Welcome to Positive Behavior Support
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| Positive Behavior Support Overview |
PBS is a broad range of systemic & individualized strategies for achieving important social & learning outcomes while preventing problem behavior with all students.
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A major advance in school-wide discipline is the emphasis on school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. Instead of using a patchwork of individual |
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behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior support for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, restrooms).
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Positive behavior support is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective environments that improve the link between research-validated practices and the environments in which teaching and learning occurs. Attention is focused on creating and sustaining primary (school-wide), secondary (classroom), and tertiary (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth by making problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.
School-Wide PBS
School-wide PBS places emphasis on school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. Instead of using a patchwork of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior support for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom and nonclassroom settings (such as hallways, restrooms). Positive behavior support is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective environments that improve the link between research-validated practices and the environments in which teaching and learning occurs. Attention is focused on creating and sustaining primary (school-wide), secondary (classroom), and tertiary (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth by making problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional. As a result, within school systems, good instructional practices have their best chance of increasing student academic achievement.
District-Wide PBS
Durable, and adaptable school-wide PBS in a school requires systemic support that extends beyond an individual school. It is important to organize multiple schools so that a common vision, language, and experience are established. This approach allows districts to improve the efficiency of resource use, implementation efforts, and organizational management. An expanded infrastructure also enhances the district level support (e.g., policy, resources, competence) and provides a supportive context for implementation at the local level. |
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Michele Cook,
Positive Behavior Support Coordinator
Phone: 503-209-0982
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Multnomah Education Service District
11611 NE Ainsworth Circle
Portland, OR 97220 |
