VT PBIS

Intro to Restorative Practices within MTSS Webinar
2021-10-29 09:30 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Distance Learning, VT, United States
Whole School Restorative Approaches involve principle-based processes and practices that can be applied to help things go right as well as respond when things go wrong. This approach links well within the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework and has been shown to improve school climate, culture, and academics—as well reduce exclusionary disciplinary practices. School-wide restorative practices build relationships, community, and promote a sense of belonging throughout the school. Research repeatedly finds that youth who report high levels of connection to their school are less likely to binge drink or use drugs in young adulthood (CDC and Child Trends).
This interactive webinar will serve as an orientation or reorientation to Restorative Practices. Participants will recall their current understanding of key elements of restorative approaches and PBIS; deepen their understanding of restorative practices at all three tiers with a focus on application at the universal level; and learn how to apply a restorative approach to their existing framework.
Who should attend? We encourage you to attend with others from the same school in order to increase your school’s implementation capacity. Schools that receive the School-based Substance Abuse Services Grant (SBSAS); VTPBIS Leadership Teams including school administrators and PBIS Coordinators at the school and/or SU/SD level.

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Relationship Building & De-escalation Skills Webinar
2021-10-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
Description: This two-hour workshop focuses on relationship building, de-escalation and conflict resolution skills needed by staff working with students who need targeted and intensive level supports. Participants will learn how to support students with self-defeating behaviors using applied behavior management skills and building positive restorative relationships.
Who should attend? Individuals working with students who need targeted/intensive supports.

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2021 Annual VTPBIS Virtual Forum
2021-10-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
While we wanted to gather in person, with the uncertainty of COVID this fall, we have decided to hold this event virtually, on Zoom. We are still excited to be with exploring, new, and experienced VTPBIS schools for a day of learning, sharing, and celebrating.
Please save your confirmation email after you register. You will receive links to all sessions on October 1st.

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CPI Part I - Webinar
2021-09-21 09:00 - 11:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
This two-hour virtual training will provide the foundational de-escalation skills for providing care, welfare, safety, and security of everyone involved in a crisis. Participants will learn the skills to safely respond to various levels of risk behavior while balancing responsibilities of care. For those individuals seeking CPI certification or re-certification, this session will provide the foundational training hours that will be followed up with 5.5 hours of site-based physical safety and holding support skills on October 19th. Register for one or both trainings.
Who should attend? While all coordinators are welcome, this webinar is especially useful for new VTPBIS SU/SD and School Coordinators.

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Social Emotional Learning, Wellness and Mental Health Considerations for the Fall Webinar
2021-08-12 09:00 - 10:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
Description:As schools are preparing for the fall, it will be important to keep social emotional learning (SEL) and wellness at the forefront of plans. This webinar will explore how to keep the focus on relationship building, key SEL skills for adults and youth, how to integrate SEL teaching into academic content, and how to build a culture of wellness. There will be an opportunity for participants to share how they are keeping the focus on SEL and wellness at their schools.

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Understanding Universal Screening for Social, Emotional and Behavioral Risks and Strengths and Key Considerations for Returning to School Webinar
2021-08-10 09:00 - 10:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
Description:This webinar will provide an overview of the benefits of Universal Screening to identify social, emotional, behavioral risks and strengths. We will explore how screening promotes early identification of children at risk, the systems needed to implement Universal Screening, and the process of matching results with proactive and preventative practices. We will explore a types of systematic screening tools and resources and informal screenings and surveys that help to identify student needs around their well-being as well as seek input from all stakeholders. Who should attend:Individuals who are members of school or SU/SD leadership teams, including teachers, school counselors, administrators, special education staff, school psychologists, and family representatives.

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Virtual CPI De-Escalation Skills Training
2020-11-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
This two-hour virtual training will provide the foundational de-escalation skills for providing care, welfare, safety, and security of everyone involved in a crisis. Participants will learn the skills to safely respond to various levels of risk behavior while balancing responsibilities of care. For those individuals seeking CPI certification or re-certification, this session will provide the foundational training hours that will be followed up with site-based physical safety and holding support skills.

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FBA/BSP
2020-11-04 09:00 - 13:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
Functional Behavioral Assessment & Behavior Support Planning (FBA/BSP) (Virtual)
Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) is a process for identifying the events that reliably predict and maintain problem behavior. A Behavior Support Plan (BSP) then takes the observations made in an FBA and turns them into a concrete plan of action for managing a student’s behavior. This three-part training will focus on practical approaches to developing effective FBAs and BSPs. First will be a focus on developing the systems capacity for developing FBA/BSPs. Attendees will then have an opportunity to develop an FBA for a selected student and leave with a plan to finalize the FBA back at school. At subsequent sessions, participants will have the opportunity to revisit the FBA developed and refine it or change it as well as practice how to develop a Behavior Support Plan from the FBA. As a result, individuals will gain competency in both facilitating and conducting this process.
Who should attend? A team (at least two people) consisting of staff who are selected by their School Leadership Team to develop the capacity to conduct FBA/BSPs, including those with expertise working with students with challenging behavior (counselors, behavior specialists, etc.)
Please note this is a three-part training: November 4th, November 18, and December 2nd from 9:00am – 1:00pm (with breaks)

