PaTTAN LEEI Newsletter

Tier 1 Student Reinforcement Systems, a resource from the Center on PBIS, explores why acknowledgment and reinforcement are part of Tier 1 PBIS and the rationale for using them intentionally. It also addresses the misconception that reinforcement is inherently manipulative.

• PCBS for Educators Schoology Course Dates:
• Option 1: 11/2/26-11/20/26
• Option 2: 2/8/27-3/5/27
• PCBS for Administrators Schoology Course Dates: 1/4/27-2/5/27
• Location: Schoology
• Registration Information: Coming Soon!

• Date: 11/4/26
• Time: 3:15 PM-4:30 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Explore practical strategies for teaching healthy relationships, personal boundaries, and self-determination to students with disabilities. Through shared learning and collaboration, participants will gain tools to help students build safe, meaningful relationships across school, home, and community settings.

• Session 1 Date & Topic: 11/11/26- Affect Theory/Social Emotional-Moral (SEM) Development
• Session 2 Date & Topic: 1/7/27- Shame
• Session 3 Date & Topic: 5/5/27- Systems Alignment
• Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Details: This professional learning opportunity, led by Restorative Practices (RP) trainers, is designed for RP trainers and previous participants to deepen their understanding of core restorative principles, practices, and implementation strategies. Through expert instruction, guided reflection, and application of evidence-based approaches, participants will strengthen their knowledge and skills to support restorative practices in schools and organizations. The session will conclude with networking and collaboration to share best practices, address implementation challenges, and identify strategies for sustaining and expanding restorative practices in the field.
• Registration Information:
• Session 1: Click HERE
• Session 2: Click HERE
• Session 3: Click HERE

• Date: 11/12/26
• Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM
• Location: PaTTAN West
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Participants will explore the purpose and essential components of Tier 3 supports within an MTSS framework. The session will focus on developing effective teaming structures, clarifying team member roles and responsibilities, and establishing efficient referral and problem-solving systems. Participants will examine criteria for identifying students who may require intensive intervention and learn strategies for creating coordinated systems that ensure timely and effective support.

• Date:11/17/26
• Time: @ 9:00 AM-1:15 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click Here

• Date: 11/17/26
• Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
• Location: PaTTAN East
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Participants will focus on the core principles of behavior and their application to understanding and addressing challenging student behaviors. Participants will deepen their understanding of the relationship between behavior and environmental factors, explore the functions of behavior, and learn the key components of conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA).

• Date: 11/17/26
• Time: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Challenging behavior impacts student engagement, learning, and success, making it essential for educators to have a range of strategies to support positive outcomes. This session explores five effective classwide and individual approaches that promote positive behavior and improve classroom learning environments.

• Date: 12/1/26
• Time: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Chronic absenteeism and school refusal continue to challenge schools, with rates remaining well above pre-pandemic levels. This session will distinguish chronic absenteeism from school refusal and examine four functions that may contribute to school refusal: avoidance of negative affect, escape from aversive social or evaluative situations, attention seeking, and access to tangible reinforcers outside of school.

• West Dates: 12/2/26 & 12/3/26
• East Dates: 12/15/26 & 12/16/26
• Central Dates: 12/16/26 & 12/17/26
• Time: 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM
• Location: In Person- All regions
• Details: This professional learning experience is designed to build participants’ knowledge and confidence in facilitating Restorative Conferences within schools and organizations. Participants will deepen their understanding of restorative practices and the structured conferencing process developed by the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP). The training focuses on strengthening participants’ ability to respond to harm and conflict in ways that promote accountability, repair relationships, and support community healing.

• Registration Information:
• West: Click HERE
• East:​ Click HERE
• Central: Click HERE

• Date: 12/3/26
• Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM
• Location: PaTTAN Central
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Participants will learn how to design comprehensive and individualized Behavior Support Plans (BSPs). Emphasis will be placed on selecting antecedent strategies, teaching function-based replacement behaviors, developing reinforcement systems, and establishing clear response procedures when challenging behavior occurs. Participants will also explore data-based decision-making processes utilizing progress monitoring data to evaluate intervention effectiveness and make informed adjustments.

