An Equity-Focused PBIS Approach for Increasing Racial Equity in School Discipline

This presentation will describe and share results from Project ReACT, a federally-funded project to address racial discipline disproportionality within a positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) framework. The presenter will share ReACT strategies, including the neutralizing routine, a strategy to respond instructionally to unwanted behaviors at times when our snap decisions may be influenced by implicit biases. Participants will be able to: 1. Describe elements of an effective intervention approach to increase racial equity in school discipline. 2. Identify when our implicit biases are most likely to affect our discipline decisions. 3. Create and use your own neutralizing routine to use school-wide.