Students to Students – Student PBIS Ambassadors Promote Climate Change
Brief Biography
The GNETS' Mainstay Academy PBIS Team began implementing PBIS in the fall of 2013. They have worked diligently to implement with fidelity and approach all facets of their work in a positive, proactive manner. The team has welcomed Student PBIS Ambassadors into the PBIS process this year.
Highest Degree of Presenter(s)
Chris Briggs, Ed.S., MAT, MFA, ATR
Presentation Abstract
This presentation will illustrate how Mainstay Academy, a member of the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Supports (GNETS), has implemented a Student PBIS Ambassadors Program to promote student involvement in School Wide PBIS and to initiate student to student PBIS mentoring. The Student PBIS Ambassador selection and training processes will be discussed; and using video clips and role play, the Student PBIS Ambassadors will demonstrate some of their duties and responsibilities.
Mainstay Academy has embraced PBIS as a process - something we do in community as a community. When engaged in this positive, proactive process, our students with Severe Emotional Behavior Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and mental illness are provided with opportunities to collaboratively identify and solve problems, to evaluate and learn about human behavior, and to master and teach proactive, positive social skills. Student involvement promotes the concept and experience of shared positive culture and assists in building a more tolerant and supportive community within and beyond the school.
Recommended Citation
Briggs, Chris; Flanagan, Lauren; Craft, Cris; Jackson, JauNessa; Braswell, Jill; Thompson, Heidi; Alexander, Pete; and Boggs, Donna, "Students to Students – Student PBIS Ambassadors Promote Climate Change" (2014). Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference. 77.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gapbs/2014/2014/77
Students to Students – Student PBIS Ambassadors Promote Climate Change
This presentation will illustrate how Mainstay Academy, a member of the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Supports (GNETS), has implemented a Student PBIS Ambassadors Program to promote student involvement in School Wide PBIS and to initiate student to student PBIS mentoring. The Student PBIS Ambassador selection and training processes will be discussed; and using video clips and role play, the Student PBIS Ambassadors will demonstrate some of their duties and responsibilities.
Mainstay Academy has embraced PBIS as a process - something we do in community as a community. When engaged in this positive, proactive process, our students with Severe Emotional Behavior Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and mental illness are provided with opportunities to collaboratively identify and solve problems, to evaluate and learn about human behavior, and to master and teach proactive, positive social skills. Student involvement promotes the concept and experience of shared positive culture and assists in building a more tolerant and supportive community within and beyond the school.
