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. 2018 Jan 9;14(1):i–216. doi: 10.4073/csr.2018.1

Methods

Clustered randomised controlled trial

Participants

12,334 students nested in 37 elementary schools

52% Male, 46.1% White (largest ethnic group)

Location

Maryland, United States

Interventions

School‐Wide Positive Behavioural Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS): a programme that targets a systemic change process in a whole school or in a district. SWPBIS aims to reduce students’ behaviour problems by changing staff behaviours and developing systems and supports to meet children's behavioural needs.

Programme deliverers

School staff, teachers and administrators

Evaluator role

Independent

Outcomes

Aggressive and disruptive behaviour

Concentration problems

Pro‐social behaviour

Emotion regulation

Office disciplinary referrals

Out‐of‐school suspension

Length

Four years of implementation

Assessment

Five times over the course of four years.

Attrition

“Participation rate was consistently high, […] no evidence that missing data was problematic” p. e1140

COI statement

Declared

CoFI

Unlikely, independent evaluator (p. e1136)