MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT (MTSS)
Four face-to-face training days per year
Training curriculum manual
Monthly team coaching
Weekly technical assistance & support
Biannual site visits & fidelity assessments
Custom web domain & social media integration
Online professional learning community
Posters, banners, and signage available
iBook interactive textbooks available for iPad
TIME: Ongoing
PERSONNEL: For district/school administrators, educators and intervention experts
Learn to use national fidelity tools to assess your RTI implementation and effectiveness. Build sustainable framework of systems, data, practices and outcomes that align with your PBIS and MTSS interventions to support the whole child more efficiently in this time of staff/resource shortages.
TIME: Multi-day
PERSONNEL: For district/school administrators, educators and intervention experts
The three-year PBIS Training Academy for school-based teams will help your school become more predictable, consistent, positive, and safe for all staff and students. KOI PBIS follows the PBIS Blueprint set forth by the National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports and uses all recommended research-based fidelity assessments: training, coaching, evaluation, team building for sustainability, and free support for your district team.
TIME: 4 days/year, monthly coaching, weekly tech support, and annual evals
PERSONNEL: For school teams of 6–12
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (PBIS)
With limited resources and time, which students do we respond to first, and what do we do next? Learn to use school-wide office discipline and referral data to precisely identify problems and implement a measurable solution. Objectives: Learn to use a Data Analysis Worksheet (DAW) to evaluate 7 behavior data graphs monthly, apply a precise problem statement from the DAW to a Problem Solving Worksheet (SPW) to implement a targeted 6-part solution. ** Recommended coaching: 2-3 follow up sessions (1 hr each) are typical to help teams use data tools efficiently and effectively.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Decrease office referrals, suspensions and classroom behavior problems using a proactive model of school support rather then a reactionary model of exclusion. Learn to use a systemic process to accurately identify students who need Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior interventions before at-risk behaviors escalate to a crisis or violence. Teams will be taught to use the copyright free and research-based Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing/Externalizing (SRSS-IE).
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Go beyond the four critical elements of setting up an evidence-based social skills training group on your campus. Create an action plan with the specific steps you need in your school to make a Tier 2 social skills program measurable and effective. The Boys Town Social Skills curriculum is taught as a model of an evidence-based curriculum that can be implemented quickly and affordably.
**Note: Recommended book purchase: Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Blended Teaching Techniques to Help Your Students Succeed.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
CCE is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention designed for High School environments to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CCE fidelity and effectiveness in this training course.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Check-In/Check-Out is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CICO fidelity and effectiveness in this training course. Can also be provided as a refresher to fine-tune an existing CICO program
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
The prevalence of violence on school campuses cannot be ignored. Twenty-eight out of 1000 students are the victims of crime on and off school grounds each year (DeVoe et al., 2003). The time to act is now. Effective and evidence-based bully preventions programs exist, but so do well-meaning initiatives that only result in lost time and money. Know the difference; recognize the facts in this essential workshop designed for school leaders, administrators, and concerned educators which teaches a research-proven and free Bully Prevention Curriculum.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For all school staff
There are only three motivational problems: Don’t, Can’t, Won’t. Learn the secrets to changing NO to YES in a positive and productive fashion that increases learning and enhances connectedness. This workshop is included in the Behavior Principles book published in the iBookstore and pairs well with learning about universal Behavior Principles and how they impact teaching, learning and discipline.
TIME: 1-2 hours
PERSONNEL: For teachers, assistants, aids, related service professionals, and parents
Classroom & Behavior Management
Wraparound services are offered in many communities through a partnership between schools and service agencies. In this workshop, discover how to meet the needs of youth with multiple-risk factors that are overwhelming the student’s ability to cope and that are impacting their learning.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
This powerful advanced strategy can teach students to monitor their own on-task behavior or academic productivity and accuracy. Learn how to implement and evaluate self-management correctly for maximum impact. Two types of SM strategies are introduced: self-monitoring attention (SMA) and self-monitoring performance (SMP). SMP includes teaching students to monitor academic accuracy, productivity or both.
