Implementation of Basic School-wide Positive Behavior Intervention Supports by School Personnel

• Authors: Jonathan Chitiyo

Title variants

PL

Realizacja Ogólnoszkolnego Programu Wsparcia Pozytywnych Zachowań przez personel szkolny

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS) is increasingly becoming a popular approach to managing problem behavior in schools. Despite its widespread implementation, little research has been done focusing on the implementation process. The purpose of the current study was to explore the implementation of SWPBIS in school systems. Specifically, the researcher wanted to examine the extent to which school personnel used different SWPBIS classroom- based practices. Results indicated that the most frequently used practices were teaching students behavior expectations and rewarding students who met the behavioral expectations. The least used practices were collecting data for decision making, graphing data, and conducting functional behavioral assessments. Recommendations and implications are provided.

Ogólnoszkolny Program Wsparcia Pozytywnych Zachowań (School-wide Positive Behavior Support – SWPBS) staje się podejściem coraz powszechniej stosowanym w obszarze radzenia sobie z trudnymi zachowaniami w szkole. Mimo że program jest bardzo rozpowszechniony, przeprowadzono niewiele badań, które koncentrowałyby się na procesie jego realizacji. Niniejsze badanie miało na celu zgłębienie zagadnienia realizacji programu w szkołach. W szczególności chodziło o zbadanie, w jakim zakresie personel szkolny wykorzystuje w klasie różne praktyki zawarte w programie. Wyniki badania wskazują, że najczęściej stosowane praktyki to przekazywanie uczniom wiedzy na temat oczekiwań dotyczących ich zachowania oraz chwalenie tych, którzy te oczekiwania spełniają. Najrzadziej stosowane praktyki to zbieranie danych do podejmowania decyzji, przedstawianie danych na wykresach oraz przeprowadzanie funkcjonalnych ocen zachowania. Przedstawiono zalecenia oraz implikacje.

Keywords

PL

trudne zachowania; uczniowie niepełnosprawni Ogólnoszkolny Program; Wsparcia Pozytywnych Zachowań szkoła; realizacja

EN

problem behavior; students with disabilities school-wide positive behavior support; school setting; implementation

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Człowiek - Niepełnosprawność - Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 4(34)
• Pages: 5-14

Contributors

author

Jonathan Chitiyo

• University of Pittsburgh Bradford, 149 Swarts Hall, 300 Campus Drive Bradford, PA 16701; tel. + 1 814 3625153

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Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/17345537.1233863