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Learning Social Skills Through Natural And Paid Supports, Miyah Sundermeyer

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

With 1 in 68 individuals living with autism, most are born with parts of the brain that pick up on social skills. While these skills can be taught, individuals with autism extra special support in learning in this area. Social skills can be taught in two different types of supports being that they are paid and natural supports. Furthermore, social skill styles can be taught through other methods such as the internet.

Teacher-Student Relationships: Strengthening The Impact Of Pbis On Climate, Kate Mcphee, Kiarra Givhan, Emily N. Srisarajivakul, Vanessa Ramirez, Ella Taylor, Kris Varjas, Catherine Perkins, Joel Meyers

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Researchers have emphasized the importance of teacher-student relationships (TSRs), showing that the quality of these relationships can have significant, short and long-term effects on student outcomes and school climate (Baker, Grant & Morlock, 2008; Guess & Bowling, 2013; Hamre & Pianta, 2001). While School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SW-PBIS) also has positive effects on school climate (Bradshaw, Waasdorp & Leaf, 2015), little research has been done to examine how SW-PBIS and TSRs intersect to influence student outcomes and school climate. This presentation will address the integration of these two factors as perceived by practitioners responsible for implementing SW-PBIS.

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Creating Enthusiastic Classrooms: Reducing Problem Behaviors Through Engaged Teaching, Ronda Lainey Craig

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

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Creating Enthusiastic Classrooms:

Reducing Problem Behaviors Through Engaged Teaching

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`Today teachers face many challenges in the classroom, not the least of which includes students who display problem behavior. These behaviors can range from the student being slightly off-task to him or her being completely moving around the classroom at inappropriate times or talking out, as well as a multitude of other unwanted behaviors. The result of course is a disruptive academic environment. This proposal's objective is to exemplify the role that engaged teaching plays in gaining student engagement, and how both of these factors influence improved student …

Engaging All Pbis Partners Through A Quality Roll Out, Jessica E. Dunn, Lyndsey Whisner

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will outline a structure to assist schools in building capacity for staff members as the school begins to implement PBIS. The presenters will provide examples of how their local schools prepared the faculty to implement PBIS. The presenters will also provide specific examples of how their local schools involved home and community atmospheres in the implementation of PBIS. They will discuss the direct, positive impact seen as a result of PBIS incorporation across all atmospheres. Audiences, including schools, parents, and communities, will be able to take away ideas to successfully implement PBIS expectations, matrices, and a reward system. …

Differentiated Pbis: Supporting All Students Through The Pbis Framework!, Thiago Aleixo, Hanna Kiser, Brooke Cole

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Students differ in ways that significantly affect their learning and experience of PBIS. The PBIS framework is most effective when teachers and schools proactively plan to address student differences. This session will present practical differentiation techniques for prevention, acknowledgement, and community engagement that will increase the impact of school-wide PBIS implementation.

A Person's A Person No Matter How Small - Understanding The Role Of Temperament In Working With Toddlers And Young Children, Kimberly B. Robinson, Ann Vanbuskirk Dr.

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Early childhood and educational research have indicated that a young child’s temperament is predictive of success in school and adulthood. A child’s temperament has the potential to impact not only their interpretation of life events, but can also influence the activities that they choose and how adults respond to and interact with them. Child temperament research has identified three widely known profiles based on nine dimensions of behavior: “difficult”, “easy”, and “slow to warm up”. The purpose of this presentation is to provide information about child temperament and the ways in which adults can use positive relational interventions to teach …

Autism Intervention: Positive Support With A Relationship-Based, Developmental Model, David Graham Nelson, David Graham Nelson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Individuals with challenges in relating and communicating, including those diagnosed with autism and other developmental disorders, have long been treated primarily with behavior management and skill development approaches. Dr. Stanley Greenspan's developmental, individual-difference, relationship-based (DIR/Floortime) approach to these challenges provides a comprehensive developmental model and effective intervention techniques, and is supported by a solid base of research. This approach helps parents to become a central part of the intervention work with their child, and provides professionals with meaningful ways to foster communication, emotional, and cognitive development in children at risk. This approach can be applied in educational settings, in private …

Viewing Classroom Climate Through Rose Colored Glasses Of Cultural Competence, Jason Byars, Lisa Pearce Ms.

