Vermont Positive Behavior Support Services

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VermontPositive Behavior Support Services

• A Framework for Improving Learning and Behavior

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What is PBS?

• Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is a proven,
  systems-focused approach that
• decreases problem behaviors among students,
• increases on-task engagement, and
• raises levels of satisfaction with school climate
  for students, teachers, and parents.
• PBS enhances the capacity of schools, districts,
  and states to adopt and sustain effective
  behavior and academic support practices. May
  Institute, Partner to the National Technical
  Assistance Center on PBIS

http//www.pbis.org/video-SW20PBS.html
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Positive Behavior Support Primary Outcomes

• Improvement in the school behavioral climate

• Decrease in
• office referrals
• suspensions, detentions
• disruptive classroom behavior

• Increase in
• academic performance
• on-task behavior
• parent, student and staff satisfaction
• staff retention

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Positive Behavior Supports Continuum
Intensive individual interventions
Targeted small group, short term individual
interventions
Universal Application
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Public Health Disease PreventionKutash et al.,
2006 Larson, 1994

• Tertiary (FEW)
• Reduce complications, intensity, severity of
  current cases
• Secondary (SOME)
• Reduce current cases of problem behavior
• Primary (ALL)
• Reduce new cases of problem behavior

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How Wide-spread is PBS?

• PBS has been in existence for nearly 20 years
• Currently over 42 states are engaged in a
  State-Wide effort for implementing PBS
• Over 7000 schools have implemented PBS with
  fidelity
• The U.S. Department of Education sponsors
  national PBS centers in Oregon and Connecticut,
  the May Institute is a National Center Partner
• Statewide Behavior Initiatives, National
  Association of State Directors of Special
  Education, Inc., inForum, February 2007

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How does it work?

• As part of a multi-year commitment, School
  Leadership Teams focus their efforts on improving
  3 primary areas -
• School-wide procedures for discipline and student
  support
• Targeted interventions designed to prevent
  further escalation of problems
• Individualized behavior support planning

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Supporting Social Competence Academic
Achievement
4 PBS Elements
OUTCOMES
Supporting Decision Making
SYSTEMS
DATA
Supporting Staff Behavior
PRACTICES
Supporting Student Behavior
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What should I expect to see/hear in a PBS school
(Universal level)?

• SW-PBS (universal)
• gt80 of students can tell you the school-wide
  expectations and can say that they have been
  rewarded for following them.
• gt80 of staff can tell you the school-wide
  expectations and can say they have acknowledged
  students for following them.
• School staff have taught the school-wide
  expectations to all students.
• Positive adult-to-student interactions exceed
  negative
• School staff agree on which behaviors involve a
  referral to the office.
• The school has a leadership team that is
  representative of school staff and includes an
  administrator
• Function based behavior support is foundation for
  addressing problem behavior.
• Data- team-based action planning
  implementation are operating.
• Administrators are active participants.
• Full continuum of behavior support is available
  to all students

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Teaching Behavioral Expectations An
Instructional Approach

• DEFINE expectations for behavior
• TEACH the expected behavior
• REVIEW expectations regularly
• MONITOR performance of expected behaviors
• RECOGNIZE individuals when expected behaviors are
  demonstrated
• CORRECT individuals when expected behaviors are
  not demonstrated

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PBS - Whats in it for me?

• School will have common purpose and approaches to
  discipline - expectations, rewards, and
  procedures for disruptive behaviors
• Access to team and data-based decision-making
• Increase in awareness of school-wide expectations
  of students and staff
• Increase in time of quality instruction
• Improved teacher satisfaction

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PBS - Whats expected of me?

• Support the 3-5 school-wide behavioral
  expectations
• Participate in school roll-out activities
• Apply and teach school-wide expectations in
  classrooms
• Reward students for following expectations
  according to reward system (developed by PBS
  school leadership team)
• Use consistent approaches for addressing
  disruptive behaviors
• Review data to direct approaches around behavior
  change

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Questions and Answers
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Where to Learn More About PBS

• www.pbis.org
• www.pbismaryland.org
• www.apbs.org
• www.promoteprevent.org