CALIFORNIA pbis regional overview

is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon and Director of Educational and Community Supports, a research unit in the College of Education. He is Co-Investigator on the OSEP National Technical Assistance Center on PBIS and lead of the Center's Disproportionality Workgroup and has worked as a school psychologist, teacher trainer, and teacher in both general and special education.  

serves as the Director for the Center on Social Behavior Supports at Old Dominion University and an Implementer Partner with the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). She assists with large-scale implementation of PBIS, partners with researchers to evaluate the impact of PBIS on students, school staff and school communities and serves on the Association of Positive Behavior Supports Board of Directors. She also co-leads the development of the Interconnected Systems Framework, a mental health and PBIS expansion effort. Susan has been published in the areas of large-scale adoption of PBIS, mental health, cost-benefit analysis, advanced tier system development, and adoption of evidence-based practices in schools. 

 is the Lawton Love Distinguished Professor of Special Education and Interim Chair of the Department of Education and Leadership at California State University, Monterey Bay. Dr. Harrower also coordinates the Special Education Credential Programs and the University’s Certificate Program in Behavior Analysis. Dr. Harrower has coordinated a number of state and federal grants providing in-service training and consultative services to schools and districts in the area of functional assessment, behavior intervention and positive behavior interventions and support (PBIS). Dr. Harrower has been awarded over $5 million in external funding for personnel development and school climate transformation projects. His primary areas of scholarly interest include PBIS, autism spectrum disorders, applied behavior analysis, pivotal response treatment, functional assessment and behavior intervention. Dr. Harrower has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions since 2004, is a member of the Editorial Board of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, and is a regular presenter at a number of national conferences including the Association for Positive Behavior Support and the Association for Behavior Analysis International. His research and conceptual articles have been published in scientific journals including the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, the Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, Preventing School Failure and Exceptionality. 

has over a decade worth of experience across four states developing PBIS, MTSS, and systems change strategies. Dr. Ross is also an award-winning international expert in bullying prevention and is the author of the Bullying Prevention in Positive Behavior Support curriculum. Dr. Ross has acquired over $17 million dollars in grant funds to improve outcomes for students and he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association on Positive Behavior Support (APBS) and Stand for Courage (SfC).