PO137: Effectiveness of a PBIS Intervention on Puerto Rican Students

  • PMD: 1,4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Intermediate
  • Poster Session 6: Promoting Social and Emotional Development

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. acquire knowledge of a PBIS intervention for Puerto Rican students;
  2. validate the effectiveness of a PBIS intervention on Puerto Rican students; and
  3. generalize the process used for the intervention to the Hispanic population in other U.S. regions.

Description

The recent study resulted in a 3% increase in the perception of students' protective factors and 3% decrease in the percentage of students at high and severe behavioral risk levels.

Presenter(s)

Hector Hernandez, Albizu University
Elisa Lebron, PhD, Asociacion de Psicologia Escolar

Contributor(s)

Gretchen I. Seda, PhD, Elisa Lebron, PhD

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