Date of Completion
5-6-2014
Embargo Period
5-8-2014
Keywords
School Counselors Perceptions, School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Student Outcomes, School Climate, and Professional Effectiveness
Major Advisor
Dr. Rachelle Perusse
Associate Advisor
Dr. Robert Colbert
Associate Advisor
Dr. Susannah Everett
Associate Advisor
Dr. Melissa Bray
Associate Advisor
Dr. Kathleen Laundy
Field of Study
Educational Psychology
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Open Access
Open Access
Abstract
School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) is a framework utilized by more than 18,000 schools in the United States. Middle and high school SWPBIS leadership teams are usually composed of administrators, school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, special educators and general educators. The purpose of this study was to understand middle and high school counselors’ perceptions of the impact of SWPBIS. The Delphi methodology was used to gain agreement on changes to student outcomes, school climate, and school counselor effectiveness. A knowledgeable panel of school counselors from schools that are implementing SWPBIS with high fidelity identified changes to student outcomes, school climate, and implications for school counselor effectiveness. Suggestions for school counselors and pre-service school counseling curriculum are provided based on the results of this study.
Recommended Citation
Donohue, Margaret D., "Implementing School Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS): School Counselors' Perceptions of Student Outcomes, School Climate, and Professional Effectiveness" (2014). Doctoral Dissertations. 436.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/dissertations/436