PBIS

PBISPositive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

PBIS DefinedA systems approach, establishing the social cultureand behavioral supports needed for all children in a school to achieve both social and academic success.

SW-PBIS is not an add-on program or a pre-packed curriculum, but rather it is an approach, or system, that can be achieved through a variety of strategies.

Features of SW-PBIS• Prevention• Define and teach positive social expectations• Acknowledge positive behavior• Arrange consistent consequences for problem

behavior• Collection and use of data for decision-making• Continuum of intensive, individual

interventions • Administrative leadership – Team-based

implementation

Steps to Implementing PBIS1. Create PBIS Leadership Team2. Identify 3-5 Potential School-wide

Expectations3. Construct AND TEACH a Behavior

Matrix for each School Setting4. Monitor, Review Data, Re-Teach

Behaviors, and Revise System

Step 1: PBIS Leadership Team• Active administrator• Representative building staff

members, family members & students

• Members should be respected• Members understand behavioral

principles• Members should be collaborative,

critical examiners who are also supportive

Step 2: Defining School Social Expectations Purpose

› Means of communication› Consistent communication

Guidelines› Identify 3-5 Expectations – That Are the

Desired Behaviors that Replace Your Problem Behaviors

› Short, Positive Statements (what to do!)› Easy to remember

For all students, staff, and settings› Matrix

Step 3: Construct AND TEACH the Behavior Matrixes

The behavior matrix identifies specific student behavior to meet school-wide expectations across various school settings

It establishes universal expectations to guide all students and staff

It provides teachers the language for giving behavioral feedback to students on school-wide expectations

It uses positive statements

Step 4: Sustainability

Monitor and reinforce behavior expectations

Use data to make decisions and re-teach behavior expectations and/or revise system

H.U.G.S. Hello, Update, Goodbye SystemAllows students to:

• Check in with a significant adult before school

• Carry a tracking form • Ask their teacher to rate their behavior • Check out with a consistent adult at the end

of each day • Take the form home to parents

H.U.G.S Tracking Form

Third Tier Interventions

Social Stories Contracts Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) Individual Education Program

(IEP)/Individualized Support Plan

Features of SW-PBIS• Prevention• Define and teach positive social expectations• Acknowledge positive behavior• Arrange consistent consequences for problem

behavior• Collection and use of data for decision-

making• Continuum of intensive, individual

interventions • Administrative leadership – Team-based

implementation