• Date: 12/9/26
• Time: 12:00 PM- 3:15 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Final Session: 3/10/27- "Tier 1 Trauma-Informed Classroom Strategies: Brain-Based Positive Behavior Supports"- Click HERE
• Details: Tier 1 for the Masses is a professional learning series focused on strengthening universal practices so that all students—including those with diverse learning, behavioral, mental health, and support needs—can access, participate, and thrive in general education settings.

  Across three engaging sessions, participants will explore practical, evidence-informed strategies that can be embedded into everyday Tier 1 systems and classrooms. The series will move beyond the idea that Tier 1 is simply “for most students” and instead examine how universal systems can be intentionally designed to be responsive to a wider range of learners.

• Date: 12/10/26
• Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
• Location: PaTTAN East
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Participants will learn how to design comprehensive and individualized Behavior Support Plans (BSPs). Emphasis will be placed on selecting antecedent strategies, teaching function-based replacement behaviors, developing reinforcement systems, and establishing clear response procedures when challenging behavior occurs. Participants will also explore data-based decision-making processes utilizing progress monitoring data to evaluate intervention effectiveness and make informed adjustments.

• Date: 12/10/26
• Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM
• Location: PaTTAN West
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Participants will focus on the core principles of behavior and their application to understanding and addressing challenging student behaviors. Participants will deepen their understanding of the relationship between behavior and environmental factors, explore the functions of behavior, and learn the key components of conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA).

• Date: 12/10/26
• Time: 8:30 AM-2:00 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information: Click HERE
• Details: Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis.
• Join us for a 1-day virtual training with required prerequisite ONLINE coursework (asynchronous) completed on the MHFA Connect website.
• Asynchronous coursework must be completed in advance of the session and will take approx. 2 hours to complete.

• Dates: 1/12/27, 3/16/27, 5/4/27
  
• Time: 5:00 PM-6:00 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Registration Information:
• 1/12/27 Session- Click HERE- The Check: Using Data to Identify and Respond to Student Needs

• 3/16/27 Session- Click HERE- The Connect: Mentoring Relationships and Family Engagement

• 5/4/27 Session- Click HERE- Sustaining Check & Connect: Building Capacity for Lasting Impact

• Details: This series is open to school and district staff who are currently implementing Check & Connect, a student engagement intervention, as well as those considering implementing in their school or district. Each interactive session will provide opportunities to explore the core components of Check & Connect, examine key implementation considerations, engage in discussion with peers, and share experiences from practice. Participants will deepen their understanding of how the intervention can be effectively implemented to support student engagement, persistence, and success within their local setting.
  

• Central Dates: 1/20/27 & 1/21/27
West Dates: 2/16/27 & 2/17/27
• East Dates: 3/16/27 & 3/17/27
• Time: 8:30 AM- 3:30 PM
• Location: In Person- All regions
• Details: Building strong relationships and community is essential to a positive school culture. Restorative practices provide a framework for strengthening relationships, building social capital, and addressing conflict and harm. During this two-day introductory experience, participants will learn foundational restorative practices for engaging with students, staff, and families. Topics include setting high expectations with support, providing direct feedback, asking questions that promote accountability, and using restorative approaches to address conflict.

