The PBIS Tier Two Handbook: A Practical Approach to Implementing Targeted Interventions

Great resource on positive behavioral supports in the school system. It explains things very well and it’s easy to read and search for things.

Would highly recommend to educators expanding PBIS at their school.

Useful tool for new position working in the school setting.

Love the series, another strong edition and streamlined follow up to Tier One.

This is a great resource for anyone designing tiered systems in their schools or districts!

Title says "implementing targeted interventions" so I thought it would contain lots of information about sample interventions that could be used in Tier Two. Unfortunately it doesn't. This book is all about how to set up a Tier Two program. Not really what I needed. The book really could have been cut in half and still covered the same material. It kept repeating the same information. Honestly, I would return it but I already marked in the book. It might help someone, just don't expect any sample interventions to use in your Tier Two program.

ISBN 1506384528 (The PBIS Tier Two Handbook: A Practical Approach to Implementing Targeted Interventions, 1st ed.) is intended to show to educators and seeking solutions policy makers how to select individualized and evidence-based interventions for struggling students to accommodate cultural differences that can overwhelm even the most experienced teachers, before considering special education. It is expensive considering that more than twice as voluminous  Strategies From A to W for Multi-Tier Systems of Support  is only slightly more expensive, but - obviously - what counts is the quality of content here higher.The content on its 170+XXII pages is clearly divided into 3 parts subdivided into 7 chapters, plus "Index". Each chapter represents a topic subdivided into sub-chapters, but not numbered and thus not very convenient to locate. Especially inconvenient is not creating sub-chapters of the numbered Markers and not listing them in the contents table up front the book in Chapter 3, which is 70 pages long. The core of this thin book are intervention types, which contain analysis and solutions of particular strategy. Each type is condensed/summarized in boxed list, table, or a template. After the initial reading, the book can be used for studying just particular techniques, just of specific topic, but not so easy to find, or warming up.The book is in black and white, 2 shades of gray. Its layout is modern, clear, and graphically advanced to emphasize most frequently sought info. The titles of items and sub-chapters are in a larger typeface boldfaced, while those inside are smaller, but capitalized. Summaries, cautions, notes, and important point are emphasized by a light gray background forming boxes. Thus, grasping the pages at 1st glance is easy. Approx. 38 pages of the book are shown by the "LOOK INSIDE!" function. What cannot be seen is that the book is well printed on good paper, though the flimsy soft cover, typical for the series, is prone to creasing and catching fingerprints.

If you need guidance on how to implement a comprehensive Tier 2 PBIS framework that addresses the behavior supports needed to see success in your at risk student population, this book is a must. It is a step by step guide that helps even novice teams navigate this tricky and messy area. Using this book you will help build a framework that has all the necessary components to make meaningful change.