Illinois Service Resource Center provides support for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in educational programs serving students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. PBIS is a school-wide behavior management system designed to encourage essential social skills. The program teaches and reinforces positive behavior rather than punishing negative behavior.
Current programs receiving support include:
- Centerview Therapeutic School
- Charleston School District
- Child's Voice School
- Exceptional Children Have Opportunities (ECHO)
- Illinois School for the Deaf
- John Powers Center
- Marion School for the Hearing Impaired
- Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education (SWCCCASE)
- U-46 School District
Cool Tools
Cool Tools are lesson plans that teach behavioral expectations in different locations of the school (hallway, classroom, bathroom, etc).
Sample Cool Tools:
- Centerview Therapeutic School - Classroom Settings (zipped file)
- Centerview Therapeutic School - Other Settings (zipped file)
- Child's Voice School
- ECHO Cool Tools
- John Powers Center (zipped file)
- John Powers Center Cool Tools Reflection Sheets (zipped file)
Additional Resources
- Centerview Therapeutic School Cool Tool matrix
- Centerview Therapeutic School handout for administrators
- Child's Voice expecations posters (with visuals)
- Child's Voice Behavior Referral Form 2012
- John Powers Center photos (school store, school-wide incentive program, expectations posters, etc)
- John Powers Center Bus PBIS Poster
- John Powers Center Attitude PBIS Poster
- John Powers Center sample kickoff flyer
- SWCCCASE Resources and Articles
- SWCCCASE Web Resources
- SWCCCASE PBIS Checklist
- PBIS Expectations in Sign Language (with visuals)
- Article in Gallaudet's Odyssey magazine about PBIS at John Powers Center
Students at John Powers Center have lunch with Fireman Tony. These students earned this privilege while participating in the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program.
