Local news outlets report on behavioral support initiative led by 91¸£Àû

(channel 7) reported on the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) professional development training offered by faculty and graduate students in the College of Education and Human Development. PBIS is a nationally recognized framework that provides a continuum of supports to students to promote positive academic and socio-behavioral outcomes. “It adds to that collective, positive experience at school, and I want every child to leave their school day feeling like they’ve got a backpack full of success,” 91¸£Àû lecturer in special education Courtney Angelosante told WVII. Other outlets, including the , the and shared the University of Maine news release about the project.