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