Examining Variation in the Impact of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Overview

To conduct a randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which is a school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: Randomized
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Prevention
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: June 2007

Detailed Description

To conduct a group randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. PBIS is a popular school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children. Staff are trained to implement behavioral focused prevention programs to address issues related to student conduct and discipline problems.

Interventions

  • Behavioral: Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
    • Implementation of the School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports model across 4 school years.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: School-Wide (SW)-PBIS intervention
    • SW-PBIS intervention
  • No Intervention: Control
    • Practice as usual

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Teacher ratings
    • Time Frame: 5 time points over 4 years
    • teacher ratings of students prosocial behavior, emotion regulation, conduct problems, and aggressive behavior

Secondary Measures

  • student discipline data
    • Time Frame: 5 time points over 5 years
    • suspensions, office discipline referrals
  • school climate
    • Time Frame: 5 time points over 5 years
    • teacher and student reports of school climate

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

  • Public Elementary Schools – All children attending the schools and staff employed were eligible for inclusion Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 5 Years

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Collaborator
    • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Catherine P Bradshaw, PhD, Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Citations Reporting on Results

Bradshaw CP, Pas ET, Bloom J, Barrett S, Hershfeldt P, Alexander A, McKenna M, Chafin AE, Leaf PJ. A state-wide partnership to promote safe and supportive schools: the PBIS Maryland Initiative. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Jul;39(4):225-37. doi: 10.1007/s10488-011-0384-6.

Bradshaw CP, Koth CW, Thornton LA, Leaf PJ. Altering school climate through school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: findings from a group-randomized effectiveness trial. Prev Sci. 2009 Jun;10(2):100-15. doi: 10.1007/s11121-008-0114-9.

Bradshaw, C. P., Mitchell, M. M., & Leaf, P. J. (2010). Examining the effects of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports on student outcomes: Results from a randomized controlled effectiveness trial in elementary schools. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12, 133-148.

Bradshaw, C.P., Koth, C.W., Bevans, K.B., Ialongo, N., & Leaf, P.J. (2008). The impact of school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on the organizational health of elementary schools. School Psychology Quarterly, 23(4), 462-473.

Waasdorp TE, Bradshaw CP, Leaf PJ. The impact of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports on bullying and peer rejection: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Feb;166(2):149-56. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.755.

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