Positive Behavior Support (PBS)

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In this paper I will be comparing and contrasting three researched based articles regrading positive Behavior Support (PBS). PBS is a method of inhibiting maladaptive behaviors by teaching and reinforcing positive behaviors (Lynnette, Young, & Marchant, 2004). This method is critical in helping students with behavior disorders be able to learn in a classroom environment. A student that have a behavior disorders can posiable be a major distraction in the classroom impeding their education and their classmates’ education. In fact, Research has found the number one concern of many teachers and administrators is aggressive behavior by students in the classroom (Lynnette, Young, & Marchant, 2004). These behaviors have made it difficult …show more content…

Both students were close to repeating the third grade and have serious behavior problem displayed in the classroom and at home. A PBS plan was created as an intervention to get these students back on track in the classroom. The goals were to prevent aggressive and distracting behaviors in the classroom that was impeding their education. The methods used in their PBS plan were self-monitoring, teacher and peer mediated support, and positive reinforcement (Lynnette, Young, & Marchant, 2004). The positive reinforcement used most often was praise for appropriate behaviors and a token economy system administrated by teachers and paraprofessionals that interacted with the students (Lynnette, Young, & Marchant, 2004). The result of the plan was an immediate improvement in their socially appropriate classroom behavior. This was measured by comparing their behavior in a sample of same-aged student evaluated by their teachers (Lynnette, Young, & Marchant, 2004). All in all, the researcher found a major difference in the two student’s behavior in the classroom that lead to them improving …show more content…

Unfortunately, there are many obstacles implanting PBS school wide. For instance, In the article “Identifying Barriers and Facilitators in Implementing Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support” the author describes the barriers that teacher and administrators face in facilitating the PBS method. The researcher sets out to find why PBS is successful in one school but not the other. They invited schools that have been trained and implementing PBS for at least a year to a forum and examined their experiences by asking them questions (Safran, 2006). Two of the following questions that they asked was “What have been the barriers to implementing schoolwide positive behavior support in your school or district?” and "What can we do to better promote successful implementation across a number of schools and districts?" (Safran, 2006). They found that the schools that had trouble implementing PBS school-wide identified high turnover, time. lack of knowledge. philosophical differences, misunderstanding, and misperceptions as barriers in successfully implementing PBS in their school (Safran, 2006). In the end the researcher concluded providing training and support for the educator would alleviate many of the problems that prevents them from successfully implementing the PBS method school

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