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Restorative Practices within MTSS
2020-10-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
For over a decade, Vermont schools have been building a multi-tiered system of supports framework for social and academic achievement. The interest around the use of restorative approaches nationally and in Vermont schools continues to grow. A restorative approach involves principle-based processes and practices that can be applied to help things go right as well as respond when things go wrong. This whole-school approach links well within the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. This workshop will serve as an introduction to aligning PBIS with Restorative Practices. Participants will recall their current understanding of key elements of restorative approaches and PBIS; deepen their understanding of restorative practices at all three tiers with a focus on application at the universal level; learn when and when not to use restorative practices; and learn how to apply a restorative approach to their existing PBIS framework. Fidelity and outcomes measures will be introduced. Who should attend? VTPBIS Leadership Teams including school administrators and PBIS Coordinators at the school and/or SU/SD level

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Applying the Check-in/Check-out Intervention to Meet Different Needs in Different Environments Webinar
2020-09-23 09:00 - 10:30 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
PBIS schools implementing the Check-in/Check-out (CICO) intervention know that it can be quite successful in meeting the needs of students who demonstrate problem behavior related to adult or peer attention. CICO works because it adds to following elements to the student’s day:

Increased positive interactions with adults throughout the day;
Additional structure to the school day; and
Instruction and practice in self-monitoring of behavior.

How can we extend CICO support to a remote or hybrid learning environment or during non-instructional routines? How can we apply CICO to address the needs of students with internalizing challenges or students who experience trauma? This session will demonstrate how the critical features of CICO can be an effective intervention in supporting students with differing needs in differing environments.
Who should attend? Individuals working in a PBIS school that is currently implementing Check-in/Check-out.

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Social Emotional Learning and Wellness Considerations for the Fall
2020-08-14 09:30 - 10:45 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
As schools are preparing for whatever the fall may bring, it will be important to keep social emotional learning (SEL) and wellness at the forefront of plans. This webinar will explore how to keep the focus on relationship building, key SEL skills for adults and youth, how to integrate SEL teaching into academic content, and how to build a culture of wellness. There will be an opportunity for participants to share how they are keeping the focus on SEL and wellness at their schools.

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Crisis Prevention Forum and Discussion: Returning to School In the COVID-19 Era
2020-08-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
As we plan to return to school in whatever form that may take, supporting our most vulnerable students who have impulse control issues and social, emotional, and behavioral concerns will present educators with a variety of new challenges.
How do we prepare to support these students and plan for and respond to those challenges in creative ways? How do we maintain a safe environment for staff and students? How do we meet the requirements of Rule 4500 when working with students whose behavior may require physical management or seclusion?
This web-based forum will provide an opportunity for facilitated small group discussions. We will ask participants to share their thinking and plans. It will primarily be an opportunity for discussion, sharing of ideas, and problem solving by educators from schools throughout Vermont.

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Understanding Universal Screening for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Risks and Strengths and Key Considerations for COVID-19
2020-08-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Distance Learning, VT, United States
This webinar will provide an overview of Universal Screening for social, emotional, behavioral risks and strengths. We will discuss the purpose of screening, characteristics of effective screeners, and the systems structures and procedures needed in order to initiate the use of formal screeners in a school.
Given the different stressors to safety and well-being that students may be experiencing due to COVID-19, this session will also discuss the need to collect other relevant data to help connect students with the appropriate resources, supports, and interventions.

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Restorative Practices within MTSS
2019-10-23 08:30 - 15:30 | Franklin Conference Center, 1 Scale Ave # 92, Rutland, VT, 05701
For over a decade, Vermont schools have been building a multi-tiered system of supports framework for social and academic achievement. Recently, there has been a surge of interest around the use of restorative approaches nationally and in Vermont schools. A restorative approach involves principle-based processes and practices that can be applied to help things go right as well as respond when things go wrong. This whole-school approach links well within the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework. This workshop will serve as an introduction to aligning PBIS with Restorative Practices. Participants will recall their current understanding of key elements of restorative approaches and PBIS; deepen their understanding of restorative practices at all three tiers; learn when and when not to use restorative practices; and learn how to apply a restorative approach to their existing PBIS framework. Fidelity and outcomes measures will be explored.
Who should attend? VTPBIS Leadership Teams including school administrators and PBIS Coordinators at the school and/or SU/SD level

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VTPBIS Office Hours
2019-02-07 09:00 - 10:00
Announcing VTPBIS Office Hours! We are pleased to offer you this new web-based opportunity to share and learn about key issues and challenges in implementing PBIS at the Intensive Level. If your school team has been trained at the Intensive Level, these 60 minute sessions may be of interest to you. The first twenty minutes will be devoted to a presentation about a problem or practice that is important to effective intensive level implementation. Participants will have the opportunity to listen, ask questions (which we hope to answer on the spot), and share ideas with each other. The remaining time will provide an opportunity for you to raise any questions or issues you may have about student level or systems level implementation. We will provide guidance and structure for a supportive, confidential dialogue among colleagues.
We hope you will consider joining us for the first VTPBIS Office Hours on Friday, February 7, 2019, from 9:00 – 10:00. The featured topic for this session will be: TBD
Questions? Contact Sherry Schoenberg at sherry.schoenberg@uvm.edu.

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Understanding Trauma within a PBIS Framework
2018-11-13 08:30 - 15:30 | Commodores Inn, Stowe
This training will provide an overview of the impact developmental trauma has on childhood development across multiple domains including learning and cognition. Strategies for identifying and supporting children who have experienced developmental trauma at all three tiers of support will be presented. Participants will improve their understanding of how to create a learning environment that is trauma informed and how to align these efforts within a multi-tiered framework.
Who should attend? School personnel including, teachers, Para educators, administrators, specialists, behavior interventionists, school/mental health clinicians, others.

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