Elise Pas

The researchers will develop and pilot testWell Connected: A School Community Wellness Program (originally called Spiral Up!), a preventive classroom intervention for 9th and 10th graders that integrates social emotional learning and restorative practices in order to build early high school engagement, reduce problem behaviors, and ultimately improve student achievement. The transition into high school can be particularly difficult for students, and these challenges can increase when student...

In this 16-year long-term follow-up study of an IES-funded efficacy trial, the researchers will examine the main, moderated, and generalized effects, as well as the long-term cost-benefits of the multi-tiered Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework as implemented in Maryland. PBIS is a widely disseminated prevention model in the United States that uses a public health approach by providing universal foundational behavioral supports to all students to effectively teach...