Positive behavior support: a comparison between student body, academic achievement, and discipline referrals

The purpose of this current study was to (a) evaluate the effectiveness of a school-wide positive behavior support program in an elementary school based on the decrease of discipline referrals earned by the students in grades 3-4 (n=43) and (b) find a relationship between discipline referrals earned by each student in the pre-intervention year and the total amount of discipline referrals earned by each student in the post-intervention year were the discipline variables. The scale math and language scores attained by each student for the pre-intervention year and the post-intervention year were the academic variables explored. A Pearson Correlation test revealed a significant relationship in the decrease of discipline referrals between the two years; yet did not find a significant correlation between the discipline variables and the academic variables regardless of the overall increase in academic scores. Implications for future research on school-wide positive behavior support and adademics are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. School Psychology-Professional School Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Greenfield, Meredith

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dihoff, Roberta

• School discipline
• Child Psychology
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/172

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1171