Project Title: Positive Behavior Intervention Supports
Principal Investigator:
Kent McIntosh, kentm@uoregon.edu & Rob Horner, robh@uoregon.edu
Project Description: The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is established by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to define, develop, implement, and evaluate a multi-tiered approach to Technical Assistance that improves the capacity of states, districts and schools to establish, scale-up and sustain the PBIS framework. Emphasis is given to the impact of implementing PBIS on the social, emotional and academic outcomes for students with disabilities. This internship will support the Technical Assistance Center by developing and publishing Evaluation Briefs based on the PBIS database of 40 million office discipline referrals. Please visit this website to view examples of evaluation briefs already completed to date: PBIS Evaluation Briefs.
Internship Activities:
- Attend weekly research meetings on Mondays from 12:30 – 1:45 at Lokey 140
- Identify evaluation questions that can be answered from the existing PBIS database
- Collaborate with Dr. McIntosh on analysis and writing of Evaluation Briefs
- Briefs are then posted on the www.pbis.org website and used by the states, districts, and schools implementing PBIS.
Student Time & Commitment: Negotiable and variable depending on the students needs, interests, and availability.
Skills Needed for Internship: Some experience completing statistical analysis and in preparing a professional manuscript.
Key Words: behavior supports, evaluation, data analysis, publication, school data
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