TIME: 2 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
You may already be using peer tutoring or parts of a peer tutoring approach. However, this workshop will prepare teachers to formerly implement and evaluate the effectiveness of three types of tutoring (standard diads, cross age, whole-class) in order to deliver the outcomes promised in the research. Effective for K-12 students.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
Three types of Group Contingencies strategies (Interdependent, Dependent, Independent) are used to increase positive behaviors in the classroom. Investigate multiple ways to use this evidence-based practice of reinforcing your entire class based on group behavior to help individual students and your whole class behave appropriately. These are the strategies used in the popular Good Behavior Game.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
Investigate three types of Differential Reinforcement interventions (DRI, DRL, DRO) to motivate disruptive students and help them become successful in the classroom in order to make school a safer and more productive environment for everyone.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
BIP’s have been mandated by federal law since 1997. Learn to use the FBA process to write a compelling and valid BIP to improve student behavior, increase peer and staff safety, and ensure your IEP includes PBIS, meets FAPE, and is in the LRE. Our BIP process, also known as a Behavior Education Plan (BEP) or Behavior Support Plan (BSP), aligns with the Prevent-Teach- Reinforce FBA model.
TIME: 2-3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs
IDEA (federal special education law) first mandated FBAs/BIPs in 1997 for students whose behavior interferes with their learning or the learning of others. Discover how to implement this complex process to meet compliance issues and improve school safety. Instruction includes the application of the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR Model) researched and published by Dr. Dunlap et al. (2009). ** Recommended book purchase: Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs
This workshop will provide expert training on 12 data collection tools for assessing student behavioral performance and growth. These are essential skills for school psychologists, special education and general education teachers who want to increase their instructional effectiveness by reducing behavior disruptions. These tools are critical for developing valid and effective FBA’s and BIP’s. Includes hands-on activities to practice observing and recording behaviors and recording data accurately. ** Prerequisite tools for student behavior observations, IEP evaluations, FBA’s/BIP’s and manifestation determinations.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs
TRAUMA INFORMED AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PRACTICES
With limited resources and time, which students do we respond to first, and what do we do next? Learn to use school-wide office discipline and referral data to precisely identify problems and implement a measurable solution. Objectives: Learn to use a Data Analysis Worksheet (DAW) to evaluate 7 behavior data graphs monthly, apply a precise problem statement from the DAW to a Problem Solving Worksheet (SPW) to implement a targeted 6-part solution. ** Recommended coaching: 2-3 follow up sessions (1 hr each) are typical to help teams use data tools efficiently and effectively.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Decrease office referrals, suspensions and classroom behavior problems using a proactive model of school support rather then a reactionary model of exclusion. Learn to use a systemic process to accurately identify students who need Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior interventions before at-risk behaviors escalate to a crisis or violence. Teams will be taught to use the copyright free and research-based Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing/Externalizing (SRSS-IE).
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Go beyond the four critical elements of setting up an evidence-based social skills training group on your campus. Create an action plan with the specific steps you need in your school to make a Tier 2 social skills program measurable and effective. The Boys Town Social Skills curriculum is taught as a model of an evidence-based curriculum that can be implemented quickly and affordably.
**Note: Recommended book purchase: Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Blended Teaching Techniques to Help Your Students Succeed.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
CCE is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention designed for High School environments to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CCE fidelity and effectiveness in this training course.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Check-In/Check-Out is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CICO fidelity and effectiveness in this training course. Can also be provided as a refresher to fine-tune an existing CICO program
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
The prevalence of violence on school campuses cannot be ignored. Twenty-eight out of 1000 students are the victims of crime on and off school grounds each year (DeVoe et al., 2003). The time to act is now. Effective and evidence-based bully preventions programs exist, but so do well-meaning initiatives that only result in lost time and money. Know the difference; recognize the facts in this essential workshop designed for school leaders, administrators, and concerned educators which teaches a research-proven and free Bully Prevention Curriculum.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For all school staff
There are only three motivational problems: Don’t, Can’t, Won’t. Learn the secrets to changing NO to YES in a positive and productive fashion that increases learning and enhances connectedness. This workshop is included in the Behavior Principles book published in the iBookstore and pairs well with learning about universal Behavior Principles and how they impact teaching, learning and discipline.
TIME: 1-2 hours
PERSONNEL: For teachers, assistants, aids, related service professionals, and parents
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND DE-ESCALATION CYCLES
With limited resources and time, which students do we respond to first, and what do we do next? Learn to use school-wide office discipline and referral data to precisely identify problems and implement a measurable solution. Objectives: Learn to use a Data Analysis Worksheet (DAW) to evaluate 7 behavior data graphs monthly, apply a precise problem statement from the DAW to a Problem Solving Worksheet (SPW) to implement a targeted 6-part solution. ** Recommended coaching: 2-3 follow up sessions (1 hr each) are typical to help teams use data tools efficiently and effectively.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Decrease office referrals, suspensions and classroom behavior problems using a proactive model of school support rather then a reactionary model of exclusion. Learn to use a systemic process to accurately identify students who need Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior interventions before at-risk behaviors escalate to a crisis or violence. Teams will be taught to use the copyright free and research-based Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing/Externalizing (SRSS-IE).
