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School-wide Positive and Restorative Discipline (SWPRD): Integrating School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and Restorative Discipline

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Vincent et al. introduce School-wide Positive and Restorative Discipline (SWPRD), an intervention system blending school-wide positive behavior interventions and supports with restorative practices to promote positive classroom relationships. They hypothesize that positive classroom relationships function as a conduit for greater disciplinary equity for students from vulnerable groups defined by race/ethnicity and sexual orientation. Results from a pilot test in one high school show that after the introduction of SWPRD, teachers reported greater use of restorative practices in their classrooms, there was a reduction of the impact of race/ethnicity and sexual orientation on student perceptions of fairness and bullying and harassment, and there was a reduction in both numbers of office discipline referrals and racial disparities. The authors conclude by highlighting the importance of creating positive classroom environments to reduce disciplinary disparities.

This project was funded by the Open Society Foundation through the Research-to-Practice Collaborative on Discipline Disparities (grant # 4402C1) and the University of Oregon Office of Research, Innovation, and Graduate Education (grant # CRVSIC). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the funding agencies.

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  1. College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

    Claudia G. Vincent, John Inglish, Erik J. Girvan & Jeffrey R. Sprague

  2. Center for Dialogue and Resolution, Eugene, OR, USA

    Timothy M. McCabe

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Vincent, C.G., Inglish, J., Girvan, E.J., Sprague, J.R., McCabe, T.M. (2016). School-wide Positive and Restorative Discipline (SWPRD): Integrating School-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and Restorative Discipline. In: Skiba, R., Mediratta, K., Rausch, M. (eds) Inequality in School Discipline. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51257-4_7

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