Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (SW-PBS) is a proactive approach to put strategies in place for all children while building in support for those at risk for and/or those who receive special education services for behavior.

Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support

The mission of Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support (MO SW-PBS) is to assist schools and districts in establishing and maintaining school environments where the social culture and behavioral supports needed to be an effective learning environment is in place for all students.

Welcome Back to School 2009-2010

We are gratified by the steady increase in the number of schools participating in Missouri’s Positive Behavior Support Network. More and more school districts understand that this type of systems change positively affects achievement for all kids by decreasing disciplinary incidents, increasing instructional time and improving teacher satisfaction.”  ~Heidi Atkins Lieberman, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Special Education

Navigating the MO SW-PBS Website:

What is SW-PBS provides the science and logic behind Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support

SW-PBS in Missouri provides an overview of the history of SW-PBS in Missouri, a timeline for statewide implementation, organizational chart and more.

What's New will provide links to new interventions, events or celebrations occurring in Mo SW-PBS participating schools.

Calendar provides a link to the MO SW-PBS Coaches Calender, as well as noting upcoming statewide and national events of interest.

Getting Started provides a link to the current version of commitment forms for new schools, and re-commitment forms for current schools.

SW-PBS and the Law provides information and links to issued pertaining to SW-PBS and legislative actions.

Family Involvement provides information and links regarding family participation in education.

Exemplar Schools provides listing and links to MO SW-PBS schools currently recognized for implementation excellence.

SW-PBS Resources provides links to past presentations, Summer Instiute pages, and local, state and/or national resources of interest

Advisory Group provides a listing of organizations that help guide the MO SW-PBS initiative through information & collaboration

Regional Consultants provides profiles of Regional Consultants and links to their respective RPDCs

Leadership Team provides profiles of the MO SW-PBS Leadership Team members.

Partnerships provides a description of statewide partnerships that work to support MO SW-PBS

Schools provides a listing of participating MO SW-PBS schools

The Coaches Corner is organized based on the Seven Essential Components of Universal (Tier 1) Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support. These Seven Essential Components are individually and collectively Research Based. The Seven Essential Components are applicable to classroom as well as non-classroom settings throughout all school buildings. Embedded within the Seven Essential Components are culturally responsive practices and family and community involvement. The Coaches Corner has information, links and tools for coaches and teams to use.


Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention

For a description of the how Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support and Response to Intervention work in unison please refer to SW-PBS and Response to Intervention: Making Best Use of Our Resources a document that briefly describes the intersection of these two processes.


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