Group-Based Interventions for Tier 2: An Overview of Research Supported Practices

1. Group-Based Interventions for Tier 2: An Overview of Research Supported Practices Barbara Mitchell, Ph.D. MU Center for SWPBS

2. Resources • Contact Information • Barbara Mitchell, University of Missouri • mitchellbs@missouri.edu • Missouri SWPBS: Tier 2 Team Workbook • Chapter 5 Check-in/Check-out • Chapter 6 Social Skills Instructional Groups • Chapter 7 Check & Connect MO SW-PBS

3. Three Levels of Implementation A Continuum of Support for All Academic Systems Behavioral Systems • Tier Three • Individual Students • Assessment-based • Intense, durable procedures • Tier Three • Individual Students • Assessment-based • High Intensity • Tier Two • Some students (at-risk) • High efficiency • Rapid response • Tier Two • Some students (at-risk) • High efficiency • Rapid response • Tier One • All settings, all students • Preventive, proactive • Tier One • All students • Preventive, proactive MO SW-PBS

4. Key Features of Tier 2 • Standard identification process and criteria. • Abank of research-based interventions that are continuously available and matched to identified need and function of problem. • Data used to monitor progress and make decisions. MO SW-PBS

5. Purpose of Tier 2 • Provide interventions to support approximately 15% of the student population who are at risk, but not currently engaging in severe problem behavior Walker & Horner, 1996; Crone, Hawken & Horner, 2010, p. 7 MO SW-PBS

6. Purpose of Tier 2 • Not all students require an intensive, individualized intervention • Research-based interventions can be effective in preventing severe problem behavior • Group-based interventions allow use of fewer resources while still providing positive effect MO SW-PBS

7. Think About…. • A one student from your setting who is demonstrating early signs of problem behavior • Repeated minor incidents, classroom disruptions, work assignments not completed, difficulty getting along with peers etc… • Write a brief description that includes what you know about this student. • With someone near you describe the student you identified. MO SW-PBS

8. Outcome By the end of this session you will be able to… • Identify and select interventions that fit the needs and context of students and staff. • Check-In/Check-Out • Check & Connect • Social Skills Intervention Group MO SW-PBS

9. The Behavior Education Program (BEP): A Daily Check-in/Check-out Intervention (CICO) Crone, Hawken, & Horner, 2010 The Guilford Press

10. Crone, D. A., Hawken, L. S. & Horner, R. H. (2010). Responding to Problem Behavior in Schools: The Behavior Education Program. New York: Guilford Press. MO SW-PBS

11. Student Recommended for CICO CICO Coordinator Summarizes Data For Decision Making CICO Implemented Morning Check-in Bi-weekly CICO Meeting to Assess Student Progress Parent Feedback Regular Teacher Feedback Afternoon Check-out Exit Program Revise Program

13. What Resources Are Needed? MO SW-PBS

14. Check-In/Check-Out • Research supported practice • Decreases problem behavior • Effective for 60-75% of second tier, at-risk students • Schools can successfully implement • Use of Functional Behavior Assessment can enhance success (Crone, Hawken & Horner, 2010, p. 11) MO SW-PBS

15. Turn to a Partner • Determine the extent to which you believe a Check-in/Check-outintervention may be beneficial for the student you described earlier. • Discuss potential benefits and barriers of developing thisintervention for your setting. MO SW-PBS

16. Check & Connect A Student Engagement Intervention University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration MO SW-PBS

17. Intervention Manual - 2012 MO SW-PBS

18. What is Check & Connect? Four components = • A mentor who works with students and families for a minimum of 2 years, • Regular “checks” using school data • Timely and individualized intervention - “connect” • Engagement with families MO SW-PBS

19. What is Check & Connect? Three Core Elements (fundamental principles) • Relationships • Focus on alterable variables • Personalized, data-based intervention • Long-term commitment • Participation in and affiliation with school • Problem solving & capacity building • Persistence-Plus MO SW-PBS

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21. Resources Needed MO SW-PBS

22. Turn to a Partner • Determine the extent to which you believe a Check & Connect intervention may be beneficial for the student you described earlier. • Discuss potential benefits and barriers of developing a Check & Connect program for your setting. MO SW-PBS

23. Social Skills InterventionGroup Definitions & Best Practice

24. Reasons for Social Skill Deficits • Lack of knowledge • Lack of practice • Lack of cues • Lack of reinforcement • Presence of competing problem behaviors (Elliott and Gresham, 2008) MO SW-PBS

25. Who Will Benefit? • Students who demonstrate deficits & non-responsive to school-wide instruction • Acquisition deficit* • A student does not know the skill or how to use it appropriately. • Performance or Fluency deficit • A student can perform the skill but does so infrequently. MO SW-PBS

26. Instructional Approach MO SW-PBS

27. Example Manuals

28. What Happens After the Sessions? • Generalization • Promote use of skills across settings • Daily Progress Report (DPR) • Maintenance • Promote use of skills over time • Positive Peer Reporting (PPR) • Tootling • CW-FIT MO SW-PBS

30. Turn to a Partner • Determine the extent to which you believe a social skills interventionmay be beneficial for the student you described earlier. • Discuss potential benefits and barriers of developing this intervention for your setting. MO SW-PBS

31. Session Outcome By the end of this session you will be able to… • Identify and select interventions that fit the needs and context of students and staff. • Check-In/Check-Out • Check & Connect • Social Skills Intervention Groups MO SW-PBS

32. Resources • Contact Information • Barbara Mitchell, University of Missouri • mitchellbs@missouri.edu • Missouri SWPBS: Tier 2 Team Workbook • Chapter 5 Check-in/Check-out • Chapter 6 Social Skills Instructional Groups • Chapter 7 Check & Connect MO SW-PBS