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Go beyond the four critical elements of setting up an evidence-based social skills training group on your campus. Create an action plan with the specific steps you need in your school to make a Tier 2 social skills program measurable and effective. The Boys Town Social Skills curriculum is taught as a model of an evidence-based curriculum that can be implemented quickly and affordably.
**Note: Recommended book purchase: Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Blended Teaching Techniques to Help Your Students Succeed.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
CCE is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention designed for High School environments to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CCE fidelity and effectiveness in this training course.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Check-In/Check-Out is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CICO fidelity and effectiveness in this training course. Can also be provided as a refresher to fine-tune an existing CICO program
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
The prevalence of violence on school campuses cannot be ignored. Twenty-eight out of 1000 students are the victims of crime on and off school grounds each year (DeVoe et al., 2003). The time to act is now. Effective and evidence-based bully preventions programs exist, but so do well-meaning initiatives that only result in lost time and money. Know the difference; recognize the facts in this essential workshop designed for school leaders, administrators, and concerned educators which teaches a research-proven and free Bully Prevention Curriculum.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For all school staff
There are only three motivational problems: Don’t, Can’t, Won’t. Learn the secrets to changing NO to YES in a positive and productive fashion that increases learning and enhances connectedness. This workshop is included in the Behavior Principles book published in the iBookstore and pairs well with learning about universal Behavior Principles and how they impact teaching, learning and discipline.
TIME: 1-2 hours
PERSONNEL: For teachers, assistants, aids, related service professionals, and parents
Autism Assessment and Structured Teaching
Ongoing professional development training, coaching and implementation of the structured teaching model based on Division TEACCH from the University of North Carolina. No prior knowledge is required, just a passion to help students grow. The goal of this training is to learn by doing, implementing, and receiving feedback from a qualified and experienced educator. Training will translate directly into positive classroom instructional changes that benefits students and improves instructional delivery for all staff. Includes: 1 hr live training webinar every other month, 1 hr live coaching alternate months to provide feedback on assignment and classroom structures implementing since training, 1 day trainer site visit to evaluate progress and provide supportive feedback and technical assistance.
TIME: 1 hr monthly x 20 months
PERSONNEL: For special education teachers and assistants of students with ASD, ID and developmental disabilities
Learn how to administer three very effective assessments to plan curriculum and instruction for students with non-traditional learning needs. Use results to plan student goals and objectives, track progress, intervene with behavior problems, and chart a path for transition and life growth. Assessments Taught: VB MAPP, Essentials for Living, T-TAP. Requires purchase of assessment manuals from publisher or distributor before training (approximately $800) which can be used by multidisciplinary teams on multiple occasions every year for all ASD and ID students.
TIME: 3 days
PERSONNEL: For special education teachers of students with ASD, ID and developmental disabilities
Review the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how they impact teaching and learning. Evaluate developmentally appropriate interventions along the continuum of the K-12 grade levels. Objectives: Identify how ASD impacts communication, social relationships, learning, attending and behavior.
TIME: 3-6 hrs
PERSONNEL: For principals, teachers, assistants, aids, school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and parents
TIER 2 TARGETED PROGRAMS AND TRAINING
With limited resources and time, which students do we respond to first, and what do we do next? Learn to use school-wide office discipline and referral data to precisely identify problems and implement a measurable solution. Objectives: Learn to use a Data Analysis Worksheet (DAW) to evaluate 7 behavior data graphs monthly, apply a precise problem statement from the DAW to a Problem Solving Worksheet (SPW) to implement a targeted 6-part solution. ** Recommended coaching: 2-3 follow up sessions (1 hr each) are typical to help teams use data tools efficiently and effectively.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Decrease office referrals, suspensions and classroom behavior problems using a proactive model of school support rather then a reactionary model of exclusion. Learn to use a systemic process to accurately identify students who need Tier 2 and Tier 3 behavior interventions before at-risk behaviors escalate to a crisis or violence. Teams will be taught to use the copyright free and research-based Student Risk Screening Scale - Internalizing/Externalizing (SRSS-IE).
