"Children First!"
Department of Exceptional Children
(DOEC)
Positive Behavior Intervention & Support
What is PBIS?
A collaborative, assessment-based approach
to developing effective interventions for
problem behavior. It emphasizes the use of
proactive, educative, and reinforcement based
strategies to achieve meaningful and
durable behavior and lifestyle outcomes
It’s aim is to build effective environments
in which positive behavior is more
effective than problem behavior.
Elements of PBIS
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Modify discipline referral process/forms by defining major and minor behavior infractions.
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Establish 3 - 5 positively stated school wide expectations and rules for each setting of the school.
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Develop lesson plans & teach them to the students modeling how they should behave in each setting.
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Create a reinforcement/incentive program. Some schools use bucks, some reward weekly or at the end of each 9 weeks for displaying positive behavior.
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Effective interventions for rule violations. Minor infractions are handled in the classroom until they accumulate to an office referral. Major infractions are sent directly to the office.
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Monitor, evaluate, and modify for effectiveness. Data is used to determine if the school's current PBIS plan is working.
Results of PBIS?
PBIS is proven to reduce the number of office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions. It allows for all the teachers to be consistent in enforcing the rules of the school. It gives them the tools they need to teach students the desired behaviors which keep students in the classroom and learning. Students are rewarded for displaying positive behavior. PBIS creates an environment where teachers want to teach and students want to learn.
Results of PBIS?
PBIS is proven to reduce the number of office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions. It allows for all the teachers to be consistent in enforcing the rules of the school. It gives them the tools they need to teach students the desired behaviors which keep students in the classroom and learning. Students are rewarded for displaying positive behavior. PBIS creates an environment where teachers want to teach and students want to learn.
Why PBIS?
PBIS is mandated in:
2003 – Juvenile Justice Reform Act (1225)
LA Literacy Plan
IDEiA 2004
What Does PBIS Look Like?
At your child's school you should see:
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Posters in the hallways, classrooms, cafeteria, and other settings listing the school's expectations for behavior and the rules.
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Teaching and modeling of positive behavior.
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A minor infraction tracking form with interventions that teachers are doing to help students behave.
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A positive atmosphere.
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Rewards for students who display the behavior expectation.
What Can Parents do to Support PBIS?
Give the PBIS team at your school suggestions. Assist the school in fund raising efforts to sustain rewards and incentives for students. Volunteer to help with the school store or PBIS activities. Learn the expectations of your child's school and reinforce them at home too. PBIS is a process, be patient with your school as they develop what works for their students and faculty.
Complete and return PBIS surveys when schools send them home.
