Supporting Underserved Students: How to Make PBIS Culturally and Linguistically Responsive

by Sharroky Hollie, Daniel Russell Jr.

Enhance your positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) to do what's best for all students. With this equity-focused guide by Sharroky Hollie and Daniel Russell, Jr., you will discover a clear roadmap for aligning PBIS with cultural and linguistic responsiveness (CLR). Dive deep into why there is an urgent need for this alignment and then learn how to move forward to better serve your learners, especially those from historically underserved populations. Integrate culturally and linguistically responsive teaching with your PBIS Learn where PBIS falls short and why issues around discipline persist, especially with Black and Brown students. Gain clarity around culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) teaching strategies in the classroom. Understand the difference between authentic and inauthentic CLR alignment to PBIS. Acquire practical steps, suggestions, and recommendations for being culturally and linguistically responsive in the classroom as well as across schools and districts. Give students the language, activities, and procedures to be situationally appropriate for school situations affected by PBIS in the classroom.
About the Authors
The Ubiquity of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Part 1: The Why of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS
Chapter 1: The Basics of a CLR-Managed Classroom
Chapter 2: PBIS and Authentic Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness
Chapter 3: The Need for Authentic Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS Part 2: The How of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive PBIS
Chapter 4: CLR PBIS Alignment, Assessment, and Activation
Chapter 5: Situationally Appropriate Opportunities Within PBIS
Chapter 6: The Language of Situational Appropriateness Within PBIS
Final A Change in Mindset to Enhance PBIS
Helpful Abbreviations for Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness

160 pages, Perfect Paperback

Published February 24, 2022

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This should be mandatory reading for every single educator!