Here are the minutes from last Thursday’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes):
The next meeting will be Thursday, January 19, 2012, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
Some Show & Tell items:
a visual showing the amount of interactions parents have with a child, as opposed to teachers and service providers:
Therapist, Teacher, Parent Visual
An updated version of the Parent Emergency Freakout Fixer:
PEFF (Gerry)
A link to Gerry’s directory of PBIS Essentials
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Here are the minutes from last Thursday’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes, and for hosting the meeting):
At the end of this document you will find dates for the 2011-12 Social Emotional Work Group meetings, beginning with our next meeting on Thursday, September 22, 2011, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
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The US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs sent a letter to Susan Castillo in February following their verification and review visit to Oregon. Among other comments, they singled out our efforts in implementing PBIS in early childhood programs. The letter is posted here (please pardon the sloppy copy), and the reference to ECPBIS is in the second paragraph from the end. I think we can be proud of our efforts, and welcome this recognition of our work…
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Here are the minutes from yesterday’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
Our next meeting will be a summer retreat on Thursday July 21st in Bend. Details will be sent out soon…
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Please spread the word about the 9th Annual NorthWest PBIS Conference, February 28, March 1 & 2 in Eugene. We have a great selection of sessions for Early Childhood teachers, providers, and other professionals. Details and registration information are posted here:
http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/event/nwpbis/index.html
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Here are the minutes from yesterday’s meeting (thanks to Carolyn Jones for taking notes).
Our next meeting will be Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Lane ESD in Eugene. Lunch will be provided (please let Gerry know if you have any dietary restrictions)
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Here is a great resource for early childhood articles and information related to developmental and social-emotional needs.
http://twitter.com/tacseiupdates
You don’t need a Twitter account to see this list of links, which is updated nearly every day. It includes journal articles, activities, and other information for parents and professionals. I keep this bookmarked in my daily links and find something useful or interesting every week.
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Here are the minutes from yesterday’s meeting (thanks to Carolyn Jones for taking notes).
Our next meeting will be Thursday, January 20, 2011, at Lane ESD. Lunch will be provided (please let Gerry know if you have any dietary restrictions)
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Here are the minutes from yesterday’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
Our next meeting will be Thursday, November 18th, at Lane ESD (Room 2). Lunch will be provided (please let Gerry know if you have any dietary restrictions)
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The ECPBIS Implementation Guide 1.0 now online. I’ve placed a quick link (the word Guide) in the header that appears atop every page of this website. That link takes you to a page with the complete document, downloadable as a pdf, as well as links to the appendices.
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Since praise was a topic of discussion at our last work group meeting, and has become a topic on the listserv, I’m posting three documents relevant to this discussion here on our website.
This could make for an interesting discussion among members of the group, and I like the idea of having “study topics” where we can look deeper into concepts we regularly promote. Please use the comments section of this post to contribute your thoughts…
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
Among other tasks, we scheduled our meetings for the 2010-11 school year. They will take place on Thursdays from 10 to 3:30 on the following dates:
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The Oregon Department of Education has been notified of a request from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to immediately remove any printed references to the tiered model of behavioral support, referred to as “Positive Behavior Supports” and abbreviated as the acronym “PBS”. Effective immediately the Department was advised to refer to our tiered model of behavioral support in all cases as “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” which will be abbreviated as “PBIS”.
At this time the Department is taking measures to ensure that all posted and printed references referred to as “Positive Behavior Supports” and abbreviated as “PBS” are instead referred to as “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” which will be abbreviated as “PBIS”. We will no longer be using the term PBS in reference to this model. Changes to current and active web postings and documentation are anticipated to be complete by June 11 2010. Some prior and archived news announcements may still reflect this language.
Changes will apply to any references to “PBS” that refer to:
Positive Behavior Supports
Positive Behavioral Supports
Positive Behavior Systems
Positive Behavior Support Systems
Or other similar variations
If your district or program is working within this model you are urged to be aware of this request from Public Broadcasting Service and where necessary, make this important change.
When appropriate for searches and in practice on the ODE website, these terms henceforth will been changed to: “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports” and will be abbreviated as “PBIS”, except when the reference is a legitimate reference to PBS in which case the appropriate search term will be—the Public Broadcasting Service.
