10th International Conference on Positive Behavioral Support

Conference Supporters

The McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support: College of Education at Bloomsburg University

The McDowell Institute for Teacher Excellence in Positive Behavior Support at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania was established within the College of Education to prepare future educators to become fluent in comprehension and application of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Additionally, successful advancement of pre-service teachers is fostered via the Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) ensuring consistent standards for professionalism and achievement among education majors. The McDowell Institute provides educators with strategies, practices and experiences to effectively support the academic, social and emotional growth of all students.
Website: www.bloomu.edu/mcdowell

Division of Applied Research & Educational Support (DARES) Department of Child & Family Studies, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute University of South Florida

The Louis de la Parte Mental Health Institute was created over 25 years ago by the Florida

Legislature to expand knowledge about how best to serve mental health needs of Florida's citizens. The Institute uses applied research techniques to understand practical problems and develop and disseminate state-of-the-art technology and knowledge to improve human services. The Institute seeks to increase awareness of issues in mental health and improve the formulation and implementation of public policy. Much of our research is available to the public via online or print publications.
Website: www.fmhi.usf.edu

The Florida Center for Inclusive Communities

The Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC) at the University of South Florida was established in October 2005 through a University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service grant award from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. Through leadership in research and evaluation, theory, policy, capacity building, and practice the FCIC is committed to developing a range of supports

and services in the areas of Community Supports, Early Childhood, Transition, Education, Employment, Health, Interdisciplinary Training, Public Policy, and Cultural Competence.
Website: http://flfcic.fmhi.usf.edu/

Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project
	Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project is part of the Department of Child and Family Studies of the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida, and is funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, Division of Public Schools and Community Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS),
through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT (IDEA), Part B. The mission of Florida's Positive Behavior Support Project is to increase the capacity of Florida's school districts to address problem behaviors using Positive Behavior Support. Website: http://flpbs.fmhi.usf.edu/

The OSEP-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports
	The OSEP-funded National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior and Intervention Supports was established to address the behavioral and discipline systems
needed for successful learning and social development of students. The Center provides capacity-building information and technical support about behavioral systems to assist states and districts in the design of effective schools. Website: www.pbis.org

The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies

The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies (LSI) at the University of Kansas was created in 1990 out of the Kansas

Bureau of Child Research. Today it is one of the largest and most highly regarded human development and disabilities research centers in the country. The LSI brings together scientists of diverse disciplines including psychology, psychiatry, speech pathology, sociology, education, biology, pharmacology, physiology and medicine to study human development from its genetic origins through the final stages of life. The Life Span Institute's 12 centers have more than 130 programs and projects active at any one time in Kansas as well as other states.
Website: www.lsi.ku.edu

University of Oregon, Educational and Community Supports (ECS)

ECS is a research unit within the College of Education at the University of Oregon

that has operated since 1972. ECS focuses on the development and implementation of practices that result in positive, doable and scientifically substantiated change in the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. Federal and state funded projects support research, teaching, dissemination and technical assistance activities. Research groups affiliated with ECS currently focus on positive behavior support, inclusive schools, transition, and adult services.
Website: www.uoecs.org