What is PBIS?

School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) is a proactive, team-based framework for creating and sustaining safe and effective schools. Emphasis is placed on the prevention of problem behavior, development of pro-social skills, and the use of data-based problem solving for addressing existing behavior concerns. School-wide PBIS increases the capacity of schools to educate all students utilizing research-based school-wide, classroom, and individualized interventions.

Key components of an effective school-wide PBIS system

• Clearly defining and teaching a set of behavioral expectations

• Consistently acknowledging and rewarding appropriate behavior

• Constructively addressing problematic behavior

• Effectively using behavioral data to assess progress