PBIS

 

PBIS (POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION AND SUPPORTS)

PBIS  is a proactive approach based on a three-tiered model of prevention and intervention aimed at creating safe and effective schools with a primary purpose of supporting students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment.  Emphasis is placed on teaching and reinforcing important social skills and data-based problem-solving to address existing behavior concerns.  PBIS is being implemented in thousands of schools across the country and has been demonstrated to reduce discipline problems and increase time for instruction.

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Traditional Discipline

• Data is used to provide documentation for events
• Focus on decreasing inappropriate behavior
• Views problem behavior as a problem 

PBIS   

• Focus is to explicitly teach behavioral expectations
• Uses data as a major decision component
• Uses interventions
• Focus on increasing appropriate behavior
• Views destructive as communication

POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT AT The Learning Academy