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This summer, Tim Andrews will be presenting a one-week Early Childhood Positive Behavior Supports course at Portland State University. It runs June 21-25, and is available for 3 graduate or undergraduate credits. For more information, or to register, follow this link:
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
The next Social Emotional Work Group meeting will be a planning retreat, and it will be held Thursday, July 22nd, from 10:00-3:30, at a location to be determined in Bend.
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In preparation for the next SEWG meeting (Thursday May 6th in Eugene), I am posting the near-final draft of our ECPBS Implementation Guide for your review.
ECPBS Implementation Guide (near-final-draft).doc
I apologize for missing the April 9th timeline we discussed at the last meeting. As John Lennon wrote, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Your comments and feedback are very important– please add them via the Comments link, or bring your ideas to the May 6th meeting.
– Gerry
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The 2010 Oregon Disability MegaConference
June 3-5, 2010 – Hilton Eugene & Conference Center
CALL FOR PRESENTERS IS NOW AVAILABLE!!!
• Please use the attached form or go to the website at www.oregonmegaconference.org
• The deadline for submitting proposals is March 26, 2010.
• If you have any questions or need help completing the Presenter Application, please contact Family and Community Together (FACT) at 1-888-988-3228 or email presenters@factoregon.org.
Thanks so much for your participation!
–
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The Arc of Oregon
1745 State Street
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(503) 581-2726 Office
(877) 581-2726 Toll Free
(503) 363-7168 Fax
www.arcoregon.org
www.oregonmegaconference.org
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
The next Social Emotional Work Group meeting will be held Thursday, May 6th, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
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UPDATED: The draft guide (still a work-in-progress) has been reposted to reflect some of the structural changes we discussed at Thursday’s meeting. Revisions will be added and updated when appropriate, and we will notify members of the work group when an almost-final version is available for review– this should happen on or about April 9th to allow time for review prior to our next meeting on May 6th. (Gerry Morgan, 3/6/10)
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In preparation for Thursday’s meeting I am posting the current draft of our ECPBS Implmentation Guide at this link:
ECPBS Implementation Guide (draft) (.doc)
Hopefully you will have time to review this before Thursday. I’m posting it in Word format to allow for edits or contributions you would like to make. All edits and contributions are welcome, and I’m confident that the group can find common ground. If you have an edit or contribution, please highlight the change or addition in yellow, then email the revised document to me (gmorgan@uoregon.edu). I will compile and track the changes into a master document, and post updates as we move toward a final product. A few notes:
Please feel free to comment below, to edit or contribute to the master document (please highlight in yellow), and to bring your thoughts and creative ideas to Thursday’s meeting. See you there…
– Gerry
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The handouts from the Early Childhood strand at the February NW PBIS Coaches Conference can be downloaded at this link:
http://www.pbisnetwork.org/presentation-materials.
(This link will also access materials from other sessions, which you are welcome to peruse.)
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to Ginna Oliver for taking notes).
The next two Social Emotional Work Group meetings will be held Thursday, March 4th and May 6th, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
I will be posting the things I promised to post early next week…
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to Ginna Oliver for taking notes).
Also note that materials from Annette Hahn’s coaching training are posted on a separate page , and I’ve also posted the Early Childhood Program-Wide PBS Benchmarks of Quality. You can access both from the Forms & Documents link above.
The next Social Emotional Work Group meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 21, 2010, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
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Hello all. As we develop our guide and look for some kind of vision or guiding statement, I thought it may be useful to share the Los Angeles SD Behavior Policy as I think it’s really succinct:
“Every student, pre-school through adult has the right to be educated in a safe, respectful and welcoming environment. Every educator has the right to teach in an atmosphere free from disruption and obstacles that impede learning. This will be achieved through the adoption and implementation of a consistent school-wide positive behavior support discipline plan for every school in LAUSD. All school level plans will include: teaching school rules and social emotional skills; reinforcing appropriate student behavior; using effective classroom management and positive behavior support strategies by providing early intervention for misconduct and appropriate use of consequences.”
Posted by Tim Andrews
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Here’s a training option which may be a good match for some teachers and service providers: TACSEI (The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention) and CSEFEL (the Center for Social Emotional Foundations for Early Learning) have announced a distance learning opportunity entitled “Promoting Social and Emotional Competence for Preschool Children” through the University of Illinois. Basically, this is an opportunity to be guided through the CSEFEL “modules” by a knowledgeable instructor. The class is available for credit, CEUs, etc. and begins in January. More information is available at http://education.illinois.edu/programs/online/csefel/ .
