This document provides an introduction to Positive Behavioral Support (PBS). It defines PBS as a process for understanding problem behaviors based on values and research. PBS considers all factors impacting a child's behavior and can address issues like aggression, tantrums, and social withdrawal. The essential steps of PBS include building a support team, person-centered planning, functional behavior assessment, developing a hypothesis, creating a behavior support plan, and monitoring outcomes. It emphasizes that PBS is a collaborative process used by many school systems to effectively address problem behaviors through prevention and teaching of replacement skills.

1. Introduction
for Positive
Behavioral
Support
HealthyCHILD
Training

3. Definition of PSB
PBS is a process for understanding and resolving
the problem behavior of children that is based on
values and empirical research. It offers and
approach for developing and understanding of why
the child engages in problem behavior and
strategies' for preventing the occurrence of problem
behavior while teaching the child new skills.
Positive behavior support offers a holistic approach
that considers all factors that impact the child and
the child’s behavior. It can be used to address
problem behaviors that range from aggression,
tantrums, and property destruction to social
withdrawal.

4. PBS The Essential Steps
Building a
Behavior
Support Team
Person-
Centered
Planning
Functional
Behavior
Assessment
Hypothesis
Development
Behavior
support Plan
Development
Monitoring
Outcomes

5. Building a Team
O Who do you bring to the table……………
O Educator
O Family
O Therapists
O Instructional /administrative personnel
O Medical professionals
O People who transport the child, Bus Driver,
family member etc.

7. Person Centered Planning
O Person centered planning is a key feature
of positive behavior support for young
children with problem behavior and
families that are committed to a
collaborative team approach.
O Provides a process for bringing the team
together to discuss visions and dreams for
the child.
O Person Centered Planning uses group
facilitation techniques

8. Functional Behavior
Assessment
Is a process used to develop
understanding and
determine function of a
child’s behavior.

9. How does this fit with the
Pyramid model?

10. FBA Tools
O Observations- The
foundation
O ABC recording and
Analysis
O Interviews.
O Behavior Rating
scales
O Brainstorming
functions of behavior.

11. Functions
O To Avoid……..
O Sensory stimulation
O Attention
O Demands
O Tasks or activities
O People
O Activities

12. Functions
O To Obtain
O Sensory stimulation
O Attention
O Objects and Materials
O People
O Activities
O Help

13. Hypothesis Development
O What is a hypothesis?
O A prediction
O A best guess
O Taking into account all of the info.
O Predictors, circumstances, settings, and
purpose.

14. Sample Hypotheses
O Nathan appears to use tantrums to
request help and objects. When these
tantrums occur, the caregiver is likely to
provide attention, the requested object, or
another preferred object. Nathan does
not make requests verbally, but will bring
an adult to desired object. If he does not
receive a consequence for his request,
Nathan will have tantrum.

15. Behavior Support Plan
Development
O Prevention strategies: strategies used to
reduce the likelihood that the behavior will
occur
O Replacement Skills: skills to teach that will
replace the problem behavior
O Consequence Strategies: Guidelines for how
the ADULTS will respond to the problem
behavior in ways that will NOT maintain the
behavior positive reinforcement
O Long Term Strategies: Long Term goals that
help the child and the family in meeting their
goals for the child.

16. Monitoring Outcomes
O Effectiveness of the behavior support plan
must be monitored.
O Measurement of changes in problem
behavior/ achievement of new skills and
lifestyle outcomes

18. Why is this important?
O PBS and FBA are
common processes
used by most local
school systems.
O It is a researched
based method of
problem solving
around children’s
behavior.
O It is effective!

19. Lets think together!
O Anticipated Positive
Outcomes……..
O Anticipated
Hurdles…….

20. What We Know!
ORevisit graphic organizer.
OMake a list of questions for
your HealhtyCHILD DHC.

21. Thank You
For your time and participation!
Stacy and Audra