School-wide Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support

Abstract

School-based interventions may be much more effective when incorporated as part of a milieu in which the majority of children and adults within an entire school are working together to create a proactive, positive environment, while reducing the opportunities and conditions that trigger behavior problems. A program in which the school responds proactively and consistently to provide effective behavioral support to all teachers and students is referred to as a school-wide intervention, or positive behavior intervention and support program. A school-wide intervention plan should be an essential component of the primary goal of schooling—to ensure all students achieve academic success and receive instruction in a school environment conducive to learning.