Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) Resources
Updated 7/22/15**
Exploration and Adoption
Exploration and
Adoption Resource
A Quick Overview of
TIPS
Type
Video
(3 min.)
Intended Audience
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Meeting
Foundations
Video
(2 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Problem
Precision
Video
(2 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Goals
Video
(2 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Solutions
Video
(3 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview/
Objectives
Provide an overview of
TIPS
Next Step
Overview of
Meeting
Foundations Video
Location of Resource
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Overview of
Problem Precision
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Overview of Goals
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
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click here
Provides an overview of
goal identification
Overview of
Solutions
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Provides an overview of
solution development
Overview of
Implemented with
Integrity
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Provides an overview of
essential characteristics
and processes that
support effective and
efficient meetings
Provides an overview of
the process of defining
precise problem
statements
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Exploration and
Adoption Resource
Overview of Implemented
with Integrity
Type
Video
(2 min)
Intended Audience
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Monitor
Impact
Video
(2 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Overview of Summative
Evaluation Decisions
Video
(3 min)
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
A 15 Minute Overview of
TIPS Video
Video
(15 min)
Video
(6 min)
and
Document
(TIPS RC)
TIPS Team Readiness
Checklist
Overview/
Objectives
Describes the
development and
implementation of
action plans for
determining fidelity and
outcomes
Provides an overview of
steps to evaluate impact
of solutions by
examining fidelity and
comparing outcome data
to goals established
Next Step
Overview of
Monitor Impact
Location of Resource
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Overview of
Summative
Evaluation
Decisions
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Describes decision point
reached after comparing
outcome data to goal
Readiness
Checklist and/or
TIPS Team/Coach
Training
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Anyone interested in
learning about TIPS as a
problem solving process
Provide a more in-depth
overview of TIPS
Readiness
Checklist and
TIPS Team/Coach
Training
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Anyone interested in
TIPS Team/Coach
training
Provides a walk through
of the TIPS Readiness
Checklist describing
criteria for TIPS Team
and Coach training
TIPS Team/Coach
Training
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Readiness
Checklist page – click here
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Exploration and
Adoption Resource
Quick Walkthrough
Using TIPS for Behavior
Problem Solving
Type
Video
(25 min)
Intended Audience
Anyone interested in
quick review or
overview
Quick Walkthrough
Using TIPS for Academic
Problem Solving
Video
(20 min)
Anyone interested in
quick review or
overview
TIPS Sample Meeting
Video
Video
(12 min)
TIPS II Fidelity Checklist
– TIPS FC
Video
(20 min)
and
document
Anyone interested in
viewing a meeting with
a team following the
TIPS model.
All team members and
coaches
Overview/
Objectives
Offers an overview of
the TIPS problem
solving process using
behavior data
Offers an overview of
the TIPS problem
solving process using
academic data
Offers a glimpse at a
PBIS team using TIPS
to address student
problems.
Provide a quick
overview of the purpose,
process, and intended
use of the TIPS Fidelity
of Implementation
Checklist. Teams can
use this video to guide
their initial uses of the
TIPS FC.
Next Step
Location of Resource
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Skill Building
Resources page – click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Overview page –
click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): TIPS Sample
Meeting– click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): TIPS Fidelity
Check – click here
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Initial Implementation and Sustainability
Type
Video
(20 min)
and
document
Intended Audience
All team members and
coaches
Meeting Minutes Module
Video
(30 min)
Minute Takers as an
overview or review
Meeting Minutes forms
for all Settings (includes
guide)
Document
s
Anyone interested in
generalizing and
adapting TIPS Meeting
Minutes across data sets
and meeting formats
Data Analyst Worksheet
and Video
Video
(6 min)
and
Document
Data Analysts
TIPS II Fidelity Checklist
– TIPS FC
Overview/
Objectives
Provide a quick
overview of the purpose,
process, and intended
use of the TIPS Fidelity
of Implementation
Checklist. Teams can
use this video to guide
their initial uses of the
TIPS FC.
Provides review of skills
needed to work in
Meeting Minutes
including general steps
for working in Microsoft
Word tables.
