The Social Shape Up System (SSUS): A Framework for Educators to Teach and Monitor Class-Wide Social Behavior

This project team developed a prototype of the Social Shape Up System, a handheld device intended to support teachers in managing their classroom and monitoring classroom behaviors. The completed product will include a curriculum consisting of eight research-based strategies for shaping behavior; a web-based, database-driven system to store, manage, and report student behavior; and a mobile/handheld device to facilitate data collection. During Phase I, the team successfully developed and tested a prototype of the intervention in 4 classrooms. Results demonstrated that the prototype functioned as planned and teachers were receptive to using the final product in their classrooms when available.