Positive Behavior Intervention Support

The author, a professor of special education, is an expert in the areas of behavior disorders, the assessment and treatment of behavioral disorders and interventions for behavioral disorders. This article provides an objective and useful discussion regarding the relationship between Behavior Intervention Plans and the issues that must be address by school staff when developing and monitoring them. The author also provides readers with specific areas which must be address when developing Behavior Intervention Plans. The information provided may be useful for teachers and school staff.

A Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS) is critical for students that have challenging behaviors to increase academic success. The PBSS will look and be implemented differently in each school district. According to Bloom (2013) Students that display challenging behaviors often seem unmotivated and unengaged to the classroom teacher and disruptive. A Positive Behavioral Support System has evidence based data linking academic success with positive student behavior; furthermore, it must meet the needs of the students and the school district. Considering each student and school district is different the PBSS will be different in many aspects. Richards, Murakami, and Weiland (2014).

Teachers will develop new skills, receive interventions and broaden their knowledge of behavior interventions and strategies to use in the classroom setting. Research based strategies and interventions will be provided so that participants are able to pick up useful skills to build a successful toolbox of strategies to use for Tier 1 behavior support and interventions.

Consistency is important to any Positive Behavioral Support System and it is the third step in the model. Without consistency the PBSS would not work, it links skills to accountability and special situations (Knoff, 2017a). Being consistent means to conform, accuracy, or fairness. By practicing expected behavior in the classroom and common areas will improve the success and create a positive environment. Staff can intervene/prevent special situations such as teasing, taunting, bullying, harassment and fighting by following the Behavioral Matrix (Knoff,

(b) The data for this study came from a sample of 6,988 children enrolled at 21 elementary schools that participated in a randomized trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS). This trial specifically included data on instances of

The Behavioral Matrix adds to the strength of a Positive Behavior Support System. PBSS is a school-wide program that holds all students accountable. One of the key principles is that all students in the school should experience five positive interactions (collectively, from adults, peers, or themselves) for every negative interaction (Kazdin, 2000; Kerr & Nelson, 2002). The Behavioral Matrix supports this principle because the expected prosocial behaviors are incentivized by rewards, reinforcers, and positive responses. Each grade level team would use the school-wide incentives for the students within their grade level but also the behavioral standards developed for their grade level. This would provide consistency and accountability for

The PBIS framework provides behavior supports through essential strategies that enhance academics and social outcomes in schools, (Responsive Classroom and PBIS Can Schools Use Them Together, n.d). According to the Office of Special Education Programs Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, OSEP TA Center on PBIS (2013) it is reported that school-wide PBIS has been implemented in 50 states and over 19,000 schools across the United States. Hence, the PBIS framework is a structure that provides a strong foundation in positive discipline. Using positive discipline and positive reinforcement centers the attention on desired outcomes and redirection. Some of the strategies include a focus on skill teaching, the use of positive statements through respectful practices, data-based decision making and the implementation of three tiers of positive behavior support to meet the variety of student needs. Tier one is intended to support all students in all situations (Responsive Classroom and PBIS Can Schools Use Them Together, n.d). This is done through the use of common language, positive reinforcements, frequent verbal connections of behavior to expectation, morning and closing classroom meetings, logical consequences and problem-solving

This letter is in regards to Aman Lakhanpal. In January 2018, Aman began working in the Behavioral Intervention Class for the Emotionally Disturbed. The students that we work with on a daily basis are very fragile and come from all walks of life. Aman has been assigned to a young woman who is deaf and for whom the only way of communication is through sign language. Aman did not know any sign language when she was assigned to the student. Aman is very motivated and took it upon herself to learn the language. She used each day to research and learn the alphabet and signs in sign language so that she could communicate with her student. Her willingness to learn sign language to help the student and choosing to stay in the emotionally disturbed

To complete a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Plan (BIP) I collected data through observations, conducted a Lewis Environmental Inventory, interviewed my mentor teacher, and did Functional Assessment Checklist for Teachers and Staff (FACTS). By completing an FBA and BIP I prepared myself for my future career as a teacher, and addressed some best practices for teachers when it comes to behavior management. I’ve learned how you can change student behaviors through things like reinforcements and consequences. How to use strategies for teachers and students to help them succeed academically and socially. In this reflection, I analyze the strengths and drawbacks of creating an FBA/BIP, my own learning in completing

I developed these ten journal reviews to gain more knowledge on diverse behavior management techniques for children. Most of the journals promoted techniques that were aimed towards preschoolers and children in a K-3 setting. Many incorporated techniques to help English Language Learners (ELL) and children with special needs reduce challenging behaviors. To develop this artifact, I analyzed whether or not the strategies and techniques mentioned were developmentally appropriate and complied with NAEYC’s Code of Ethics as well as the Principles of Professional Conduct.

The implementation of positive behavior management systems in schools play a vital role in creating and maintaining a safe and supportive school environment. According to (safeschoolshub) “A safe school is one that takes action to promote and recognize positive student behavior, ensure student safety and minimize risk.”

These results indicate that in North Carolina negative behaviors in the future are preventable. The instructing officers stated that it improved their relationships with the children, the school, and the community as a whole, which shows that the program is working (National Institution of Justice).

Williams & Wilkins (1996) conclude the quality and quantity of good research evidence for the effectiveness of behavioral counseling interventions are increasing. Brief interventions integrated into routine primary care can effectively address the most common and important risk behaviors. Effective interventions typically involve behavioral counseling techniques and use of other resources to assist patients in undertaking advised behavior changes (pg.268). Clinician advice to change lifestyle habits is associated with increased efforts to change and is effective in encouraging smoking cessation, reducing problem drinking, and modifying some activity- and diet- associated cardiovascular risk factors. This advice also increases satisfactions

There are many different policies and procedures that schools have to abide by some of these are;

Behavior modification takes steps and actions in order for it to work. According to Driscoll, step one is the problem must identify. Step two Determine appropriate reinforces. Step 3 identify an effective reinforce. Step 4 implement the reinforcer to change or shape the behavior. At the school I currently work at as an assistant teacher we have a student who is new to our school. She moved from California to New York over the summer. California curriculum is different than New York. The problem with the student is that she is currently in 3rd grade but was having a lot of trouble adapting to our curriculum. She struggled a lot with math and reading to the point that she gave up doing her work her when it became difficult. The teacher suggested