Positive Behavior Supports
School Wide Discipline
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 behavior support for all students
within a school is implemented in areas
including the classroom and non-classroom
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 (http://www.pbis.org/schoolwide.htm)
Implementing a proactive approach to discipline
using Positive Behavior Supports, equips school
systems with the ability to:
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 Reducing
office discipline referrals
Reduce
suspensions/expulsions
Reduce
number of students being referred to BBST
testing
Reduce
number of students referred for Special
Education testing
Decrease
dropout rates
Increase
consistency/morale among staff
PBS Outcomes
Through
statewide intensive and extensive teacher
training and professional
development for teachers, related service
personnel, parents, early intervention
personnel and para-educators, the reading skills
of students with disabilities and
other special needs will be improved.
Teaches schools how
to use Data, Systems, Practices to develop and
implement
consistent school-wide action plans that address
discipline using
proactive
practices
Creates proactive,
predictable, positive learning environments
Focuses on preventing inappropriate behavior
Provides support/intervention for
students with more challenging
inappropriate behavior
Specifically
teaches staff to recognize and deal with
situations to prevent them
from becoming office
discipline referrals
Teaches schools how to connect and develop
relationships between home,
school, and community
Encourages students to become
proactively engaged in their learning
environment
Provides an environment for students to be
responsible for their own behavior,
respectful to themselves
and others, and resourceful to support
good
decision making
Positive
Behavioral Supports and Intervention Training
Addressing Disporportionality in Alabama
Schools, Makes Sense Instructional
Strategies, and Positive Behavioral Supports and
Intervention professional
development training modules for all newly
employed certified personnel.
Positive Behavioral Supports and Intervention
Training
Recommended
Reading
See www.pbis.org
for an exhaustive list of articles
My
Road to PBS: A testimonial from an
assistant principal
Contact Us
Kay Atchison Warfield, Ed. D.
Graduation Success and Dropout Prevention
Coordinator
Prevention and Support Services
(334) 242-8165 |
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