One of the on-going challenges that our some of our schools face is how to work with students who consistently struggle to behave in an appropriate way while in school. The amount of attention that these mostly younger students can command is daunting and can leave a principal and staff at their wits end. While our resources to work with challenging students are good, it is often difficult to find a way to help those children with the most severe behavior find success in the classroom. Several of our schools however, are implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) as a way to help our youngsters cope with impulsively poor behavior.
PBIS is similar to our Response to Intervention model in that it has tiers or levels of data driven activity. At the first level is a school-wide effort that sets appropriate behaviors within the school. The second level is a series of interventions for students who do not respond to the primary behavior instruction. The third level provides individual support for students who do not respond to the two lower levels. The reasons why children struggle to keep their behavior in line with accepted norms while at school are complicated and varied. The PBIS program however, is a great way for a school to provide a framework from which to offer the needed behavior support to all its students.
Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports
One of the on-going challenges that our some of our schools face is how to work with students who consistently struggle to behave in an appropriate way while in school. The amount of attention that these mostly younger students can command is daunting and can leave a principal and staff at their wits end. While our resources to work with challenging students are good, it is often difficult to find a way to help those children with the most severe behavior find success in the classroom. Several of our schools however, are implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) as a way to help our youngsters cope with impulsively poor behavior.
PBIS is similar to our Response to Intervention model in that it has tiers or levels of data driven activity. At the first level is a school-wide effort that sets appropriate behaviors within the school. The second level is a series of interventions for students who do not respond to the primary behavior instruction. The third level provides individual support for students who do not respond to the two lower levels. The reasons why children struggle to keep their behavior in line with accepted norms while at school are complicated and varied. The PBIS program however, is a great way for a school to provide a framework from which to offer the needed behavior support to all its students.