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Conscious Classroom Management are comprehensive, practical and easy effective teaching tools that integrate PBIS practices in the classroom. Effective classroom and behavior management is directly related to student achievement and classroom climate. This presentation addresses: prevention, expectations, monitoring, encouragement and correction with a toolbox of strategies and interventions. Intertwined in conscious classroom strategies are culturally responsive practices. Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices are specific educational practices, instructional strategies, team processes, and curricula content which have been established by research to increase the achievement gap. Cultural mismatch between home and school and educators’ lack of knowledge about culturally responsive educational practices are …

How Pbis Can Contribute To Improvement In Attendance, Behavior, And Classroom Success, Kim A. Hall Dr., Heather (Niki) Hudgins

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

PBIS State Conference Proposal 2017

Fair Street Elementary International Academy

How PBIS Can Contribute to Improvement in Attendance, Behavior, and Classroom Success

Come see how PBIS can help your school reduce discipline referrals, increase attendance, increase academic gains, and improve school climate and student safety. With support from the GaDOE, Pioneer RESA, and local administrators and leaders, Fair Street has completed their second full year of PBIS implementation and is seeing significant improvement! We will discuss some of the challenging moments, as well as some of our successes, and discuss our plan for enhancement and improvement in the upcoming year. …

The Road To Self-Improvement; A Mother And Son Story, Eren K. Denburg Niederhoffer

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Eren Denburg Niederhoffer and his Mother Dorian Denburg will discuss:
-Eren's story of his pursuit of self-improvement as a man on the Autism Spectrum
-The lessons he learned along the way while struggling with autism
-What he has accomplished as a man with autism
-What families of children and young adults with and without autism in their family can stand to benefit through Eren and Dorian's story and advice.

Tracking Teacher-Managed Behaviors With Google Forms, Sallie Robinson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

There are many outlets for tracking office-level behaviors. Tracking classroom data can be helpful in preventing teacher-managed behaviors from escalating to the office level. A simple Google Form can organize classroom level data, providing a way for teachers and PBIS teams to more effectively track trends in behaviors that are more significant than a redirection, but less serious than office-managed.

By looking at trends and data in minor or teacher-managed disruptions, PBIS teams can strategize effective interventions for systemic issues to help the day run more smoothly and decrease the number of office-managed behavior incidents. With records of classroom behaviors …

Using Pbis Framework In Secure Settings: Tier Ii & Challenging Youth, Janette A. Nihles, Chasidy Taylor, Lester Allen

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will provide insight into the use of PBIS in a secure juvenile facilities and how to utilize Tier II interventions to deal effectively with those youth in such facilities, who present as the most behaviorally challenged. Presenters will share experiences from multiple perspectives within DJJ facilities with different missions, age groups, and barriers. Our processes can be utilized to promote understanding about how youth in secure facilities can transition smoothly back into schools & communities providing PBIS support.

Epic Team Meetings, Lindsey Lynch, Kim Crawford

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

EPIC Team Meetings

EPIC represents: effective and empowering agendas and action plans, productive product notebooks, information drill down, and collaborative communication. During this seminar segment, sample items such as agendas, action plans, product notebooks, and drill down forms will be shared as well as explained how they are utilized in our team meetings to cover all areas of student supports and interventions. SWIS drill down behavior data and interventions; attendance reports and supports; academic progress and interventions for Tier 2, 3, and 4 students; problem solutions; and action development are major areas covered within our team meetings which will be …

How To Be "Sneaky Smart" With Elementary Classroom Management, Jeffery R. Craver

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Being “sneaky smart” is all about changing adult behavior, being flexible, being willing to problem solve, and being more skilled at ways to alter the environment & the positive supports that we can put into place. Evidenced-based strategies will be reviewed that educators can begin to implement immediately with students that fall in to all tiers. These strategies can be adapted for use in the home setting for parents as well. The "sneaky smart” approach is appropriate for any setting to increase compliance of both large groups of students & individual ones. These methods for being proactive in the classroom …

Giving Students A Voice To Create A Positive Classroom, Jacqueline Johnson, Tara Noe, Jennifer Wilson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Want to create a positive learning environment? Give the students a voice. Instead of being the sage on the stage, be a guide on the side.

This presentation will show you how to transform your classroom into a student-centered classroom. We will look at strategies such as using reciprocal teaching, creating learning targets, and developing success criteria. When students have voice, they have buy-in.

