PBIS in LCPS

"Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based approach for creating a common vision of behavioral expectations through consistent language and practices among staff and students. PBIS is a framework of tiered supports to address the needs of ALL the members of the school community.

The Loudoun County Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Coordination team, through training and technical assistance, supports schools and alternative placement settings in creating and sustaining comprehensive systems which promote safe, equitable and supportive learning environments across behavior, academic, and social-emotional domains for all of Loudoun County school students.

Our goal is to ensure that all schools have the necessary technical assistance, collaborative opportunities, and evaluative tools needed to implement PBIS with fidelity in non-classroom, and classroom areas; to address the targeted needs of individual students, while providing support to teachers, students, and families."

LCPS PBIS Website

PBIS at HPMS

PBIS is an evidence-based approach for creating a common vision of behavioral expectations through consistent language and practices among staff and students.  Harper Park’s school- wide community expectations are Be There; Be Ready; Be Kind.  We reinforce expected behaviors with Hurricane Eye Tickets and specific verbal praise.  Students are taught expected behaviors through staff modeling, and our advisory lessons.  Students can earn Hurricane Eye tickets to purchase items listed from our student driven PBIS Incentive Menu. 

PBIS Resources

• Community Expectations Matrix

• PBIS Incentive Menu

• PBIS Roll-out Presentation 2019-2020

The Unified Mental Health Team ("UMHT") is responsible for providing a continuum of prevention and intervention supports and services to address the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of students and to remove barriers to learning in the school environment.  

The members of the Unified Mental Health Team include:

• School Counselors

• School Social Worker

• School Psychologist

• Student Assistance Specialist (SAS)

• School Nurse

• Administrator(s)

   

UMHT at HPMS:

• School Psychologist: Beth Weatherford

• School Social Worker: Ashley Olson

• Administrators: Mary Beth Woodford, Assistant Principal

• Student Assistance Specialist: Megan Marshall

• School Nurse: Terri Thomson

• School Resource Officer: Josh Carter, LPD

Loudoun County Department of Mental Health First Aid

School-Based Mental Health Services and Community Partners Flyer

What is Response to Intervention?

RTI is a comprehensive assessment and intervention process that uses learning rate over time and level of performance to inform educational decisions while core instruction, with differentiation, is occurring. RTI provides a framework by which students are provided high-quality instruction and interventions matched to their individual instructional needs in order to ensure academic growth.

Through a team-based approach, multiple sources of data are used to develop prevention based efforts and respond to student needs using evidence-based interventions. Efforts are evaluated through progress monitoring and summative assessments.