This study reports evaluation data from the statewide School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) initiative in Iowa. The study shows initial positive results over a 3-year period. The School-Wide Evaluation Tool, Team Implementation Checklist, and office discipline referral data were monitored to assess progress. Suggestions for connecting these implementation efforts to intensive individual supports are proposed.T he purpose of this article is to share results from Iowa of our work to date and to offer a framework for how these outcomes guide our work. This study will present the integrity of school-wide implementation data and office discipline referral data as well as how this work connects to intensive individual supports.In the past two decades, Iowa has had several initiatives aimed at providing behavioral supports for students with emotional or behavioral disorders. Since the early 1990s, the Iowa Department of Education has been involved in several statewide systems change initiatives. The Iowa Behavioral Initiative (IBI) was the first initiative. IBI was created to assist educators who worked with students with significant behavioral needs. This developed into Success4, an approach for students, schools, families, and communities to work in the social, emotional, behavioral, and intellectual domains to support student success in schools. In 2003, Success4 was replaced by the current statewide systems change approach, called Learning Supports. Learning Supports is based on the premise that to have an effective and efficient system of learning supports, five components must be present: (a) efforts that are based on long-term results, using quality data; (b) well-coordinated interventions that address the range of learning needs; (c) an infrastructure that ensures that coordination and planning are integrated with other school improvement efforts; (d) policies that are student and family friendly; and (e) sustained school capacity to focus on supports for learning.School-Wide Positive Behavioral Supports (SWPBS) was established in the fall of 2002 to provide the universal, secondary, and tertiary assistance needed for the social, emotional, and behavioral success of all Iowa students. Iowa's PBS model is a collaborative effort
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