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instruction
in a behaviorally
students
in class to chaotic
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Shouldn’t will
theyfail.
know
how to behave?
WHAT IF THEY MISBEHAVE?
We can punish the ones
who do wrong...
…or we can teach the expected
behaviors SCHOOLWIDE and
REWARD the ones who are doing the
right thing.
At the heart of a proactive
school-wide discipline plan is the
notion that expected behavior
needs to be taught. Simply put,
“If you want good behavior, you
have to teach it.”
Geoff Colvin,
7 Steps for Developing a Proactive
School-wide Discipline Plan, 2007
School-wide Positive Behavior Support: A
New Standard of School Discipline
Prevention and Teaching Vs.
Control Disruption and/or
Exclude Troubling Students
Requires Environments That Are:
Predictable Positive
Safe
Consistent
TEACH Behavioral Expectations –
TEACH Social Competence
If children fail to follow the rules, we must view this as
failure to learn the rules. Just as we provide a variety
of ways for children to learn content, along with ample
practice, we should do the same for children learning
to follow school rules. As with all curriculum, we must
develop formal teaching procedures for the schoolwide expectations. This should be accomplished
through working with all faculty to develop a sense of
ownership in the development of these teaching
procedures.
SWPBS is associated with…

Reductions in Office Discipline Referrals

Increased academic gains---when combined
with effective instruction

Increased Attendance

Increased perception that school is safe

Sustained implementation at criterion levels.
SYSTEMS OF
SCHOOL-WIDE
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR
SUPPORT
~5%
~15%
Primary Preventions
Whole School, Classroom, and
Non-Classroom
Systems for
All Students & Staff
~80% of Students
Tertiary Interventions
Specialized
Individualized
Systems for Students with
High-Risk Behavior
Secondary Preventions
Specialized Systems for
Students with At-Risk
Behavior
Finally, brothers and sisters,
whatever is true,
whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever
is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is
excellent or praiseworthy—think about such
things.