Positive Behavior Supports
Positive Behavior Supports, or PBS, are a proactive, research-based approach to behavior management. PBS works in a three-tiered system, which resembles closely that of the Response to Intervention tier system.
All students in PBS receive school wide supports at Tier 1. These Tier 1 interventions are effective for around 80% to 90% of the students. One example of a Tier 1 intervention is the Love and Logic method, which I strongly believe in. Love and Logic is a method that places much of the responsibility for behavior management onto the student instead of the teacher. It is a method that uses a lot of student choice and stimulates the real world in the classroom so that students are prepared for when they finish school. If you would like more information about how Love and Logic can be implemented in the classroom, please feel free to check out the 3 articles on Love and Logic below.
Tier 2 supports are used with the students who are not quite receiving enough positive behavior support at the Tier 1 level. These Tier 2 supports are usually needed for around 10% to 15% of the student population. When in Tier 2, students receive all of the positive behavior supports from Tier 1, as well as receiving the extra support of Tier 2. There are many types of Tier 2 PBS, one idea of which is a peer mentoring program. Below you can find a short video about one such peer-mentoring program. In these programs, students in the older grades at a school serve as mentors for students in the younger grades at the school. Student mentors might do things like walk their mentees to class or talk with them about problems they are having with their peers. This extra bit of positive behavior support is often enough to help most of the students who are still struggling after Tier 1.
Tier 3 is the most intensive level of positive behavior supports. Only around 3% to 5% of students need Tier 3 positive behavior supports. At Tier 3, students receive all of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports, but also receive some extra Tier 3 level supports. These are the students who are struggling the most with behavior challenges. When a student needs Tier 3 level supports, there is often an extensive Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) conducted on the individual student. This usually results in the writing of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), which addresses the specific needs of a student. For more information on Tier 3 interventions, please visit the link the to Wayne RESA website below and look under the Tier 3 resources.
Overall, PBS includes administrators, teachers, and students working together with a research-based framework to best help all students with behavior challenges using positive supports. For more information on PBS, please visit the link to the MODEL website below.
All students in PBS receive school wide supports at Tier 1. These Tier 1 interventions are effective for around 80% to 90% of the students. One example of a Tier 1 intervention is the Love and Logic method, which I strongly believe in. Love and Logic is a method that places much of the responsibility for behavior management onto the student instead of the teacher. It is a method that uses a lot of student choice and stimulates the real world in the classroom so that students are prepared for when they finish school. If you would like more information about how Love and Logic can be implemented in the classroom, please feel free to check out the 3 articles on Love and Logic below.
Tier 2 supports are used with the students who are not quite receiving enough positive behavior support at the Tier 1 level. These Tier 2 supports are usually needed for around 10% to 15% of the student population. When in Tier 2, students receive all of the positive behavior supports from Tier 1, as well as receiving the extra support of Tier 2. There are many types of Tier 2 PBS, one idea of which is a peer mentoring program. Below you can find a short video about one such peer-mentoring program. In these programs, students in the older grades at a school serve as mentors for students in the younger grades at the school. Student mentors might do things like walk their mentees to class or talk with them about problems they are having with their peers. This extra bit of positive behavior support is often enough to help most of the students who are still struggling after Tier 1.
Tier 3 is the most intensive level of positive behavior supports. Only around 3% to 5% of students need Tier 3 positive behavior supports. At Tier 3, students receive all of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 supports, but also receive some extra Tier 3 level supports. These are the students who are struggling the most with behavior challenges. When a student needs Tier 3 level supports, there is often an extensive Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) conducted on the individual student. This usually results in the writing of a Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), which addresses the specific needs of a student. For more information on Tier 3 interventions, please visit the link the to Wayne RESA website below and look under the Tier 3 resources.
Overall, PBS includes administrators, teachers, and students working together with a research-based framework to best help all students with behavior challenges using positive supports. For more information on PBS, please visit the link to the MODEL website below.
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