• WHAT IS PBIS?

    PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Intervention Support. The program is implemented throughout the school in order to create a consistent structure that supports academic and social success of all students. PBIS is a research-based program that has been found to significantly reduce the occurrence of disruptive behaviors in school. PBIS is a proactive approach based on a three-tiered model of prevention and intervention. It provides students with lessons of modeled social skills and behavior expectations, uses consistent systems to discourage inappropriate behavior and reward appropriate behavior, and educates all staff in how to implement and participate in the process. In addition, data is collected and used for effective decision-making regarding the social skills and behavior instruction in our school.

    The primary goal is to prevent the development of inappropriate behavior, reduce ongoing patterns of problem behavior, and to increase the likelihood of improved academic performance of all students through teaching and learning time gained when the numbers of inappropriate behaviors are reduced. Staff members will learn how to consistently embed the teaching and monitoring of appropriate social and behavior skills into the school day and curriculum. They will also learn to anticipate how to structure school environments so that the appropriate skills will be utilized more often. Schools need to actively communicate with families so that they understand and support the SW-PBS process. Families can benefit from learning how to use similar strategies for teaching and supporting their children's appropriate social and behavior skills.

     

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