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Go beyond the four critical elements of setting up an evidence-based social skills training group on your campus. Create an action plan with the specific steps you need in your school to make a Tier 2 social skills program measurable and effective. The Boys Town Social Skills curriculum is taught as a model of an evidence-based curriculum that can be implemented quickly and affordably.
**Note: Recommended book purchase: Tools for Teaching Social Skills in Schools: Lesson Plans, Activities, and Blended Teaching Techniques to Help Your Students Succeed.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
CCE is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention designed for High School environments to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CCE fidelity and effectiveness in this training course.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
Check-In/Check-Out is a nationally recognized and evidence-based Tier 2 intervention to reduce problem behavior in the classroom and support students with moderate behavior problems. Participants will identify how to implement and measure CICO fidelity and effectiveness in this training course. Can also be provided as a refresher to fine-tune an existing CICO program
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For PBIS or behavior intervention team members
The prevalence of violence on school campuses cannot be ignored. Twenty-eight out of 1000 students are the victims of crime on and off school grounds each year (DeVoe et al., 2003). The time to act is now. Effective and evidence-based bully preventions programs exist, but so do well-meaning initiatives that only result in lost time and money. Know the difference; recognize the facts in this essential workshop designed for school leaders, administrators, and concerned educators which teaches a research-proven and free Bully Prevention Curriculum.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For all school staff
There are only three motivational problems: Don’t, Can’t, Won’t. Learn the secrets to changing NO to YES in a positive and productive fashion that increases learning and enhances connectedness. This workshop is included in the Behavior Principles book published in the iBookstore and pairs well with learning about universal Behavior Principles and how they impact teaching, learning and discipline.
TIME: 1-2 hours
PERSONNEL: For teachers, assistants, aids, related service professionals, and parents
Tier 3 Individualized Interventions and Strategies
Wraparound services are offered in many communities through a partnership between schools and service agencies. In this workshop, discover how to meet the needs of youth with multiple-risk factors that are overwhelming the student’s ability to cope and that are impacting their learning.
TIME: 3-6 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
This powerful advanced strategy can teach students to monitor their own on-task behavior or academic productivity and accuracy. Learn how to implement and evaluate self-management correctly for maximum impact. Two types of SM strategies are introduced: self-monitoring attention (SMA) and self-monitoring performance (SMP). SMP includes teaching students to monitor academic accuracy, productivity or both.
TIME: 2 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
You may already be using peer tutoring or parts of a peer tutoring approach. However, this workshop will prepare teachers to formerly implement and evaluate the effectiveness of three types of tutoring (standard diads, cross age, whole-class) in order to deliver the outcomes promised in the research. Effective for K-12 students.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
Three types of Group Contingencies strategies (Interdependent, Dependent, Independent) are used to increase positive behaviors in the classroom. Investigate multiple ways to use this evidence-based practice of reinforcing your entire class based on group behavior to help individual students and your whole class behave appropriately. These are the strategies used in the popular Good Behavior Game.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
Investigate three types of Differential Reinforcement interventions (DRI, DRL, DRO) to motivate disruptive students and help them become successful in the classroom in order to make school a safer and more productive environment for everyone.
TIME: 1 hour
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or special education teachers and aids
BIP’s have been mandated by federal law since 1997. Learn to use the FBA process to write a compelling and valid BIP to improve student behavior, increase peer and staff safety, and ensure your IEP includes PBIS, meets FAPE, and is in the LRE. Our BIP process, also known as a Behavior Education Plan (BEP) or Behavior Support Plan (BSP), aligns with the Prevent-Teach- Reinforce FBA model.
TIME: 2-3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs
IDEA (federal special education law) first mandated FBAs/BIPs in 1997 for students whose behavior interferes with their learning or the learning of others. Discover how to implement this complex process to meet compliance issues and improve school safety. Instruction includes the application of the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce (PTR Model) researched and published by Dr. Dunlap et al. (2009). ** Recommended book purchase: Prevent-Teach-Reinforce: The School-Based Model of Individualized Positive Behavior Support
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs
This workshop will provide expert training on 12 data collection tools for assessing student behavioral performance and growth. These are essential skills for school psychologists, special education and general education teachers who want to increase their instructional effectiveness by reducing behavior disruptions. These tools are critical for developing valid and effective FBA’s and BIP’s. Includes hands-on activities to practice observing and recording behaviors and recording data accurately. ** Prerequisite tools for student behavior observations, IEP evaluations, FBA’s/BIP’s and manifestation determinations.
TIME: 3 hours
PERSONNEL: For Tier 2/3 team or behavior intervention team members including school psychologists and BCBAs