Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) supports schools, districts, and states to build systems capacity for implementing a multi-tiered approach to social, emotional and behavior support. The broad purpose of PBIS is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of schools and other agencies. PBIS improves social, emotional and academic outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities and students from underrepresented groups.
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS Center)
Specialty Area
- Education Leadership
- Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up
- Family Engagement
- Intensive Supports
- Multi-tiered Systems of Support
- Organizational Leadership
- Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS)
- Response to Intervention
- School Climate & Behavior
- School Mental Health
- Social and Emotional Learning
- Special Education
- System Alignment
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
Services
- Assessment Tools
- Coaching
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
- Research
Regions/States
NationalAll States
Level of Support
GeneralAdditional Information
Other Specialty Areas: Implementation Science; Prevention Science
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA Center)
The ECTA Center supports state IDEA Part C and Part B, Section 619 programs in developing more equitable, effective, and sustainable state and local systems, that support access and full participation for each and every young child with a disability, and their family.
ECTA Center provides a variety of technical assistance opportunities to support states including:
- Coaching systems change efforts
- Developing critical new resources for the field
- Facilitating peer learning communities
- Co-sponsoring conferences on important national issues
- Responding to individual state requests for assistance
Specialty Area
- Early Childhood Educators
- Early Childhood Leadership
- Effective Interventions
Primary Audience
- State Education Agencies
Services
- Coaching
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
- Convening Stakeholders
- Facilitation
- Research
Regions/States
NationalAll States
Level of Support
GeneralAdditional Information
Rhonda Weiss Center for Accessible IDEA Data (Weiss Center)
The Rhonda Weiss Center for Accessible IDEA Data improves state capacity to report Part B and Part C Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) data in accessible formats.
The Weiss Center, along with trusted partners, works closely with states to help them deal with challenges related to making IDEA data accessible.
The services delivered by the Weiss Center will benefit state education agencies in the following ways:
- Improve knowledge about accessibility needs, standards, best practices, and how to apply them.
- Build skills and competency needed to make state-level data more accessible in dynamic formats.
- Enhance ability to sharing knowledge about accessibility with other states, local education agencies (LEAs), and early intervention (EI) programs.
- Increase access to data by people who have historically been excluded. This will improve data quality due to broader data use and analysis.
Specialty Area
- Data Systems
- Part B – 619
- Part C
Primary Audience
- State Education Agencies
Services
- Assessment Tools
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
NationalAll States
Level of Support
GeneralAdditional Information
The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID)
The Center for the Integration of IDEA Data (CIID) provides technical assistance to state education agencies (SEAs) to increase the capacity to report high quality data required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B Sections 616 and 618. CIID supports the integration of IDEA data systems and processes with the statewide longitudinal data system (SLDS). CIID is working directly with SEAs to resolve the challenges associated with fragmented IDEA, SLDS and EDFacts data management practices and data systems architecture. When IDEA data are fully integrated into the SLDS, SEAs will be able to more efficiently complete federal data reporting and have higher quality IDEA data to inform decision-making for improved educational outcomes.
Specialty Area
- Data Systems
- Part B – 619
Primary Audience
- State Education Agencies
Services
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
NationalAll States