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Positive Behavior and Interventions Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based systems approach to establishing and maintaining positive learning environments. PBIS offers ideas to support modeling, teaching, and recognizing positive, appropriate behavior (Lee, 2019).

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~Every child has the capacity to learn proper behavior
~Early intervention can prevent more serious behavior problems
~Each child is different and schools need to provide a wide variety of behavior supports
~Methods schools use to teach behavior should be based on research
~Following a child’s behavioral progress is crucial
~Schools should gather and use data to make decisions about behavior problems and strategies for dealing with them (Lee, 2019).

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PBIS provides systems for responding to student behavior problems and guides the implementation of the best practices for improving behavior outcomes for all students, while also increasing opportunities for academic engagement (Lee, 2019).

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Token rewards are one tool to help get kids started on the right path. Rewards must be applied equitably to recognize kids who are struggling but improving (Lee, 2019).

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Prevention, not punishment, of behavior issues is the focus of PBIS (Lee, 2019).

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Key Takeaways
~Studies show PBIS can help improve student discipline, behavior and even grades and overall academic success
~PBIS is for all students in a school
~If the school uses a reward system that parents feel exclude their child, it is important for them to raise concerns with the principal (Lee, 2019).

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KidTools and KidSkills are great evidence-based tools for PBIS. KidTools and KidSkills are forms of software to help students take control of their learning, behavior, and problem solving to improve their success in school. These software programs include templates for children to personalize and use independently. KidTools are organized into groups according to their strategies for encouraging behavior change. They include tools for earning points for appropriate behaviors, making behavior contracts, developing behavior plans, and self-monitoring (UM, 2011).

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~ClassDojo

With ClassDojo, you award students points for positive classroom behaviors and subtract points for negative behaviors. Students have customizable monster avatars that display a running points total, and you can also view class points to create some friendly competition, which engages students.
~Stop Go!
With Stop Go!, you can make classroom transitions run more smoothly. This simple traffic light app with audio allows you to set a timer and signal to students that it is time to wrap up an activity and move on to the next one (Lynch, 2017).

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As an LMS, I definitely plan to integrate PBIS in my instruction. For example:
~I plan to be proactive and start each school year off with practices that prevent behavior issues, rather than later on spending more time on punishing and dealing with behavior issues in my classes.
~I love the idea of using ClassDojo and plan to use this for my classes. Good behaviors such as staying on task, returning books on-time, and helping peers will gain points. Disrespectful behavior, late books, and running in the library may warrant loss of points. This can also be great for parent connections. Parents can view their child’s points in real time, and I can even generate behavior reports to send to parents weekly.
~I plan to reward all students, and plan to ensure that no student feels excluded, but instead all are encouraged and motivated to behave well and contribute to a safe and respectful classroom environment.

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I learned a lot from this module. I had never heard of the term PBIS before this class, and now I am such an advocate for it! I especially appreciate the idea of a focus on preventing behavior rather than focusing on punishments.

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The Curators of the University of Missouri (UM) (2011). Kid coach: welcome to to the KTSS resource site! Retrieved from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://kidtools.cepel.org/.
Lee, Andrew (2019). PBIS: what you need to know. Retrieved from https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/treatments-approaches/educational-strategies/pbis-how-schools-support-positive-behavior.
Lynch, Matthew (2017). 5 must have behavior apps, tools, and resources. Retrieved from https://www.thetechedvocate.org/5-must-behavior-apps-tools-resources/.