[Thanks to Ginna and Kelly for the prompt]
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When interfacing with school-age behavior service providers, we often hear about the Level-Two intervention Check-In, Check-Out, which involves students checking in and checking out with a positive adult and is implemented with students who need more practice and feedback on their behavior to be successful in schools. Is an adaptation of this system in preschool settings appropriate? According to Leanne Hawken, one of the program’s designers, “I think we need more data/research before we know how effective and developmentally appropriate it is.” The following links include a research article from the Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention from 2007 describing an effort to adapt CICO for preschoolers.
Preventing Severe Problem Behavior in Young Children: The Behavior Education Program
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Here’s a link to an article about an interesting study describing the long-term impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE):
Traumatic childhood takes 20 years off life expectancy
The ACE Study (which is really a research group with many studies related to adverse childhood experiences) was mentioned several times at the PBS & The Brain conference on October 1st, and their findings and models are very interesting and relevant to early childhood positive behavior support. Their website can be accessed here:
(Thanks to Pam for prompt…)
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Use the following link to download the new, updated version of the Pre-SET:
The new version includes revisions to the protocol, new interview/information collection forms, and a manual for using these tools. If you have any feedback or questions, please post them in the Comments section below.
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Here are the minutes from today’s meeting (thanks to George Cocores for taking notes).
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene.
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There was a discussion surrounding the need to collect statewide data connected to ECPBS in order to make data-based decisions and to show progress in our efforts to implement behavior support systems. This could include child outcomes, teacher outcomes, and classroom assessment. We generated the following list of data tools we know about, may be using, or may wish to look at:
Do you know of others to add to this list? Let us know if there are other tools you are using or which you think we should discuss. Please use the Comments section to suggest other tools, to discuss the merits of the tools listed above, and to provide any feedback to the group you may wish to contribute. This will be an agenda item at the September 17th meeting.
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At our July 31st meeting, the group developed a framework for our proposed ECPBS Implementation Guide. It’s posted here in pdf and Word (.doc) form for your convenience and/or editing.
ECPBS Implementation Guide.doc
ECPBS Implementation Guide.pdf
Please use the Comments link to share feedback and input with the group, to ask questions, and/or to let the group know of an area you may want to contribute to as we work on the guide at our September 17th meeting.
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Hi, all. The notes from today’s meeting can be viewed or downloaded at sewg-meeting-6-4-09. Thanks to George for the notes. Our next meeting will be Friday, July 31, 2009 from 10:00-3:30 at EC Cares in Eugene.
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The Southern Oregon PBS Conference will be held October 14 & 15, 2009 in Ashland. Click on the image below to view or download the flyer.
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Hearings are taking place in the House Committee on Education and Labor regarding restraint and seclusion special education students. Here’s a link to key points regarding the issue (thanks Alan Garland for the tip):
Here’s a video report:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5024609n
And here are two articles discussing the issue:
Restraint can dispirit and hurt special-ed students
GAO- Schools restrain, confine disabled children
Reading the issues involved and the rules being proposed, I think we can all be proud of the considered, sensitive, child-centered approach of the Safety First curriculum.
– Gerry
UPDATED 6/19/09: A parent at a SOESD EI Council meeting this week brought up this topic, and shared the following report from NPR: Report: Discipline Methods Endanger Disabled Kids (thanks Pam for tip)
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From Sharon Thornagle:
Here is a PBS evaluation tool for leadership teams and some sample Action Plans for school-age.
District Leadership PBS Assessment
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The Parent Program that I referred to at the meeting on Thursday can be found at this website:
The Chicago Parent Program of Rush University
It is quite affordable and the parts that they showed at the Young Child with Special Needs Conference in Vegas looked promising.
The other website I mentioned was :
Head Start Center for Inclusion
The website is new and not yet loaded with many resources. It has a few training and a few printable teacher resources on it right now.
Marian Aikin
LBL ESD ECSE Specialist
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From Pam Arbogast: Here’s what I think I said I’d send for the blog. The Literature PowerPoint is posted as a pdf to make it quicker/easier to access, but if anyone wants to use it for training I could send them the PowerPoint file.
