A Statewide Scale Up of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Description of the Development of Systems of Support and Analysis of Adoption and ImplementationFootnote

Support for this project comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1U49CE000728, K01CE001333–01), the Institute of Education Sciences (R324A07118, R305A090307, R324A110107), and the National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH19545–11, R01 MH67948–1A1). The authors acknowledge the PBIS Maryland Management Team for their support of this project, with special thanks to Milton McKenna, Andrea Alexander, Chuck Buckler, and Ann Chafin at the Maryland State Department of Education; Philip Leaf at Johns Hopkins University; and Susan Barrett, Jerry Bloom, and Patricia Hershfeldt at the Sheppard Pratt Health System.

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