Fairfield Elementary among winners at Ohio PBIS Showcase
Lead Summary
By
Diana Miller-
Educators from area school districts gathered at the Roberts Center in Wilmington on Dec. 1 to participate in the 2016 Ohio PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports) Showcase hosted by the Region 14 Hopewell Center and the Ohio PBIS Network.
The Ohio PBIS Network, primarily composed of professionals from each of the 16 Ohio State Support Teams and the Office for Exceptional Children, was initiated by the Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children to develop materials, resources and training to support the scaling up of PBIS in Ohio schools.
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The showcase featured guest speaker Dr. Tim Lewis, co-director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports.
Lewis, who has been involved in special education for 25 years, has taught students with emotional and behavioral disorders in high school, elementary, and self-contained psychiatric settings. His specialty areas include social skill instruction, functional assessment and proactive school-wide discipline systems. Dr. Lewis has also been involved with developing schoolwide systems of behavioral support for over 15 years and has worked directly with school teams around the world.
The event included poster sessions, presentations and an awards ceremony to those school buildings receiving bronze, silver or gold awards.
Region 14 is pleased announce that Fairfield Elementary from the Fairfield Local School District in Highland County and Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Middle School of the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local School District in Brown County received the Bronze award.
Region 14 also had four buildings from the Adams County Ohio Valley School District participate in the poster sessions. Those buildings include North Adams Elementary, Ohio Valley CTC, Peebles Elementary and West Union Elementary.
The Ohio PBIS Network, primarily composed of professionals from each of the 16 Ohio State Support Teams and the Office for Exceptional Children, was initiated by the Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children to develop materials, resources and training to support the scaling up of PBIS in Ohio schools.
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The showcase featured guest speaker Dr. Tim Lewis, co-director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports.
Lewis, who has been involved in special education for 25 years, has taught students with emotional and behavioral disorders in high school, elementary, and self-contained psychiatric settings. His specialty areas include social skill instruction, functional assessment and proactive school-wide discipline systems. Dr. Lewis has also been involved with developing schoolwide systems of behavioral support for over 15 years and has worked directly with school teams around the world.
The event included poster sessions, presentations and an awards ceremony to those school buildings receiving bronze, silver or gold awards.
Region 14 is pleased announce that Fairfield Elementary from the Fairfield Local School District in Highland County and Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Middle School of the Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local School District in Brown County received the Bronze award.
Region 14 also had four buildings from the Adams County Ohio Valley School District participate in the poster sessions. Those buildings include North Adams Elementary, Ohio Valley CTC, Peebles Elementary and West Union Elementary.