Join Lise Fox (NCPMI) and Heather George (PBIS) as they describe the alignment of PBIS with the Pyramid Model and how to address concerns stemming from misperceptions about the approach. They will allow time for participants’ questions and address the next steps for state leaders interested in aligning these important approaches in schools.
Aligning PBIS and the Pyramid Model: Same science, different contexts
Date:
Dec 9, 2025Time:
3:00 PM(Eastern Time Zone)
Duration:
1 hr
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NCPMI Presenter(s)
Lise Fox
University of South Florida
Lise Fox, PhD, is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Child and Family Studies in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences of the University of South Florida. She is the Principal Investigator of the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations, a faculty member with the ECTA Center, and is involved in multiple research and national technical assistance projects related to early childhood programs and practices. Her research is focused on practical approaches for the inclusion of young children with problem behavior in community settings and individualized interventions for addressing young children’s challenging behavior.
Guest Presenter(s)
Heather Peshak George
University of South Florida
Heather Peshak George is a Professor in the Department of Child & Family Studies at the University of South Florida and the director of the Florida Center for Inclusive Communities (FCIC), a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). Her areas of interest include positive behavior support, schoolwide discipline, systems-level implementation, function-based behavior support planning, and international applications of PBIS. Dr. George is a Primary Investigator or Co-Primary Investigator on a number of Positive Behavior Support Projects that she Co-Directs including the National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (Center on PBIS), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and Florida’s Positive Behavior Support Project: A Multi-Tiered System of Support (FLPBIS:MTSS), funded by the Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services. Dr. George brings extensive experience in providing training and technical assistance in PBIS across the continuum across a variety of settings and in coordinating systems change efforts at the local, state, national, and international levels to promote an integrated approach to implementing evidence-based practices through a multi-tiered framework. She also leads the PBIS State Leaders Network that includes representatives from all states and U.S. territories. Dr. George has been awarded over $101 million in external funding, delivered more than 500 presentations, published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters, more than 60 technical reports, and over 15 instruments and training curricula related to PBIS.
