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Proj ACHIEVE Components:

Strategic Planning

Effective Instruction

Academic Achievement

Positive Behavioral Supports

Response to Intervention

Parent/Community Outreach

Evaluation & Outcomes

Implementation Overview

Goals

Target Populations

3-Year Implementation Blueprint

Strategies & Interventions

Evaluation & Outcome Targets

Outcomes/Honors

Typical School and Student Outcomes

State-wide Implementation: Arkansas

Sample School Results:

Jesse Keen Elem. (FL)

Cleveland Elementary (FL)

Hotchkiss Elementary (TX)

Dutch Broadway Elem. (NY)

NOVA Alternative Sch (LA)

National/State Honors

Professional Services

NCLB School Improvement Planning

IDEA Planning and Implementation

Project ACHIEVE Implementation

Positive Behavioral Support Implementation

Response to Intervention Implementation

Workshops and Keynotes

Due Process Hearings and Special Education Litigation

Grant Writing Support

Products and Resources

The Stop & Think Social Skills Program: School

Parent Stop & Think Book

Stop & Think Preschool Products

ProjACH Electronic Books

Project ACHIEVE Publications/Citations

Free Technical Assistance Papers

Free PowerPoint Presentations

About the Director

Partnerships/Links

Project ACHIEVE Publications/Products

Project ACHIEVE School Contacts

Core Knowledge Partnership

S.A.F.E.

Project ACHIEVE Website Citations

National and State Resource Links

Project ACH Press E-Books

Stop & Think Products

Upcoming National Trainings

Contact Us

Welcome to
Project ACHIEVE
 and the
Stop & Think Social Skills Programs


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ANNOUNCING. . . NEW ! ! !

JUST PUBLISHED:  A Comprehensive Electronic Book on
   Response-to-Intervention. . . 

   Implementing Response-to-Intervention at the School,
     District, and State Levels: 
Functional Assessment,
      
Data-Based Problem-Solving, and Academic and
                         
Behavioral Interventions

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Project ACHIEVE. . .


A  Model Prevention Program--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA)

A  Promising Program-- U.S. Department of Justice (OJJDP)

A  Select Program-- Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) 

An innovative, evidence-based school effectiveness and school improvement program focusing on the academic and social-emotional/ behavioral progress and success of all students. 

Uses strategic planning, professional development, and on-site consultation and technical assistance for student achievement, positive school and classroom climates, effective teaching and instruction, and meaningful parent and community outreach and involvement. 

Helps schools develop and implement Positive Behavioral Support Systems (PBSS) and Response-to-Intervention processes speeding evidence-based academic and behavioral interventions to at-risk and underachieving students. 

 


". . . one of the most important, comprehensive, thoughtful, and significant new books in the field.  Howie Knoff has forced us to think about where RtI fits into our professional context, and he guides us—at different levels of practice—in many, many ways to practically implement RtI."      
                            Jim Ysseldyke, University of Minnesota

         CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION


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Project ACHIEVE's Key Elements. . .

  • Academic Achievement and AYP Success
  • Effective Staff Development that Impacts Classroom Instruction

  • Curricular Alignment that Guides Student Assessment
  • Positive Climates and Safe School Settings

  • School-wide Positive Behavioral Support Systems and Strong Classroom Management
  • Prevention and Response to Teasing, Taunting, Bullying, Harassment, and Fighting

  • Functional Assessment, Response-to-Intervention, and Data-based Problem Solving
  • Successful Interventions for Underachieving and Challenging Students

  • Regular Education (NCLB) and Special Education (IDEA) Compliance
  • Crisis Prevention, Intervention, and Intensive Need Services

  • Meaningful Community and Family Outreach
  • Well-designed School Improvement Plans and Resource Management

  • Accountability-- Evaluating School, Staff, and Student Outcomes




Project ACHIEVE E-Books Now Available
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More Social Skill Steps
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Classroom Time-Out
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Developing School-wide Accountability Systems
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Response-to-Intervention
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Teasing, Taunting, Bullying,
               Harassment, Fighting

   
CLICK HERE for more information

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      Does Your School Need A 
  "TURN-AROUND" SPECIALIST ?


