?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Disengaged+and+disruptive+%3A+behaviour+intervention+for+boys+from+year+four+to+year+seven&rft.creator=Ayre%2C+Kay+Elizabeth&rft.subject=adolescence%2C+behaviour%2C+boys%2C+consultation%2C+disengaged%2C+disruptive%2C+engagement%2C%2C+individualised+behaviour+support+plans%2C+intervention%2C+middle+school%2C+positive%2C+behaviour+support+(PBS)%2C+school-wide+positive+behaviour+support+(SWPBS)&rft.description=Disengaged+and+disruptive+students+have+been+an+ongoing+concern+for+teachers+for+many+years.+Teaching+is+complex%E2%80%94complex+students+with+complex+lives+and+complex+behaviours.+How+best+to+help+these+students+is+an+ever-present+question+without+a+simple+answer.+Solutions+need+to+be+found.%0D%0A%0D%0AUnder+a+positive+behaviour+support+framework+when+serious%2C+disruptive+behaviour+requires+intervention%2C+an+individualised+positive+behaviour+support+plan+(PBS+plan)+is+developed+and+implemented.+This+multicase+study+(Stake%2C+2006)+investigated+how+task+engagement+was+changed+for+boys+from+year+four+to+year+seven+who+demonstrated+serious%2C+disruptive+behaviour.+The+individualised+PBS+plan+was+the+primary+tool+of+behaviour+intervention+in+each+of+the+five+cases.+Using+the+Behaviour+Support+Plan+Quality+Evaluation+Scoring+Guide+II+(BSP-QE)+(Browning-+Wright%2C+Saren+%26+Mayer%2C+2003)+the+five+PBS+plans+were+evaluated+prior+to+implementation+and+rated+highly+in+terms+of+technical+quality.+Positive+changes+in+student+task+engagement+were+forthcoming+in+all+five+cases.%0D%0A%0D%0AEleven+advisory+visiting+teachers+in+behaviour+and+eleven+classroom+teachers%2C+five+of+whom+were+case-study+participants%2C+took+part+in+this+study.+The+classroom+teachers+were+employed+in+south-east+Queensland+primary+schools+located+in+suburbs+of+economic+disadvantage.+All+22+participants+expressed+very+similar+perceptions+of+serious%2C+disruptive+behaviour+emphasising+the+collateral+impact+upon+the+teaching+and+learning.+Data+obtained+through+direct+observations%2C+surveys+and+semi-structured+interviews+confirmed+previous+research+to+reveal+a+strong+link+between+integrity+of+PBS+plan+implementation+and+student+behaviour+change.+While+classroom+teachers%2C+in+the+main%2C+effectively+managed+the+implementation+of+the+PBS+plan%2C+social+validity+of+goals%2C+procedures+and+effects%3B+in-class+technical+assistance+and+performance+feedback+were+identified+as+three+enablers+to+effective+teacher+implementation+of+the+PBS+plan.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhile+the+purpose+of+each+PBS+plan+was+to+influence+change+in+student+behaviour%2C+this+study+found+that+changing+teacher+behaviour+was+also+instrumental+in+achieving+positive+student+outcomes.+Changing+teacher+behaviour+and+building+capacity+was+facilitated+by+trusting%2C+collaborative+partnerships+established+between+the+Advisory+Visiting+Teacher-Behaviour+and+the+classroom+teacher+responsible+for+the+plan+implementation.+The+Advisory+Visiting+Teacher-Behaviour+provides+assistance+to+teachers+dealing+with+students+who+demonstrate+ongoing%2C+problematic+behaviour.+The+inclusion+of+a+teaching+component+as+part+of+the+implementation+stage+of+the+consultation+process+appeared+to+have+considerable+influence+upon+successful+intervention.+Results+substantiated+earlier+understandings+of+the+importance+of+teacher+instruction+highlighting+the+value+of+explicit+teaching+and+performance+feedback+to+the+delivery+of+effective+behaviour+intervention.%0D%0A%0D%0AConclusions+drawn+from+this+study+have+had+a+major+impact+upon+the+work+of+a+regional+team+of+Advisory+Visiting+Teachers-Behaviour.+The+focus+of+behaviour+intervention+has+moved+from+being+primarily+upon+the+individual+student+to+include+a+greater+emphasis+upon+the+critical+role+of+the+teacher.+Procedures+and+processes+are+being+re-evaluated+to+align+with+evidence-based+practice+and+to+include+a+collaborative+consultation+approach+to+improve+teacher+assistance.+The+framework+and+content+of+staff+development+and+training+is+being+created+directly+from+the+findings+of+this+study.+This+practical+application+of+the+results+has+informed+better+ways+of+providing+behaviour+intervention+for+students+demonstrating+serious%2C+disruptive+behaviour.+What+this+study+has+clearly+shown+is+that+when+it+comes+to+behaviour+intervention%2C+the+important+role+of+the+teacher+cannot+be+underestimated.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F64449%2F1%2FKay_Ayre_Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Ayre%2C+Kay+Elizabeth+(2013)+Disengaged+and+disruptive+%3A+behaviour+intervention+for+boys+from+year+four+to+year+seven.+Professional+Doctorate+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F64449%2F&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education