- (a) “Positive behavioral supports (PBS)” involves the application of behavior analysis to achieve socially important behavior change.
(b) PBS occurs at the:
- (1) Prevention level for all students in a school;
- (2) Strategic intervention level for students who are not responding, from a social-emotional and behavioral perspective, to the prevention level; and
- (3) Intensive service or crisis-management level for students who need multi-faceted and/or comprehensive behavioral or mental health services.
(c)
(1) PBS involves a planned and collaborative school-wide approach with a goal of:
- (A) Establishing positive and supportive school environments that teach and reinforce students' prosocial behavior;
- (B) Holding students positively accountable for meeting established behavioral expectations; and
- (C) Maintaining a level of consistency throughout the implementation process.
(2) This goal is accomplished by using positive behavioral:
- (A) Programs;
- (B) Strategies; and
- (C) Approaches.