How To Catch A Second Wind To Avoid A Second Year Slump, Robbie Y. Vincent

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Dr. Robbie Vincent and the Rome City Schools team will present effective strategies to maintain a positive school climate after the initial implementation of district-wide PBIS and will also offer suggestions of how to avoid a "second year slump". School level PBIS coaches from our district will share ideas and strategies that have proven to be successful in maintaining a positive school climate. The Rome City Schools team will discuss our district plan to involve district level administrators, parents and community members with PBIS in our district. The presenters will also share strategies and interventions that can be implemented at …

Transforming In-School Suspension Into A Positive Tool For Changing Behavior, Rosie N. Cooper-Neary, Sarah Harber

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

The presentation will provide an overview of a secondary in-school suspension program using a positive behavior intervention and supports model that includes an evidence-based social emotional behavior curriculum effective in targeting at-risk students. Structuring in-school suspension programs in a way that provides students with the means to change poor behaviors when presented with the opportunity to do so is a viable solution to classroom behavior problems plaguing secondary schools today. This presentation will be valuable to education leaders who desire to transform their ISS program into one that reduces recidivism rates and makes academics and behavior modification a priority. The …

Using Classroom Coaching And Pyramid Practices To Support Pre-K Thru Early Elementary Teachers, Michelle Sandrock, Deanna Hibbard, Lucy Quinonez

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Want to equip your teachers with social emotional and developmentally appropriate strategies to better support their students and decrease challenging behavior in their classrooms? Research shows that professional development inclusive of not only lecture, demonstration and opportunities to practice, but classroom coaching increases training outcomes of content knowledge, skill and classroom application to 95%! Therefore, come see how training on the Pyramid Practices coupled with classroom coaching can create positive learning climates in your Pre-K thru early elementary classes. Participants with leave with access to eleven ready to use Pre-K – 3^rd Grade Classroom Pyramid Practice modules, as well …

The Lights Are Out And Nobody's Home - Renewing Positive Energy And Becoming Fully Present, Ann Vanbuskirk Dr., Kimberly B. Robinson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

In an age of high demand and limited resources, exponential information flow through constant connection with technology, sensory overload and high stress, staff and caregiver burnout is increasing. More educators are leaving the field, and teacher retention is a significant challenge. In order to be positive in our intervention, it is critical for educators, therapists, administrators, parents and caregivers to recognize symptoms of fatigue and burnout, renew our own source of positive energy and be fully present in our work. This presentation will provide information on recognizing symptoms of burnout in self and others. Participants will engage in active learning …

Parents....An Invaluable "Link" To Student Success, Janice V. Mendence Ms., Lori Robinson, Angela West

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Research demonstrates the strong correlation between parental involvement and student achievement. This research, which involves studies that highlight the outcomes of parental involvement, will be presented. In addition, examples of parental involvement from tiers 1, 2, and 3 in the various PBIS systems in northwest Georgia will be given. Haralson County Schools will provide specific examples on how they have included not only parents, but also community stakeholders in their quest to increase participation. They will discuss specific strategies on how to engage parent/community stakeholders on a limited budget. Participants will walk away with ideas and strategies that have been …

Demystifying Asperger's And Absolutism, Richard Kaplan, Simon Huebner

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Parents of high-functioning autistics will be able to guide their children to better resolve conflicts, socialize, and improve executive functioning.

High-functioning autism-also known as Asperger's-has been characterized by a lack of personal success and poor social skills. This is in reality the manifestation of absolute thinking. Absolute conclusions, judgments, and rules that have been heard, taught, and experienced from early childhood become unequivocal truths with compounding consequences over time unless directly engaged. The poor social skills and/or objectives, narrow interests, repetitive behaviors, speech and/or selective communication, as well as unique rules and habits associated with HFA are symptoms of absolute …

Flexible Seating: Providing The Positive Learning Environment Students Need, Clista M. Williams, Genevieve Barker

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Everything in the classroom has changed....except seating! Would it be challenging for you to sit in a desk for 7 hours a day? If you answered yes, then think about the ADHD, autistic, and all other students in today's school setting. Many of them go home to continue sitting uncomfortably while completing hours of homework! Flexible seating in the classroom or at home gives students a choice in which type of seating works best for them. Being able to move while learning increases the oxygen to the brain, which in turn increases the blood flow; therefore, allowing more learning and …

Transforming Teacher Meetings To Create Collaborative Impact - A Rural Georgia High School's Journey, Jacqueline Johnson, Tara Noe, Jennifer Wilson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Track the journey we have taken while striving to reach the tipping point so students learn at deep levels. By shifting our work in teacher meetings to emphasize impact, we created action plans to increase deep learning. We explore how our shift from “meeting” to “Collective Efficacy” was initiated and evolved because of our emphasis on: 1) Examining Student Growth 2) Listening to Student Voice 2) Improving Teacher Clarity 3) Increasing Feedback to and from Students 4) Appreciating Peer Observations 6) Providing Impact Coaching. We provide specific examples of teacher work, student work, and data with videos and photos.

