ABSTRACT

Most schools throughout the United States are adopting Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). Many school administrators and PBIS teams appear to be implementing SWPBIS without the implementation of a needs assessment to measure preparedness and buy-in prior to a schoolwide initiative. The current research on SWPBIS generally doesn’t include lacks information about the needs assessment, the level of need, or the personnel buy-in. The purpose of this study was to measure need and buy-in of a school climate by using a systematic approach implemented within a mixed methods sequential explanatory design (MMSE). The MMSE design used determined the level of need and buy-in towards a SWPBIS model. The MMSE was used in a two phase process: phase one was a survey on school climate and phase two was a series of focus group interviews. The findings demonstrated a high level of need for PBIS but a low level of school personnel buy-in. The findings are presented and implications of the findings are discussed.

摘要

美国各地的大多数学校都在采用学校范围内的积极行为干预和支持（SWPBIS）。许多学校行政人员和PBIS团队似乎在执行SWPBIS，却没有实施需求评估来衡量全校计划之前的准备和购买情况。当前对SWPBIS的研究通常不包括缺乏有关需求评估，需求水平或人员支持的信息。这项研究的目的是通过使用在混合方法顺序说明设计（MMSE）中实施的系统方法来衡量学校氛围的需求和接受度。所使用的MMSE设计确定了需求水平和对SWPBIS模型的支持。MMSE分两个阶段使用：第一阶段是对学校气候的调查，第二阶段是一系列的焦点小组访谈。调查结果表明，对PBIS的需求很高，但学校人员的支持率很低。介绍了调查结果并讨论了调查结果的含义。