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Positive Behavior Intervention And Supports Impact On Discipline In An Alternative School, Alina Michelle Harges Jan 2019

Positive Behavior Intervention And Supports Impact On Discipline In An Alternative School, Alina Michelle Harges

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The purpose of this sequential-explanatory mixed methods study was to first determine what impact if any did Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) have on the number of office disciplinary referrals (ODRs) received by students after three years of implementation. The second part of the study was to obtain feedback through interviews from the administrator and certified teachers on their perspectives of PBIS implementation in this rural alternative school setting. Quantitative data was collected first folloby the collection of the qualitative data. This method of data collection was necessary in order for the researcher to make better sense of quantitative …