Student Success Assignment
Resource Assignment: Positive Approach to Student Success
Positive Approach to Student Success also known as PASS, is a program James Poole and Dr. Hope Caperton-Brown designed for students identified with behavioral or emotional disorders. The program incorporates a non-level based, individualized approach, that provides explicit teaching of behavioral expectations in mainstream settings. PASS has four phases: Preplacement, Orientation, Inclusion and Maintenance, and Aftercare.
The Preplacement phase are interventions that were implemented prior to PASS. These interventions are less intensive such as a Behavior Intervention Plan. Adequate time to implement a BIP needs to be accounted for to ensure the student is unresponsive to the intervention prior to placing the student in PASS. The next phase is Orientation, which is brief, individualized and focuses on instruction. During orientation, a student is placed in the PASS classroom. A PASS specialist teaches the PASS classroom expectations, PASS monitoring and reinforcement systems, social skills targeted for the student and academic work.
The third phase is Inclusion and Maintenance. …show more content…
This phase moves the student from the PASS classroom into the mainstream setting. PASS specialist provides social skills instruction and coaching while monitoring the student on a schedule which meets the individual needs. After a period of the student being successful during the monitoring, the students move to self-monitoring. The final phase of PASS is Aftercare. This phase encourages mentorship and guidance. Students that have successfully participated in PASS sponsor students in Phase 2 and 3 of PASS.
The PASS program is available by purchase in the book, PASS: Inclusion for Students with Behavior Disorders and Dr.
Hope Caperton-Brown and James Poole. The book is affordable; the pricing is $75. The book discusses the PASS program and implementation. The book includes a companion CD that includes the following: PASS Tracker application (Excel spreadsheet) onsite, Reproducible forms, Samples of student portfolios, T-Charts, and behavior analysis, Materials for use in training staff in PASS procedures. The designers of the PASS program offer onsite and offsite consultation which is not as cost effective as the book. Consultation is encouraged to ensure the PASS program is implemented correctly. The offsite consultation in the form of video chat rates are as followed: $300 hourly, $750 half day and $1,500 full
day.
The PASS program would be beneficial for both ED/BD students that are placed in a restricted environment. Phase 3 in particular is beneficial for ED students because it provides behavioral support and coaching these particular students need while they are mainstreamed. Phase 3 would be emphasized more for ED students. Phase 2 is beneficial for BD students because it provides clear expectations and monitoring systems for positive behavioral reinforcement. Phase 3 would be emphasized more for BD students. Phase 4 is beneficial for both ED and BD students and would be equally emphasized. The responsibility of mentoring holds students that have successfully completed the program still accountable for their behavior. The program could be used to support both ED and BD learners.
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References
PASS: Positive Approach to Student Success. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2017, from http://thepassprogram.com/index.html
Poole, J. R., & Caperton-Brown, H. (2009). PASS: Positive Approach to Student Success: inclusion for students with behavior disorders. Eugene, Or.: Pacific Northwest Publishing.
Positive Approach to Student Success also known as PASS, is a program James Poole and Dr. Hope Caperton-Brown designed for students identified with behavioral or emotional disorders. The program incorporates a non-level based, individualized approach, that provides explicit teaching of behavioral expectations in mainstream settings. PASS has four phases: Preplacement, Orientation, Inclusion and Maintenance, and Aftercare.
The Preplacement phase are interventions that were implemented prior to PASS. These interventions are less intensive such as a Behavior Intervention Plan. Adequate time to implement a BIP needs to be accounted for to ensure the student is unresponsive to the intervention prior to placing the student in PASS. The next phase is Orientation, which is brief, individualized and focuses on instruction. During orientation, a student is placed in the PASS classroom. A PASS specialist teaches the PASS classroom expectations, PASS monitoring and reinforcement systems, social skills targeted for the student and academic work.
The third phase is Inclusion and Maintenance. …show more content…
This phase moves the student from the PASS classroom into the mainstream setting. PASS specialist provides social skills instruction and coaching while monitoring the student on a schedule which meets the individual needs. After a period of the student being successful during the monitoring, the students move to self-monitoring. The final phase of PASS is Aftercare. This phase encourages mentorship and guidance. Students that have successfully participated in PASS sponsor students in Phase 2 and 3 of PASS.
The PASS program is available by purchase in the book, PASS: Inclusion for Students with Behavior Disorders and Dr.
Hope Caperton-Brown and James Poole. The book is affordable; the pricing is $75. The book discusses the PASS program and implementation. The book includes a companion CD that includes the following: PASS Tracker application (Excel spreadsheet) onsite, Reproducible forms, Samples of student portfolios, T-Charts, and behavior analysis, Materials for use in training staff in PASS procedures. The designers of the PASS program offer onsite and offsite consultation which is not as cost effective as the book. Consultation is encouraged to ensure the PASS program is implemented correctly. The offsite consultation in the form of video chat rates are as followed: $300 hourly, $750 half day and $1,500 full
day.
The PASS program would be beneficial for both ED/BD students that are placed in a restricted environment. Phase 3 in particular is beneficial for ED students because it provides behavioral support and coaching these particular students need while they are mainstreamed. Phase 3 would be emphasized more for ED students. Phase 2 is beneficial for BD students because it provides clear expectations and monitoring systems for positive behavioral reinforcement. Phase 3 would be emphasized more for BD students. Phase 4 is beneficial for both ED and BD students and would be equally emphasized. The responsibility of mentoring holds students that have successfully completed the program still accountable for their behavior. The program could be used to support both ED and BD learners.
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References
PASS: Positive Approach to Student Success. (n.d.). Retrieved February 11, 2017, from http://thepassprogram.com/index.html
Poole, J. R., & Caperton-Brown, H. (2009). PASS: Positive Approach to Student Success: inclusion for students with behavior disorders. Eugene, Or.: Pacific Northwest Publishing.