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Integrating Universal Behavioral Screening within Program-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

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Title: Integrating Universal Behavioral Screening within Program-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Language: English
Authors: Burke, Mack D., Rispoli, Mandy, Clemens, Nathan H., Lee, Yuan-Hsuan, Sanchez, Lisa, Hatton, Heather
Source: Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions. Jan 2016 18(1):5-16.
Availability: SAGE Publications and Hammill Institute on Disabilities. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2016
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Screening Tests, Intervention, Validity, Children, Expectation, Behavior Rating Scales, Compliance (Psychology), Hyperactivity, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior, Classification, Accuracy, Predictor Variables, Risk, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Questionnaires, Structural Equation Models, Preschool Children
Geographic Terms: Texas
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Preschool and Kindergarten Behavior Scales, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
DOI: 10.1177/1098300715580993
ISSN: 1098-3007
Abstract: Universal behavioral screening is a major part of positive behavioral support and response to intervention systems. Program-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) focuses on establishing social, emotional, and behavioral competence through promotion of a small set of behavioral expectations that are agreed upon, taught, and reinforced by all teachers across all settings. This study explored the validity of a novel approach to universal screening in program-wide PBIS whereby a "brief" screening tool for determining behavioral risk was developed using child adherence to program-wide behavioral expectations. Sixty-five children in a Head Start center were screened using an expectation-based screening procedure developed from the program-wide expectations. Two standardized emotional and behavioral rating scales were then administered as criterions. Results revealed convergent associations between the extent of children's adherence to program-wide expectations and the standardized criterion instruments in risk areas associated with hyperactivity, conduct, and externalizing problems. Classification accuracy analyses provided preliminary support for predicting several domains of behavioral risk.
Abstractor: As Provided
Number of References: 29
Entry Date: 2015
Accession Number: EJ1084006
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Universal behavioral screening is a major part of positive behavioral support and response to intervention systems. Program-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) focuses on establishing social, emotional, and behavioral competence through promotion of a small set of behavioral expectations that are agreed upon, taught, and reinforced by all teachers across all settings. This study explored the validity of a novel approach to universal screening in program-wide PBIS whereby a "brief" screening tool for determining behavioral risk was developed using child adherence to program-wide behavioral expectations. Sixty-five children in a Head Start center were screened using an expectation-based screening procedure developed from the program-wide expectations. Two standardized emotional and behavioral rating scales were then administered as criterions. Results revealed convergent associations between the extent of children's adherence to program-wide expectations and the standardized criterion instruments in risk areas associated with hyperactivity, conduct, and externalizing problems. Classification accuracy analyses provided preliminary support for predicting several domains of behavioral risk.
ISSN:1098-3007
DOI:10.1177/1098300715580993