Noisy Nora, Big Al and the Knufle Bunny (participant handout)
Book Lists (by topic):
Attachment
Friendship
Initiative
Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution
Respect/Self-Esteem
Self-Regulation
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Hi everyone – Here is the planning form I passed around at the SEWG meeting on Thursday. Ginna
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Materials from the recent TACSEI webinar, Using a Response to Intervention (RTI) Framework to Promote Young Children’s Social Development: The Teaching Pyramid Model are available for viewing at this link. The webinar can also be downloaded as a podcast (this link) so it can be viewed as a slideshow with the audio discussion from the webinar using iTunes or other programs.
The webinar is interesting, and could be the basis of a group discussion. Please use the comments section to post your thoughts…
– Gerry
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In case you haven’t seen it, the State Implementation of Scaling-up Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center and the National Implementation Research Network (NIRN) have recently released the following summary briefs on implementing and scaling up evidence-based practices in education:
* Scaling up evidence-based practices in education
* Intensive technical assistance
* Implementation: The missing link between research and practice
[Forwarded from Elizabeth Benedict Steed]
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Hi, all. You can view and/or download the minutes from January’s meeting at sewg-minutes-1-29-09 Thanks to George Cocores for the notes. Our next meeting will be Thursday, April 30, 2009, from 10:00-3:30 at Lane ESD in Eugene. – Gerry
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Hi, all. At last week’s SEWG meeting, Kelly Carter mentioned a tool they developed for helping staff engage in positive, constructive problem solving during conflict and/or stressful situations. Several people expressed an interest in this “staff solution kit”, so it is presented here (staff-solution-kit) for your viewing and/or downloading. – Gerry
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Hi, all. You can view and/or download the minutes from today’s meeting at sewg-minutes-9-25-08. Thanks to George Cocores for the notes. Our next meeting will be Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 10:00-3:30 at Lane ESD in Eugene. – Gerry
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Hi all. I wanted to let everyone know that I will be teaching a course at PSU this summer on EC PBS. The course will be one week long and is 3 credits. It will be available for graduate or undergraduate credit. It will run the week of Aug. 18th. This would be a great opportunity for any staff who are needing to move from initial licensure to continuing or for anyone who would like to learn more about EC PBS. Spread the word! — Tim Andrews
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Hi, all. You can view and/or download the minutes from today’s meeting at sewgnotes5-1-08.pdf. Thanks to George Cocores for the notes. Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 17th, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene. – Gerry
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Some recent emails have made reference to the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool for Preschool Classrooms (TPOT). It is a work in progress (note that it is still referenced as a “Research Edition”). I’m posting the protocol in its current form, along with the manual and some supporting documents, in this folder. This gives us an opportunity to review this tool before our meeting on May 1st. It’s my understanding that the authors would like to limit dissemination, so please do not distribute these materials without first obtaining permission from the authors. – Gerry
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Hi, everyone. You can view and/or download the minutes from today’s meeting at se-group-3-7-08.pdf. Thanks to George Cocores for the notes. I will be following up on my blog-related tasks soon. Our next meeting will be Thursday, May 1st, from 10:00-3:30 in Eugene. – Gerry
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Here is an article about the TCIT model (Teacher Child Interactive Therapy) being used in Jackson County in a couple of Head Classrooms. The TCIT model has been developed by the Cheryl McNeil, PhD who developed the PCIT model (Parent Child Interactive Therapy) for working with families. The article can be found here: Teacher-Child Interactive Therapy I will continue to look for particular information regarding the tools used for assessing mastery and pass them on to you as well. Kelly Carter
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Hi, everyone. Notes from last Thursday’s meeting are available to download from this post (se-group-1_24_08.pdf). I know they were already sent out via email, but I posted them here as an example of how we may be able to share documents. This could allow us to work on projects and exchange edits, updates, etc. Thanks to Judy Newman at EC Cares for the notes… – Gerry
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Welcome to our new blog, hosted by Edublogs.org. This initial post is meant to show an example of how this technology works. The text you are reading now is a Post. By clicking on the word Comment(s) below each post, you can read other people’s comments and add a comment of your own. Try it! Further instructions on how to create a Post will be forthcoming. I will add the ability to post once I understand how this system works. – Gerry
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