primary prevention
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The primary prevention of positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) consists of rules, routines, and physical arrangements that are developed and taught by school staff to prevent initial occurrences of behavior the school would like to target for change. A school team chooses a set of behaviors they would like to target for change and would then choose the positive reframing of that behavior and make that one of their behavioral expectations. Research indicates that 3-5 behavioral expectations that are positively stated, easy to remember, and significant to the climate are best. At the end of the year, a researcher should be able to walk into the school and ask ten random students to name the behavioral expectations and 80% or better of the students should be able to tell the researcher what they are and give examples of what they look like in action.
Once behavioral expectations are decided on, the school team would then build a matrix (graph) listing the behavioral expectation in a horizontal row. There would be column labels above the behavioral expectations listing all the areas in the school where this behavior could be: 1) taught, 2) modeled, 3) practiced, and 4) observed. The building leadership team would choose two or three examples of what this behavioral expectation would look like in each of these areas. The building leadership team would then decide how they were going to teach these behaviors to the students. The team would also determine how they intended to "catch" students exhibiting the appropriate behaviors. Specific praise is extremely important in increasing the re-occurrence of appropriate behavior (Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports). gotcha awards References: http://www.pbis.org/ |