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

Continuum of Procedures for Encouraging Expected Behaviors

Feature Purpose:  Provide students and staff frequent, positive, genuine feedback for displaying desired behaviors (both social and academic).

Feature Outcomes: Establish a positive school climate in which compliance receives more attention than non-compliance. Additionally, because the feedback will be contingent upon appropriate behaviors and provide specific feedback, it will serve as ongoing formative assessment information to guide future planning and learning.

Examples of a Continuum for Encouraging Expected Behaviors Include:

•    Establish a system to provide tangible, specific positive feedback to students when they meet expectations.
•    Establish a system to provide tangible, specific positive feedback to staff.
•    Procedures are understood and practiced by administrators, staff, students, and families.
•    Encouragement should be implemented at a sufficient ratio (e.g., 4:1) to support expected behaviors


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