APBS Newsletters

APBS Newsletters

Volume 8

Number 8.1

This issue includes an update from the APBS President and the call for nominations to the APBS Board for 2011. It also features the article, Positive Family Intervention: Addressing Parental Thoughts to Promote PBS, by Meme Hieneman, V. Mark Durand, Shelley Clarke, Laura Casper, Kristin Knapp-Ines, Suzanne Milnes, Melissa Rinaldi, and Kristin Christodulu. In this article, the authors describe the components of positive family intervention (PFI) and share a case study.

Number 8.2

This issue includes an update from the APBS President. It also features the article, Increasing Treatment Integrity Through Self-Monitoring, by Lela Taylor and Carie English.

Volume 7

Number 7.1

This issue welcomes the new board members. It also features the article Behavior Analysis and Foster Care by Byron Neff. In this article, the author describes the parent-training curriculum, "Tools for Positive Behavior Change" and its roots in Florida's Behavior Analysis Services Program.

Number 7.2

This issue provides the follow up on the 2009 APBS Conference. It also features the article, A Statewide Initiative Designed to Increase Capacity of School Teams to Reduce Challenging Behavior in Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Kristin V. Christodulu and Erin Berical. In this article, the authors share a case study of how the initiative has helped one student in particular and has been successful in assisting school teams to reduce challenging behavior in students with autism spectrum disorders across New York.

Number 7.3

This issue contains statements from the nominees for the 2010 APBS board of directors as well as the printable voting ballot and instructions on how to access the online voting system.

Number 7.4

This issue features the article PBS in “Other” Community Settings: Quality of Life Issues in Memory Care by Kelley M. Gordham. The article details the experiences of PBS implementers in Oregon expanding into long-term care, supporting the state’s aging citizens, especially working with individuals experiencing Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Volume 6

Number 6.1

This issue features the article Three-Tiered Models in Secondary Schools: Importance of Systematic Screening and Rigorous Targeted Interventions by Kathleen Lynne Lane, Allison Leigh Bruhn, and Jemma Robertson Kalberg. In this article, the authors highlight how a middle school built a comprehensive three-tiered model of support that addresses both systematic screening procedures and rigorous designs for secondary and tertiary levels of prevention.

Number 6.2

This issue features the article School-Wide Positive Behavior Support in Schools Struggling Academically by Carie L. English and Heather Peshak George. In this article, the authors introduce the concept of School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) Plus, which provides additional training, technical assistance and support to schools that are struggling academically.

Number 6.3

This issue contains statements from the nominees for the 2009 APBS board of directors. Additionally, it provides updates on the 2009 Conference, the website, and ways to save on an APBS membership.

Number 6.4

This issue features the article Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention: Becoming One Unified Team by Stephanie Martinez, Patti Vickers, Yolanda Rodriguez, Linda Callahan and Lisa Overton. In this article, the authors share how they brought behavior and academics in Osceola County, Florida, School District together via an Intervention Assistance Team.

Volume 5

Number 5.1

This issue features the article Practical Strategies for Supporting Families in the Use of Positive Behavior Support by Amy McCart and Diane Bannerman Juracek. The article gives advice on how to form positive relationships with a family as well as how to conduct functional assessment and interventions in the home setting.

Number 5.2

This issue features the article Minnesota Launches SW-PBIS by Kevin J. Filter and Char Ryan. The article details the first two years of Minnesota’s statewide School Wide Positive Behavior Support program.

Number 5.3

This issue contains statements from the nominees for the 2008 APBS board of directors. Additionally, it provides an update on the APBS Standards of Practice.

Number 5.4

This issue features the article Positive Behavior Support: A Potentially Important Strategy for Dropout Prevention by Sandra Covington-Smith and Robert P. Trussell. The article discusses how school-wide positive behavior support could prevent students from dropping out and offers information from two states that have begun implementing specifically to address the drop out problem.

Volume 4

Number 4.1

This issue contains the article Integrating Positive Behavior Support into a Special Education Teacher Program by Chris Borgmeier and Lisa Kemmerer. The article describes a Portland State University program that trains special education students in positive behavior support and functional analysis.

Number 4.2

This issue provides a summary of the fourth annual APBS conference that was held in Reno, Nevada. Cynthia M. Anderson writes about the most popular topic of the conferences and summarizes the keynote address of Edward Carr. Rachel Freeman writes about networking ideas for APBS members

Number 4.3

This issue features the article Program-wide Positive Behavior Support: Early Stages and Next Steps by Andy Frey. The article discusses Program-wide Positive Behavior Support as a way to foster social development in young children.

Number 4.4

This issue contains statements from the nominees for the 2007 APBS board of directors

Volume 3

Number 3.2

This issue includes the article The Family Focus Positive Behavior Support Program by Jennifer McFarland on the West Virginia Autism Center, an agency that helps provides positive behavior support to individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Also included is information on the second annual APBS conference, which was held in Tampa, Florida.

Number 3.3

This issue features an article by Margaret Moore, Rachel Freeman, and Cristin D. Johnston entitled Building a Collaborative State-wide Planning Network in Positive Behavior Support for Community-based Services. The article discusses ways to improve access to positive behavior support across a variety of state services and to increase communication between these different types of services.

Number 3.4

This issue contains statements from the APBS board of directors nominees of 2006.

Volume 2

Number 2.1

This issue features the article Using Information Technology to Enhance the Effectiveness of Positive Behavior Support by David L. Westling and Stephen Westling. The article describes a software package Positive Solutions that may assist researchers, practioners, and families in collecting and structuring data on an individual with problem behaviors.

Number 2.2

This issue contains statements from the nominees for the 2005 APBS board of directors. It also includes the article Data-Based Decision Making Using Office Discipline Referral Data From the School-Wide Information System by Anne W. Todd, Nadia K. Sampson, and Rob Horner. The article discusses the School Wide Information System, which is a web-based system to help schools keep track of problem behaviors along with their context and frequency

Volume 1

Number 1.2

This issue contains statements from the 2003 APBS board of directors nominees. It also includes information on ways to promote membership in APBS.

Number 1.3

This issue features an article by Glen Dunlap entitled Critical Features of Positive Behavior Support. In this article, he discusses how positive behavior support is defined and the central values of the approach.

Number 1.4

This issue contains the article Pinellas School Buses Benefit from Positive Behavior Support, which discusses the expansion of school-wide PBS in Pinella County to the school transportation system. Also included is an article by Cynthia Anderson entitled Positive Behavior Support at West Point, which describes the behavior analysis program at West Virginia University. The program aims to teach students the conceptual issues involved in positive behavior support as well as research and practical skill. The issue also contains a description of “teaching pyramid” materials to be used in early education programs.

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