Examining Variation in the Impact of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Problem Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01583127

H.33.02.03.07.A

R01MH067948 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

To conduct a randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which is a school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children.

Full description

To conduct a group randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. PBIS is a popular school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children. Staff are trained to implement behavioral focused prevention programs to address issues related to student conduct and discipline problems.

Enrollment: 32,986 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Public Elementary Schools
• All children attending the schools and staff employed were eligible for inclusion

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32,986 participants in 2 patient groups

School-Wide (SW)-PBIS intervention

Experimental group

Description:

SW-PBIS intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Practice as usual