Provides Meeting
Minutes in various
formats along with a
sample guide to prompt
effective use of Meeting
Minutes
An optional form that
helps structure the
academic and behavior
data review process for
Data Analysts
Next Step
Location of Resource
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): TIPS Fidelity
Check – click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Skill Building
Resources page – click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Materials page –
click here
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Data Analyst
Worksheet page – click here
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Type
Video
(20 min)
and
Handouts
Intended Audience
Minute Takers and
Coaches
Take Home Activity:
Task 2 - Using SWIS to
Define Precise Problems
Video
(17 min)
and
Handouts
Data Analysts and
Coaches
Take Home Activity:
Task 3 – Using SWIS to
Identify Frequency of
Problems
Video
(7 min)
and
Handouts
Data Analysts and
Coaches
Updating TIPS Meeting
Minutes in Microsoft
Word
Overview/
Objectives
Next Step
Provides a step-by-step Other Resources as
illustration of how a
needed
Minute Taker can
prepare/update Meeting
Minutes from a prior
meeting for an
upcoming meeting
Provides additional
Other Resources as
practice in using SWIS
needed
to define precise
problems. Handout
provides step-by-step
directions that are
illustrated in the
accompanying video
Provides an overview of Other Resources as
the steps to follow to
needed
convert average referrals
per month in SWIS to
rates per day.
Handout provides stepby-step directions that
are illustrated in the
accompanying video
Location of Resource
Website
(www.TIPS2info.blogspot.c
om): Materials page – click
here
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Take Home Task
Videos page – click here
Website
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Take Home Task
Videos page – click here
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Type
Video
(6.5 min)
and
Handouts
Intended Audience
All team members and
coaches
School Resource
Mapping Matrix
Handouts
All team members and
coaches
ICEL Factors for
Solution Alignment
Guide
Handout
All team members and
coaches
Aligning Solutions with
Precise Problems
Overview/
Objectives
Next Step
Location of Resource
Video provides further Other Resources as
Website
training in aligning
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
solutions with precise
spot.com): Aligning
problem statements
Solutions page – click here
along with the use of an
organizing matrix that
teams can use to
organize potential
resources and solutions
available at their schools
This document can be Other Resources as
Website
used to organize
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
resources at the school
spot.com): Aligning
or district level
Solutions page – click here
A sample document is
included
This document can be Other Resources as
Website
used to expand
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
brainstorming and looks
spot.com): Aligning
at barriers at the
Solutions page – click here
Instruction, Curriculum,
Environment, and
Learner (ICEL) domains
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A Quick Guide to
Initiating Function-Based
Brainstorming
Type
Handout
Intended Audience
All team members and
coaches
Overview/
Objectives
This document can be
used to expand
brainstorming by
prompting teams to
examine a behavior
from a behavioral
framework
Next Step
Location of Resource
Other Resources as
Website
needed
(http://www.TIPS2info.blog
spot.com): Aligning
Solutions page – click here
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TIPS Research
Summary
This article reviews the Decision Observation, Recording, and
Analysis–II (DORA-II), which is a tool to document activities
and adult behaviors during positive behavior support team
meetings. We believe the revised assessment tool has value in
studying team-based problem solving, and we discuss our
findings as a base for a well-reasoned research agenda for
moving the process forward as evidence-based practice.
This article reviews the development of the Decision
Observation, Recording, and Analysis (DORA) tool that gathers
data about problem-solving behaviors during team meetings. In
this article, we describe the development and preliminary
psychometric data for DORA in this article. Our discussion also
focuses on the implications of DORA for expanding the study
of team processes and for improvement of problem-solving
practices in schools.
This study reviews our efforts teaching local trainer/coaches to
deliver the TIPS problem-solving workshop to Positive
Behavior Intervention and Support teams which resulted in
teams using the problem solving procedures in their meetings.
Positive differences in skills before and after the workshop also
were reported by team members. This study provides support
for developing local capacity to deliver training and coaching as
it concerns data-based decision making and problem solving.
Year
2015
Reference
Algozzine, B., Horner, R. H., Todd, A. W., Newton, J. S., Algozzine,
K., & Cusumano, D. (in press). Measuring the process and outcomes of
team problem solving. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 1-19.
doi:10.1177/0734282915592535
2012
Algozzine, B., Newton, J. S., Horner, R. H., Todd, A. W., & Algozzine,
K. M. (2012). Development and technical characteristics of a team
decision-making assessment tool: Decision observation, recording and
analysis (DORA). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30, 237249. doi:10.1177/0734282911423884
2011
Newton, J. S., Algozzine, B., Algozzine, K., Horner, R. H., & Todd, A.
W. (2011). Building local capacity for training and coaching data-based
problem solving with positive behavior intervention and support teams.
