School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)

A universal, school-wide prevention program for children, ages 5-11, aimed at reducing behavior problems that lead to discipline referrals and suspensions, and changing the perceptions of school safetyThe program does so by establishing a social culture within schools in which students expect and support appropriate behavior from one another— and thereby create school environments that are socially predictable, consistent, safe, and positive.  

Focus Population
Children
Target Problems or Risk Factors
Conduct/Behavior, General Risk
Level of Intervention
Universal
Settings in Which Program Can Be Delivered
School
Latinos in Participant Samples
Yes - Minimal (≤15%)
Strength of Evidentiary Support
2-Star (⭐⭐) Crime Solutions
Cost of the Program
Yes
Availability of the program in Spanish and/or Portuguese
No Information
Contact Information
Researcher:
Robert Horner
Professor/Co-Director
Educational Community Supports (ECS)
University of Oregon
140 Lokey Education, Building 1235
Eugene, OR 97403-1235
Phone: 541.346.2462
E-mail: robh@uoregon.edu

Researcher:
Catherine Bradshaw
Deputy Director
Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
415 N. Washington Street, Room 501
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone: 410.624.9102
E-mail: cbradsha@jhsph.edu