National Resources

The National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

The National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports has been established by our Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education) to define, develop, implement, and evaluate a multi-tiered approach to TA that improves the capacity of states, regions, districts/coops, and schools to establish, scale-up, and sustain the PBIS framework. Find more information at www.pbis.org website.

The National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations

The goals of the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations (NCPMI) are to assist states and programs in their implementation of sustainable systems for the implementation of the Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Pyramid Model) within early intervention and early education programs with a focus on promoting the social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes of young children birth to five, reducing the use of inappropriate discipline practices, promoting family engagement, using data for decision-making, integrating early childhood and infant mental health consultation and fostering inclusion.

The Pyramid Model is a conceptual framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s healthy social and emotional development. Find more information about the Pyramid Model at The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social-Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children webpage.

State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center

The State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices (SISEP) Center a national technical assistance center funded by our Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education).
The SISEP Center provides technical assistance to:

• Increase knowledge of evidence-based implementation supports for evidence-based practices in states, districts, and OSEP funded technical assistance centers
• Establish implementation infrastructures in state local education agencies to support full and effective use of evidence-based approaches to education
• Establish implementation capacity in technical assistance centers and projects funded by OSEP.

SISEP also provides the following resources through the National Implementation Research Network:

• The Active Implementation Hub
  Free online training, workgroups, evaluation & planning tools for you and your team.

• Additional Resources
  Briefs and presentations from the SISEP Center.