Improving Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Functioning

Launched by EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · Jun 16, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

The Interconnected Systems Framework (ISF) for School Mental Health (SMH) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) has been in development since 2009, involving leaders from national centers dedicated to both school mental health and positive behavioral support. The ISF was fully articulated in two widely disseminated monographs and is being implemented in more than 30 sites around the nation, supported by the national PBIS center (www.pbis.org), the Midwest PBIS network (www.midwestpbis.org), and other national networks focused on PBIS (e.g., www.midatlanticpbis.org, www.s...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Elementary schools from pre-selected North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC) school districts
• • Serving K-5 students
• • Comparable sociodemographic characteristics and fidelity of PBIS implementation
• • Principals' consent to Participate
• • Students from participating schools
• • 3rd grade
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Elementary schools from pre-selected NC and SC school districts
• • Serving K-8 students
• • Students from participating schools
• • Children identified with a moderate or severe intellectual disability resulting in inability to participate in student self-report measures
• • Children whose parents have submitted an opt-out form
• • Children who opt out the day of data collection