelity through annual assessments of implementation each spring until spring 2007 following this initial baseline conducted from fall 2002 in year 1. Trained assessors conducted these annual assessments using a School-wide Evaluation Tool where the assessors were not told the schools’ implementation status to avoid bias. The assessments and staff reports indicate that the schools using the SWPBIS model met and sustained high fidelity by the end of the trial, while none of the comparison schools were consistent in reaching that same level of fidelity.
10. If I were to ask the authors a question, I would ask their opinion on whether it would be worth the effort to implement SWPBIS in schools with a low percentage of high-risk and at-risk students since those students are the ones who encountered the greatest impact. I would also like more details on the growth of normalized and socially-emotionally skilled students in schools that implemented the SWPBIS
Bradshaw, C., Waasdorp, T., & Leaf, P. (n.d.). Examining variation in the impact of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports: Findings from a randomized controlled …show more content…
The authors used high ethical standards to conduct this study in many ways. They recruited schools to participate and only schools who gave their approval to participate were studied. The researchers note missing data, such as students who left one the 37 schools in the middle of the study. This research had high fidelity through annual assessments of implementation each spring until spring 2007 following this initial baseline conducted from fall 2002 in year 1. Trained assessors conducted these annual assessments using a School-wide Evaluation Tool where the assessors were not told the schools’ implementation status to avoid bias. The assessments and staff reports indicate that the schools using the SWPBIS model met and sustained high fidelity by the end of the trial, while none of the comparison schools were consistent in reaching that same level of fidelity.
10. If I were to ask the authors a question, I would ask their opinion on whether it would be worth the effort to implement SWPBIS in schools with a low percentage of high-risk and at-risk students since those students are the ones who encountered the greatest impact. I would also like more details on the growth of normalized and socially-emotionally skilled students in schools that implemented the SWPBIS