• Registration Information:
• East: Click HERE
• West:​ Click HERE
• Central: Click HERE

• Theme: One System, All Learners: Advancing Integration in PBIS & MTSS
• Date: 11/4/26-11/6/26
• Location: PaTTAN Central & Full Virtual Option
• Keynote: Brandi Simonson
• Cost: $105 for in-person attendees
• In Person Registration: CLOSED
  
• Virtual Registration: Click HERE

• Date: 11/19/26
• Time: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
• Location: Virtual
• Save the Date Information: Click HERE
• Registration: Click HERE

The 2023–2024 PaPBS Network Office Discipline Referral Triangle Data Report highlights strong behavioral outcomes across Pennsylvania, showing that over 90% of elementary students and more than 80% of secondary students in implementing schools receive no more than one discipline referral per year. While statewide ODR patterns generally reflect national trends, the findings demonstrate that elementary settings achieve the lowest referral rates and highlight complex patterns as schools expand into advanced tiers, emphasizing the ongoing opportunity to strengthen targeted and intensive behavioral supports in secondary and specialized settings.

The 2023–2024 PaPBS Network Process Report demonstrates robust statewide engagement and continuous growth in capacity-building efforts to support PBIS implementation across Pennsylvania. Highlighted by high attendance at statewide events like the annual Implementers’ Forum and the successful onboarding of new facilitators, the report underscores strong professional development momentum while emphasizing key opportunities to further expand facilitator capacity, integrate academic MTSS, and broaden training reach for advanced tiers and specialized settings.

2026-2027 PaPBS Network Facilitator Application

• Are you interested in working with PA school teams to successfully implement PBIS?
• The PaPBS Network is currently accepting applications for motivated professionals to become trained as local PBIS facilitators.

2026-2027 District Coach Application

• The role of the District Coach in the PaPBS Network is to support the larger organization in installation, implementation, and sustainability of PBIS across all three tiers.
• District Coaches are provided additional training to help support each coach's leadership efforts and to provide tools and evidence based strategies provided by the PaPBS Network.

2026-2027 PaPBS Advanced Facilitator Application

• Are you interested in serving as an Advanced Tiers Facilitator in the PaPBS Network?
• The PaPBS Network is currently accepting applications for experienced facilitators to complete the process to obtain this status.

Details: PBISApps Community brings together people like you who are implementing PBIS. We are creating a positive place where everyone is welcome, there are no dumb questions, and we raise one another up in our work to create and sustain positive, proactive learning environments for students and the staff who serve them!

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM EST

Registration Information: Click HERE

Community Sessions:

• 11/13/26: Applying a Tiered Approach to Student Attendance
• 12/11/26: Squad Games: Building Engagement and Community
• 1/8/27: Responding Consistently to Student Behavior
• 2/12/27: Advancing Equity in School Discipline Through PBIS
• 3/12/27: PBISApps Community
• 4/9/27: PBISApps Community
• 5/14/27: PBISApps Community

Date: 2/24/27-2/26/27

Location: Hershey Lodge and Convention Center

Registration Information: Click HERE

2027 PDE Conference Poster Session

Poster Session: Thursday, February 25, 2027, 4:00-5:30 PM

• The Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education, invites educators, administrators, specialists, researchers, higher education faculty, school teams, and partner organizations to submit poster session proposals.
• The poster session will showcase research, program evaluations, implementation studies, and evidence-based practices that demonstrate meaningful outcomes for Pennsylvania's learners.
• Poster presentations should highlight effective practices, innovative approaches, systems improvement efforts, and lessons learned through data, evidence, and measurable results.
• We encourage proposals that demonstrate impact at the student, classroom, building, district, and/or systems level.
• Accepted poster presenters traveling more than 50 miles from the Hershey Lodge will be eligible for one complimentary night of lodging.
• Proposal Submission Deadline: 11/23226
• Application Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/FqTE1KXQPB
• Questions? pdeconferenceposters@pattankop.net or 1-800-441-3215

• Date: 4/21/27-4/24/27
• Location: San Diego, CA
• Registration Information: Click HERE

We are celebrating PaTTAN consultants Dennis Cullen and Kristin Starosta, who led a highly engaging first session of Intensive Skills Training for educators. They helped kick off the three-part series happening at PaTTAN East and also at PaTTAN West and PaTTAN Central this fall.

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