What is Positive Behavior Supports?
FOCUSING QUESTION: Why does the environment affect how we behave?
Presentation Expectations
Objective: Self Management
TRADITIONAL BEHAVIOR THEORY
- Views student misbehavior as inherent to the child
- Seeks to diagnose the internal flaw (intellectual, neurological, psychological, emotional, moral)
- Is reactive - waits until the behavior is displayed
- Attempts to squash inappropriate behaviors
- Relies on specialists and alternative settings
- Often results in rigid, punitive environments
- Objective: Control
CHANGING BEHAVIORS is HARD WORK
- staff behavior
- student behavior
- and parent behavior
CLASSROOM SETTING
- positive expectations taught and encouraged-POSTED
- routines taught and encourgaged
- ratio of 6-8 positive to 1 negative adult-student interaction
- adult supervision
- redirections for minor, infrequent behavior errors
- frequent precorrections for chronic errors
- effective academic instruction and curriculum
NONCLASSROOM SETTING
- positive expectations and routines taught and encouraged - POSTED
- active supervision by all staff -scan, move, interact
- precorrections and reminders
- positive reinforcement
OBJECTIVES FOR RAFT Tickets :
- To maintain consistency among all adults in the building when monitoring student behavior.
- To maintain consistant expectations for student behaviors
- To reward students who meet behavior expectations
Major Infractions: Office Referrals
- Unsafe Behavior
- Harassment - verbal, emotional and or physical
BEHAVIOR MATRIX
- Expected behaviors posted
- Concrete and "doable"
In simple terms: BENEFITS OF PBS / Well Managed Classroom Training
- improve school climate
- reduce referral/suspension rates
- increase attendance rates
- increase achievement
Credits
Johns and Patrick
www.pbis.com
Well Managed Classroom - Boys Town
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CREDITS:
- Johns and Patrick
- www.pbis.org
- The Well-Managed Classroom, Boys Town