Bridget Walker's New Guidebook on Positive Behavior
Interventions Will Support Student Success
The SAPRpbis™ Manual
A Team-Based Approach to Implementing
Effective Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
(2012, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.)
by Bridget Walker and Douglas Cheney with a forward by Rob Horner, Ph.D.
About the Manual
Based on more than two decades of experience as a special education
teacher and behavioral specialist, Dr. Bridget Walker and her
colleague, Dr. Douglas Cheney from the University of Washington,
have published a guidebook and assessment tool to help schools
become more effective learning environments. The manual provides a
set of action-oriented items and strategies to enhance Positive
Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and provides educators
with the process for having effective team conversations while
monitoring their PBIS implementation. The manual is the first of
its kind to match strategies with a team assessment to help
improve instructional approaches for students' social
behavior.
About the Author
Bridget Walker, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor
in the Master in Teaching program at Seattle University. She has
been involved in the field of education for more than 20 years as a
special education teacher and behavior specialist as well as a
consultant and trainer. Dr. Walker has helped more than 30 schools
throughout Washington develop schoolwide positive behavior
intervention and support programs. In addition, she has consulted
with numerous schools and districts helping them assess and improve
their programs and supports at the intensive level for students
with, or at risk of, developing emotional and behavioral
disabilities. In 2011 Dr. Walker was awarded the PBIS Champion
Award by the Northwest Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
Network (NWPBIS) for her ongoing work in helping schools
effectively implement PBIS to support the success of all
students.
What People Are Saying About the SAPRpbis™ Manual
"The SAPR-PBIS process is action based, team guided, self
assessment driven, and data informed… it provides the scaffold for
school teams to truly operationalize response to intervention for
behavior and PBIS with a continuous-improvement and capacity
building framework." George Sugai, Ph.D., University of
Connecticut, Storrs
"Brings together all the pieces of the puzzle to implement an
effective schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports
system." Donald Kincaid, Ed.D., University of South
Florida
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