What It Is
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) refers to a systematic
approach to preventing or reducing challenging behaviors, and, eventually, to
enhancing quality of life for individuals and support providers. PBS determines the function of the challenging behavior and teach socially acceptable skills. As new socially acceptable behaviors are learned, the challenging behavior will become inefficient, and individuals will then be much more likely to be able to achieve a better quality of life.
PBS principles and strategies were expanded from being
used only with individuals to being implemented across large numbers of
students at a school-wide level. This positive approach to addressing discipline problems in an entire school is called school-wide PBS.
What We're Doing
The PBS work from the Beach Center focuses on systemic approach to school and district-wide capacity to support students
with behavioral and academic needs within school-wide PBS systems. This includes providing schools with staff traning and technical assistance, and various research activities on student behavior and academic outcomes.
Please visit the Positive Behavior Support site for in-depth information and resources on PBS work.