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           Is Your School In
    "NEED OF IMPROVEMENT" 
                 based on 
       "No Child Left Behind" 
               Outcomes ?


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Comprehensive School Improvement
Products from Project ACHIEVE  
Now Available! ! !


    Over the years, Project ACHIEVE has integrated research and practice to develop, field-test, and demonstrate the effectiveness of a number of practical strategies and interventions to help schools, staff, and students be more successful.  These involve:

     *  MORE Stop & Think Social Skills and Steps
     *  Designing School-wide Discipline and Accountability
               Approaches
     *  Implementing Time-Out Procedures in the Classroom
     *  Response-to-Intervention Processes and Procedures
     *  Making Common Areas of the School Safer, and Dealing
               with Teasing, Taunting, Bullying, Harassment, and
               Student Aggression
     *  Implementing Project ACHIEVE's Comprehensive School
               Improvement approaches through its Forms, Surveys,
               and Questionnaires

    ALL of these strategies help schools and staff improve their classroom management and positive school climates, increase students' academic and behavioral success, and make teaching more fun and rewarding.

    AND NOW, these Technical Assistance materials are available to you-- electronically-- each written in an organized, easy to follow, step-by-step format, COMPLETE with all the needed forms, handouts, or other support materials.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION


PROJECT ACHIEVE
  has 20 years of successful school improvement experience in schools nationwide    . . .


Read: 
The Project ACHIEVE Fact Sheet
The Positive Behavioral Support Fact Sheet

And get more information on:
Our NCLB Services and Successes


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QUICK LINKS
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Positive Behavioral Support 
Systems


Problem Solving, RtI, SPRINT

Project ACHIEVE Nat'l
Recognition


Sample School:
     Outcomes
     Contacts



QUICK LINKS
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PowerPoint Handouts
from Recent Conferences


Published Articles

FREE Technical
Assistance Materials


Project ACHIEVE Products
    (Descriptions and Order
         Information)

Project ACHIEVE Fact Sheet

Project ACHIEVE Application
         



COME SEE:

OUR MANY EXCITING PRODUCTS

AND

FREE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PAPERS

AND

FREE POWERPOINTS PRESENTATIONS



Contact Information:       


     Dr. Howard M. Knoff
          Director, Project ACHIEVE
          49 Woodberry Road
          Little Rock, AR  72212
 
  Office PHONE:  501-312-1484
  Office FAX:        501-312-1493

 
knoffprojectachieve@earthlink.net

       Direct Feedback Link



The Stop and Think Parenting Book: A Guide to Children's Good Behavior is based on the nationally-acclaimed and evidence-based Stop & Think Social Skills Program.  Accompanied by its 75 minute demonstration DVD, this program teaches parents how to teach their children the interpersonal, problem solving, and conflict resolution skills that will help them succeed in all settings.  Focusing on the preschool to late elementary school age span, the Stop & Think Parenting Book helps teach children over 20 important behavioral skills—Listening, Following Directions, How to Interrupt, Accepting Consequences and Apologizing, Dealing with Teasing, How to Handle Peer Pressure—and how to use them in real life.
The Stop & Think Parent Book and DVD with Demonstration Lessons
This new (2007) CD has FIFTEEN lively and engaging original songs that are based on the skill steps of the most important Stop & Think social skills at the preschool through Grade 1 levels.  Designed to reinforce the Stop & Think approach, these memorable songs help children to learn the steps to each social skill in a fun and exciting way.  Complete with a children’s chorus and talented assortment of musicians, this CD is the perfect way to begin your “Circle Time” at school or put your children to bed at night.
NEW !!! The Stop & Think Songbook CD- CLICK COVER for Page to Listening to Three Sample Songs
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