Integrated Models of Prevention and Treatment: An Overview of Positive

Behavior Supports and Restorative Practices

Jeffrey R. Sprague, Ph.D.The University of Oregon Institute on Violence

and Destructive Behavior

Context of the larger issues in school climates:

Numbers of students who are expelled or leaving school only to end up in prison

Representation of minorities in various school personnel and student roles

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Vocabulary to Know• SW-PBIS – School-wide Positive Behavioral

Interventions and Supports is a universal, school-wide prevention program that aims to establish 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.

• Restorative– Justice – a new framework for viewing “offender”

and “victim”– Discipline – derived from Greek “disciplus” which

means to “teach/follow”– Practices – Methods used to achieve restorative

disciplinary outcomes

School-to-Prison Pipeline/Discipline Gap• Students failing academically and behaviorally

• Reactive disciplinary policies (zero tolerance, criminalization of behavior)

• Disciplinary exclusion (AE, suspension, expulsion)

• Youth disengagement from school

• Court involvement and juvenile detention

A Look at “Punishment”:Reflection and Implementation

Punishment parts:

Antecedent, Behavior &

Consequence

Punishment: Provide a

consequence that reduces

reoccurrence of offense

Teaching a new behavior

extinguishes the old behavior

Provide opportunities for students to

regain self-control

Restorative practices

require more effort with

implementation

Integrating SWPBIS and Restorative Practices

Implement PBIS school-wide

Create reframing statements

Use class meetings for conferencing

Choose mediation for conflict and truancy

Consider suspension and expulsion alternatives

Create a specific protocol to reintegrate the student after referrals or suspension

What do you already knowabout these questions?

• What are the key issues you would need to consider if you were going to help a school [or organization] implement restorative practice?

• What kinds of events and practices would occur in a school that has a fully integrated restorative practice?

• What would a ‘restorative classroom’ look like?• What would ‘teaching and learning’ look like?