From Chaos To Calm, Rhonda Harris, Kelly Petaccio

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

A hands on session demonstrating and discussing the most engaging strategies for addressing emotional and social concerns of students for Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions. An overview of an effective student referral process, evidence based interventions like Positive Action & Second Step as well as tried and true tools such as Zones of Regulation, Social Thinking, Mindfulness and creative interventions.

Pbis-Our Journey (On A Quest For The Best), Charlotte S. Flores Mrs., Candace F. Mcghee

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This is the story of our journey from being a school where students’ behaviors were controlling us to being a school where learning is our focus. Now students are being taught school wide expected behaviors, rewarded for demonstrating these behaviors, so that teachers can focus on teaching the standards. Ethel W. Kight is a Title 1 school serving a diverse student body in LaGrange, GA where we aim to include our parents and other stakeholders on this journey. Come learn how the EKES staff changed their mindset and continue to strive to assist our Kight Knights on their Quest for …

Chaos To Calm: Three Behavior Management Strategies For "Complex" Students, Elaine Taylor-Klaus, Diane Dempster

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Supporting and teaching children with complex challenges can be a daunting task. Teachers want to inspire their students to reach their full academic potential. But when children struggle with learning – when they fail to hit typical milestones commensurate with their peers – their challenges can raise serious obstacles for teachers in the classroom, and damage children’s self-esteem.

While behavioral management systems have been proven to be effective for classroom behavior modification, challenges with implementation prevent teachers from consistently feeling successful in using them. Teachers may know what to do in theory, but they struggle with how to make it …

Sustainability Of Tier 1 Implementation And Parent Involvement, Sherry Ferguson, Angelique Mitchell

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This presentation will cover sustainability of Tier 1 implementation of a PBIS program at an elementary school plus ways to increase parent involvement. The presentation will cover student and teacher rewards and incentives, PBIS committee incentives, behavior logs, flow charts on classroom managed behaviors vs office managed behaviors, PBIS core team committees and sub committees, funding sources for PBIS program, and ways to involve students. Examples of weekly PBIS topics, lesson plans and parent brochures will also be presented. Ways to involved parents in your PBIS program through workshops lunch and learns, and surveys will also be covered. Information for …

Barriers And Solutions To Schoolwide Pbis In High Schools, Deborah A. Keane

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

This session will address implementation of PBIS in the high school context. Topics for discussion include the unique nuances of high school PBIS, what the data tells us, and enhancing student outcomes through PBIS. Discussion will include interventions in advanced tiers that have demonstrated success in the high school to reduce drop-out rates and improve outcomes to include College and Career Readiness.

Start With The Heart: Aligning Pw And Sw-Pbis In Early Elementary Grades, Michelle Sandrock, Brandy Woolridge

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Come learn about Start with the Heart, a state collaboration, aligning the School-Wide PBIS framework with the Pyramid Model (Program-Wide PBIS) for Pre-K and early elementary students. The alignment of these two frameworks is designed to ensure Pre-K – 3^rd grade students are equipped with social emotional, developmentally appropriate practices that will lead to more positive behavior, as well as lifelong social emotional and academic success. Hear how Georgia is building state, district and school infrastructure in school climate to support PBIS in elementary schools and leave with practical ways to immediately strengthen existing PBIS procedures and processes …

Building Positive Relationships Through Team Building, Paul Parker

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

It is vital for us in the education profession to develop leaders. It is my belief that we have to prepare our young people for the challenges and demands they will inevitably face in today’s society. Our students must be equipped with the knowledge and character needed to run Fortune 500 companies, teach the future generation of scholars, and lead this nation back to its worldwide power. In order for that to happen, they need great models. Our youth have to have the best teachers that we can offer. Based upon my experience, I can assist with the selection and …