PBS! A Strategy to Help PBS! A Strategy to Help Prevent the School to Prevent the School to

Prison PipelinePrison Pipeline

Presenter: Damekia MorganPresenter: Damekia Morgan

Families and Friend of LA’s Families and Friend of LA’s Incarcerated ChildrenIncarcerated Children

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Get to Know your Get to Know your Classmate!Classmate!

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Focus on the ChildrenFocus on the Children

Do you think kids Do you think kids have changed? Why? have changed? Why? Why Not?Why Not?

Give me one word Give me one word that describes you as that describes you as a 12 year old.a 12 year old.

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What is the STPP?What is the STPP?

What’s your definition?What’s your definition?

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FFLIC’s DefinitionFFLIC’s Definition ...this problem as the systematic and institutional ...this problem as the systematic and institutional

approach to depriving poor people a right to an approach to depriving poor people a right to an equitable and quality education; the deliberate equitable and quality education; the deliberate approach to using poor people (of color) to fill the approach to using poor people (of color) to fill the Prison Industrial Complex; and the continued Prison Industrial Complex; and the continued intentional efforts to make poor people of color intentional efforts to make poor people of color feel inferior to what is deemed the superior race; feel inferior to what is deemed the superior race; and this is done by pushing kids out of school and this is done by pushing kids out of school through unjust suspension and expulsions, high-through unjust suspension and expulsions, high-stake testing, the lack of consistently available stake testing, the lack of consistently available educational resources , denial of special education educational resources , denial of special education services, lowered expectations, zero-tolerance, services, lowered expectations, zero-tolerance, and mentally preparing kids for prison by creating and mentally preparing kids for prison by creating prison like environments in the schools-with the prison like environments in the schools-with the overuse of police and security guards policing overuse of police and security guards policing students.students.

So, how do our kids go from School So, how do our kids go from School to Prison…to Prison…

Lackof

Consistently availableEducational resources

Lowered ExpectationsOveruse of

Police and security guardsPolicing students

High Stakes Testing

Zero ToleranceSuspensionExpulsions

PRISON

Court contact

Denial of promotion leads to drop out.

Expected to be a criminal.

Mental preparation for prison.

What is PBS?What is PBS?

PBIS is defined as PBIS is defined as PPositive ositive BBehavior ehavior IInterventions and nterventions and SSupports (PBIS) a upports (PBIS) a proactive systems approach to proactive systems approach to establishing the behavioral supports establishing the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all and social culture needed for all students in a school to achieve social, students in a school to achieve social, emotional, and academic success. emotional, and academic success. Currently this is not happening which is Currently this is not happening which is one of the reasons why we believe the one of the reasons why we believe the STPP exist. STPP exist.

PBS con’t…PBS con’t…

Is a collaborative, assessment-based Is a collaborative, assessment-based approach to developing effective approach to developing effective interventions for problem behaviorinterventions for problem behavior

Aims to build effective environments Aims to build effective environments in positive behavior is more effective in positive behavior is more effective than problem behaviorthan problem behavior

Culture & RespectCulture & Respect

What is culture & respect?What is culture & respect?

Culture & RespectCulture & Respect

Students are sent to the office more that Students are sent to the office more that any other reason for “willfully disobedient” any other reason for “willfully disobedient” or disrespect. For PBS to work we must or disrespect. For PBS to work we must have a shared definition of what is have a shared definition of what is disrespectful. We must understand culture.disrespectful. We must understand culture.

When we are looking at the PBS as a When we are looking at the PBS as a strategy to affecting the STPP most of strategy to affecting the STPP most of these students will fall in the tertiary (red – these students will fall in the tertiary (red – 5%) or secondary (yellow -15%) level. 5%) or secondary (yellow -15%) level.

These are the students who will most likely These are the students who will most likely fall outside of the 80% (green group).fall outside of the 80% (green group).

Culture con’tCulture con’t

the set of shared attitudes, values, the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or characterizes an institution or organization <a corporate organization <a corporate cultureculture focused on the bottom line>focused on the bottom line>

Webster dictionary

CultureCulture

the integrated pattern of human the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations generations . *. * the customary beliefs, the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; religious, or social group; alsoalso :: the the characteristic features of everyday characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time shared by people in a place or time <popular <popular cultureculture> <southern > <southern cultureculture> >

CULTURE CULTURE

What is the culture of the institution for education when it What is the culture of the institution for education when it comes to dealing with behavioral problem student?comes to dealing with behavioral problem student?

How can we change the culture?How can we change the culture?

Are we criminalizing Are we criminalizing Childhood and Adolescent Childhood and Adolescent

Behavior Behavior

FactsFacts

About adolescent About adolescent development.development.

Stand up!!!Stand up!!!

If You...If You...

What are other alternatives to What are other alternatives to removing a student from the removing a student from the

learning environment?learning environment? Peer Mediation Program Peer Mediation Program Teacher Buddy systemTeacher Buddy system Community ConferencingCommunity Conferencing Restorative JusticeRestorative Justice Check in Check outCheck in Check out What else?What else?

Legislative PoliciesLegislative Policies

That furthers the STPP.That furthers the STPP.

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