PBSPositive Behavior Support:an Overview

PBS Defined…

PBS is a broad range of systemic and individual strategies for achieving important social and learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior.

– A curriculum,– A discipline package, – A product,

It is a process for individualized and sustained decision making, planning and problem solving.

It is not…

Individual Students

School Wide

Classroom

Non-classroom

Individual Students

School wide-systems include students, parents, staff, classroom settings and non-classroom settings.

Features of school-wide and classroom systems

Common purpose and approach to discipline Clear set of positive expectations and behavior Procedures for teaching expected behavior Continuum of procedures for encouraging expected

behavior Continuum of procedures for discouraging

inappropriate behaviors Procedures for on-going monitoring and evaluation Adoption of evidenced-based instructional and

behavior practices and systems

Each building…

Establishes a commitment to PBS Establishes & maintains a PBS team Completes a self-assessment Establishes school-wide expectations Establishes an information system Builds capacity within the system

How it fits

80-90% of student population: Students without problem behaviors.

Students who understand by being told or by watching others. Can’t serve the red zone without 80% in the green and yellow zone.

Need: Understanding of the system

The Green Zone

5-15% of the population. Students at risk for problem behavior.

Students need practice to get good at what they are learning in the bigger system.

Need: Small skills group instruction.

The Yellow Zone

1-7% of the student population.

Chronic/Intense Problem BehaviorsDon’t do well in groups, force the environment to respond to them.

Need: Individual instruction

The Red Zone

Working Smarter

Do less, but betterInvest in clear outcomesInvest in a sure thingIf effective, efficient, &

relevant, commit to long term

PBS schools… Create a continuum of behavior supports

from a systems perspective Focus on behavior of adults Give priority to academic success Establish behavioral competence Utilize effective, efficient, and relevant data

based decision making Teach and acknowledge behavioral

expectations Arrange environment for “working smarter”

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