A randomized wait-list controlled analysis of the implementation integrity of team-initiated problem solving processes.
Members of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) teams from 34 elementary schools participated in a Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) Workshop and follow-up technical assistance. Within the context of a randomized wait-list controlled trial, team members who were the first recipients of the TIPS intervention demonstrated greater implementation integrity in using the problem-solving processes during their team meetings than did members of PBIS Teams in the Wait-List Control group. The success of TIPS at improving implementation integrity of the problem-solving processes is encouraging and suggests the value of conducting additional research focused on determining whether there is a functional relation between use of these problem-solving processes and actual resolution of targeted student academic and social problems.
Educational and Community Supports, 1235 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1235, USA. jnewton@uoregon.edu
J Stephen
JS
Newton
Robert H
RH
Horner
Bob
B
Algozzine
Anne W
AW
Todd
Kate
K
Algozzine
D000124:Achievement; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D012574:Schools; D014850:Waiting Lists