Background Information
A major advance in school-wide discipline is the emphasis on
school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies
for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors
to create positive school environments. Instead of using a patchwork
of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive
behavior support for all students within a school is implemented
in areas including the classroom and nonclassroom settings (such
as hallways, restrooms).
Positive behavior support is an application of a behaviorally-based
systems approach to enhance the capacity of school, families,
and communities to design effective environments that improve
the link between research-validated practices and the environments
in which teaching and learning occurs. Attention is focused on
creating and sustaining primary (school-wide), secondary (classroom),
and tertiary (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle
results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for
all children and youth by making problem behavior less effective,
efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.
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