About the Iowa Behavioral Alliance
http://www.educ.drake.edu/rc/alliance.html

3rd Annual Iowa Behavioral Alliance Conference
October 1 & 2, 2007 brochure

Positive behavior support Brochures 1 | 2

Elevator Statement

Iowa Tips and Guidelines for Successfully Involving Families

Families in PBS

Working With Families...Ways To Get Started

The Iowa Behavioral Alliance is a collaborative effort among the following:

• Drake University
• Iowa State University
     - Iowa 4-H Youth Development of the University Extension
    - faculty from special education and early childhood education
    - Research Institute for Studies in Education
• Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.
  A Coordinating Council consisting of these partners and other collaborators meet
  regularly to provide guidance and direction for the entire program. The Alliance vision
  is for Iowa's children to be healthy and socially competent and to succeed in school
  and to graduate from school prepared for productive adulthood.

There are three components of the Iowa Behavioral Alliance:

• positive behavior support
• children's mental health initiative
• dropout prevention

Advisory groups for these three specific areas meet as need to provide direction. The state PBS Leadership Team meets monthly, the Mental Health Advisory Council meets as needed, the Dropout Prevention Advisory Group also meets as needed.

The work of the Alliance is funded through a five-year grant from the Iowa Department of Education. Work of the Alliance is supported through additional expertise from sources such as the Center for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports at the University of Oregon.

This website is made possible by funding from the Federal Center for Mental Health Services and individual support from families and others across the state of Iowa.