Journal of Applied School Psychology, 27, 228-245.
doi:10.1080/15377903.2011.590104
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Summary
This book chapter focuses on problem solving and data-based
decision making related to behavior support in schools. The
principles and practices regarding problem solving are
discussed as are themes including: that data-based decision
making that is effective occurs in a structure; problem solving
needs processes that ensure a meeting flows through a logical
process; and problem solving must be continuously informed by
accurate and timely data.
Thirty-four elementary school PBIS teams participated in a
TIPS training workshop and follow-up technical assistance.
Within the context of a randomized wait-list controlled trial,
team members who were the first recipients of the TIPS
intervention demonstrated greater implementation integrity in
using the problem-solving processes during their team meetings
than did members of PBIS Teams in the Wait-List Control
group. The success of TIPS at improving implementation
integrity of the problem-solving processes is shared and future
recommendations are offered based on these findings.
This paper follows the implementation of a pilot study of the
Team-Initiated Problem Solving model and training workshop
across four elementary school PBIS teams. Results indicated
that teams implemented TIPS with fidelity following the
workshop. Findings here lead future research efforts.
Data-based decision making is explained as related to problem
solving within the context of working with children,
adolescents, and adults with disabilities.
Year
2009
Reference
Newton, J. S., Horner, R. H., Algozzine, R. F., Todd, A. W., &
Algozzine, K. M. (2009). Using a problem-solving model to enhance
data-based decision making in schools. In W. Sailor, G. Dunlap, G.
Sugai, & R. Horner (Eds.), Handbook of positive behavior support (pp.
551-580). New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-096322_23
2012
Newton, J. S., Horner, R. H., Algozzine, B., Todd, A. W., & Algozzine,
K. M. (2012). A randomized wait-list controlled analysis of teaminitiated problem solving. Journal of School Psychology, 50, 421-441.
doi:10.1016/j.jsp.2012.04.002
2012
Newton, J. S., Horner, R. H., Todd, A. W., Algozzine, B., & Algozzine,
K. M. (2012). A pilot study of a problem-solving model for team
decision making. Education and Treatment of Children, 35, 25-49.
doi:10.1353/etc.2012.0001
2014
Todd, A. W., Algozzine, B., Horner, R. H., & Algozzine, K. (2014).
Data-based decision making. In C. Reynolds, K. Vannest, & E.
Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of special education: A reference
for the education of children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities
and other exceptional individuals (4th ed.) (pp. 751-755). Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons.
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Summary
This article presents a case study of one elementary school in
the Pacific Northwest that implemented TIPS procedures to
address four school-based problems. Formal measures were
collected to determine if school professionals (a) implemented
the TIPS procedures with fidelity, (b) implemented their
problem solutions as intended, and (c) documented
improvement in student behavior. The results indicate the team
used TIPS procedures, identified and solved problems using
available data, and followed through with their action plans to
produce valued outcomes for students.
This article examined the problem-solving practices of school
teams engaged in implementing and improving schoolwide
behavior support implementation. A multiple baseline design
across four elementary school teams was used to assess the
effects of the Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) training
program (1 day of team training plus 2 coached meetings). A
direct observation data collection protocol—Decision
Observation, Recording, and Analysis—was used to index if
teams followed “meeting foundations” practices for effective
problem solving (e.g., predictable agenda, stable participants,
clear roles for facilitator, minute taker, data analyst) and
“thorough problem solving” practices for building interventions
(e.g., problem definition, use of data, solution development,
action planning). Collectively, the results are interpreted as
demonstrating a functional relation between TIPS training and
improved problem solving practices by school teams.
Implications address how to improve team-based consultation
and problem solving in schools.
Year
2012
Reference
Todd, A. W., Horner, R. H., Berry, D., Sanders, C., Bugni, M., Currier,
A., Potts, N., Newton, J. S., Algozzine, B., & Algozzine, K. (2012). A
case study of team-initiated problem solving addressing student
behavior in one elementary school. Journal of Special Education
Leadership, 25, 81-89.
2011
Todd, A. W., Horner, R. H., Newton, J. S., Algozzine, R. F., Algozzine,
K. M., & Frank, J. L. (2011). Effects of team-initiated problem solving
on decision making by schoolwide behavior support teams. Journal of
Applied School Psychology, 27, 42-59.
doi:10.1080/15377903.2011.540510
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Summary
This is a manual detailing the scoring and general interpretation
of the Decision Observation, Recording, and Analysis (DORA)
instrument used in training observers.
Year
2009
Reference
Todd, A. W., Newton, J. S., Horner, R. H., Algozzine, B., &
Algozzine, K. M. (2009). Decision observation, recording, and
analysis (DORA) training manual. Educational and Community
Supports, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
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