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School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) is being implemented in over 23,000 (>20%) schools across the United States, and this number continues to grow. In a time where many educational initiatives are abandoned, the implementation of SWPBIS has sustained. This is due in large part to the fact that SWPBIS is not a packaged intervention or curriculum; rather, it is a framework for selecting and implementing evidence-based interventions (e.g., Check & Connect). Interventions within SWPBIS are matched to the intensity of student support needs across multiple tiers, often referred to as the continuum of supports.
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Gion, C., George, H.P., Nese, R., McGrath Kato, M., Massar, M., McIntosh, K. (2020). School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. In: Reschly, A.L., Pohl, A.J., Christenson, S.L. (eds) Student Engagement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37285-9_10
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