1. AGENDA Welcome! 3:10 Meeting Expectations: Be Present Engage
Support each other
Team solutions
Group Activity 3:15
PBS Overview
Video
Slides
Questions and Answers 3:50
Voting 4:00

2. Vermont Positive Behavior Support Services
A Framework for Improving Learning and Behavior

3. What is PBS?
Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is a proven, systems-focused approach that:
decreases problem behaviors among students,
increases on-task engagement, and
raises levels of satisfaction with school climate for students, teachers, and parents.
“PBS enhances the capacity of schools, districts, and states to adopt and sustain effective behavior and academic support practices.” – May Institute, Partner to the National Technical Assistance Center on PBIS

4. PBS is based on
Person Centered Values – interventions designed to meet the unique goals and challenges of each individual
The Normalization/Inclusion Movement – promotes the rights of individuals with behavior disorders or disabilities to be given the same educational and social opportunities as those without
Applied Behavior Analysis – behavior is learned, serves a purpose, and can most effectively be improved through the use of personalized-intervention planning to promote positive change
Data-based Decision Making
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Brief, National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention, 2006.

5. PBS Goals
School-Based – PBS works from a framework of local control in improving school culture. Schools affirm/establish their own rules, practices and procedures, manage their own process within the context of the PBS philosophy
Resiliency and Personal Well-being – increase protective factors and reduce risk factors

6. PBS Goals - continued
Prevention – reduce the need for more intensive interventions for students whose behavior, without intervention might escalate
Safe, Healthy, Learning Environments – a culture of learning where classroom/school disruptions, incidents, and resulting disciplinary actions and suspensions are reduced
Respectful Intervention – provide a continuum of positively focused behavioral expectations and interventions

7. Positive Behavior Support Primary Outcomes
Improvement in the school behavioral climate:
Decrease in
office referrals
suspensions, detentions
disruptive classroom behavior
Increase in
academic performance
on-task behavior
parent, student and staff satisfaction
staff retention

8. Positive Behavior Supports Continuum
Intensive individual interventions
Targeted small group, short term individual interventions
Universal Application

9. How Wide-spread is PBS? PBS has been in existence for nearly 20 years
Currently over 41 states are engaged in a State-Wide effort for implementing PBS
Over 6600 schools have implemented PBS with fidelity
The U.S. Department of Education sponsors national PBS centers in Oregon and Connecticut, the May Institute is a National Center Partner
Statewide Behavior Initiatives, National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc., inForum, February 2007

10. How does it work?
As part of a multi-year commitment, School Leadership Teams focus their efforts on improving 3 primary areas -
School-wide procedures for discipline and student support
Targeted interventions designed to prevent further escalation of problems
Individualized behavior support planning

11. Universal (School-Wide) Applications
School teams review existing behavioral expectations, discipline practices, and procedures
They agree upon a common approach and make a positive statement of purpose
At least 80% of school personnel agree
Positively stated expectations for all students and staff are formed
A continuum of procedures for teaching these expectations, sustaining them, and discouraging rule violations are established and taught

12. Acting on Information vs. Emotion
Coaching, monitoring, and consistency -
School-based Coaches monitor and report discipline data by student, class, time of day, and location to school teams and staff for informed decision making to improve school culture and learning.
Best chance for success -
Interventions are focused toward the stated behavior expectations, spanning the school, classroom, and community - changing the environment to encourage change in the behavior – giving students the best chance to succeed.

13. Supporting Social Competence &
Academic Achievement
4 PBS Elements
OUTCOMES
Supporting
Decision
Making
Supporting
Staff Behavior
SYSTEMS
DATA
PRACTICES
Supporting
Student Behavior

14. PBS - What’s in it for me?
School will have common purpose and approaches to discipline - expectations, rewards, and procedures for disruptive behaviors
Access to team and data-based decision-making
Increase in awareness of school-wide expectations of students and staff
Increase in time of quality instruction
Improved teacher satisfaction

15. Cost Saving Outcomes – New Hampshire - 44 schools over 2 years
Recovered:
2823 days for learning days for teaching
1263 days for leadership/administration

16. PBS - What’s expected of me?
Support the 3-5 school-wide behavioral expectations
Participate in school roll-out activities
Apply and teach school-wide expectations in classrooms
Reward students for following expectations according to reward system (developed by PBS school leadership team)
Use consistent approaches for addressing disruptive behaviors
Review data to direct approaches around behavior change

17. Questions and Answers

18. PBS - What’s expected of me?
PBS - What’s in it for me?
PBS - What’s expected of me?
School will have common purpose and approaches to discipline - expectations, rewards, and procedures for disruptive behaviors
Access to team and data-based decision-making
Increase in awareness of school-wide expectations of students and staff
Increase in time of quality instruction
Improved teacher satisfaction
Support the 3-5 school-wide behavioral expectations
Participate in school roll-out activities
Apply and teach school-wide expectations in classrooms
Reward students for following expectations according to reward system (developed by PBS school leadership team)
Use consistent approaches for addressing disruptive behaviors
Review data to direct approaches around behavior change

19. Where to Learn More About PBS