Project PASS: Implementation and Impact of Collaborative Monitoring and Embedded Coaching in Tier 2 Behavioral Intervention

Abstract

Social-emotional problem behaviors at the elementary level have risen to an alarming degree in recent years. With a priority focus on efficient tier 2 interventions within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), current research suggests looking for ways to enhance the impact of Check In Check Out (CICO), a popular monitoring-based intervention. Based on promising outcomes from initial pilot data, this grant proposal seeks research funding to examine the impact of an enhanced variation of CICO, within a framework of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Project PASS (Positive Approach to Student Success) utilizes real-time data-entry technology to record frequent external monitoring of student behaviors in tandem with embedded social-emotional coaching, with a goal of reduced problem behaviors, increased participation in learning activities, and a gradual release of student monitoring from external to internal. Utilizing a time-controlled repeated measures design, research questions examine program outcomes, with a particular focus on function of behavior and systemic utility within a continuum of MTSS implementation fidelity.