SI 2026: Breakout Session #4

Being a child is tough especially when exposed to hurtful, scary, or chaotic situations. In Missouri, 50 percent of children will experience a traumatic event before the age of 18, and 27 percent will experience two events. Developmental delays, behavioral challenges, learning difficulties, and mental health conditions are potential consequences of unaddressed early adversity. In this session, learn how to recognize behaviors commonly associated with childhood trauma, ways to manage responses, and techniques for strengthening a healing classroom environment.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Receive three strategies to use to reframe one’s own thoughts when managing big behaviors
• Learn two ways to shape the learning environment to promote a child’s social-emotional growth
• Discover the importance of working within a child’s Zone of Regulation, and learn two or more techniques to promote greater classroom harmony

Step into a session designed to bring clarity, calmness, and confidence to your early childhood classrooms. Together, we will unpack the power of teaching expectations (safe, kind, helpful) the same way every day. This consistency will boost both positive behavior and emotional regulation. Participants will design a shared routine plan that makes transitions, common areas, and instruction predictable for every child. Participants will also craft simple, schoolwide language so that students will hear the same supportive prompts no matter where they go. Walk away energized and equipped with practical tools to create aligned, joyful learning environments.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Create simple, schoolwide language that helps students hear the same prompts and expectations no matter which classroom they are in
• Define core expectations (safe, kind, helpful) and understand how consistent teaching improves student behavior and emotional regulation
• Develop a shared routine plan to ensure that transitions, common areas, and instruction are predictable for all children

Designing and implementing self-monitoring interventions can be a daunting process for educators, which often results in low implementation of this evidence-based behavioral intervention. This session will showcase practical implementation considerations for utilizing self-monitoring interventions across elementary and secondary settings.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Identify student characteristics and needs that best align with self-monitoring interventions
• Understand how to design an appropriate self-monitoring intervention suited to a specific school or classroom context
• Describe how to implement a self-monitoring intervention in the classroom

This advanced team session on Tier 2 will equip teams with practical strategies to strengthen staff buy-in and ensure consistent implementation of targeted supports across school settings. Participants will learn how to streamline their Tier 2 teaming processes using efficient problem-solving protocols and data-driven decision-making routines. Through hands-on analysis of a sample Tier 2 case, participants will also practice determining intervention fit, monitoring student progress, and making informed decisions about when to fade or intensify supports.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Explore strategies to increase staff buy-in and the consistent implementation of Tier 2 supports across all school settings
• Apply advanced teaming practices to improve the speed and accuracy of Tier 2 decisions
• Analyze a sample student case to determine intervention fit, progress monitoring steps, and criteria for fading or intensifying support

How can you use technology tools effectively to enhance your SW-PBS systems? Come learn the Tiger Way! In this session, participants will learn strategies on how to encourage teachers to use SW-PBS rewards as part of classroom management along with how students self-report their social emotional and behavioral needs. Participants will also learn how to analyze and respond to student needs through tiered supports.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Discover multiple methods of collecting student social-emotional and behavioral data
• Learn how to analyze and interpret data to impact positive student outcomes
• Learn how these tools can enhance classroom management and encourage positive behavior schoolwide

District-level SW-PBS implementation in the Springfield R-XII schools has provided many opportunities for growth. Although we have been implementing for three school years, the district’s leadership team continues to seek opportunities to increase its positive impact on all school stakeholders. During this session, come learn about our district’s implementation journey with a focus on data collection and use. In addition, discover a strategy that adds multilayered support at the building level.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn about district-level SW-PBS implementation at Springfield R-XII
• Gain strategies for data collection for the purpose of improving student outcomes at the building level
• Consider district-level resources to support individual schools

Like many, our district’s rewards system used to be a paper-ticket system that was not especially successful at engaging students in the SW-PBS tenets. Over the last five years, our system has evolved into a digital system focused on encouraging desirable student behavior and a staff-reward system to boost morale and promote involvement by everyone in the building.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn about a free digital system that focuses on encouraging desired student behavior along with how this system can be utilized for staff morale
• Learn about a staff-oriented system of support that increases teacher buy-in for secondary SW-PBS and ensures fidelity of the student-rewards
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Discover how Park Hill South High School has implemented Tier 1 building wide with fidelity and achieved recognition status for multiple years in a row. Learn about our different systems for encouraging positive behavior, discouraging negative behavior, setting expectations building wide, and everything else related to Tier 1 through our Positive Panther Program. Walk away with ideas and motivation for how to implement SW-PBS at the high school level.

SESSION OUTCOMES:

• Learn about Park Hill South’s comprehensive implementation of Tier 1
• Take away ideas and hard-copy files of proven strategies and practices geared toward implementing SW-PBS in high school

This session will present early insights from a pilot study focused on developing a practical, family-informed measure of engagement within the SW-PBS framework. The work for this study represents ongoing collaboration among families, educators, and leaders who came together to create a tool that reflects meaningful engagement. This session will also share how the survey results can be used to intensify and differentiate effective classroom practices for students with and without disabilities along with early themes that might apply to strengthening family partnerships and guiding decision-making in SW-PBS efforts.

SESSION OUTCOME:

• Receive a real-world example of a student- and family-engagement tool for classroom teachers
• Identify lessons learned from developing and piloting a family engagement tool
• Reflect on how this tool can help classroom teachers differentiate and utilize intensive and effective classroom-management strategies

In this session, participants will learn how to design and deliver Tier 2 and Tier 3 SW-PBS interventions entirely in-house without a districtwide system, which is perfect for teachers who carry the work on their own. Walk through quick-entry universal screenings, targeted small-group strategies, individualized behavior contracts and functional-teaching responses, and de-escalation and restorative-repair scripts for intensive students. Participants will also practice using simple progress-monitoring tools and data sheets, create a one-page action plan for fidelity and parent collaboration, and more!

SESSION OUTCOME:

• Learn how to design and implement low-prep Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions that can be used immediately within the classroom
• Be able to use simple screening and progress-monitoring tools and fidelity checklists
• Create a one-page action plan and referral timeline to streamline problem solving, escalate supports when needed, and coordinate effectively with school or district resources