Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a prevention-based framework for organizing evidence-based behavioral supports into an integrated continuum that enhances academic and social outcomes for all students. The mission of PBIS is to establish and maintain effective school environments that maximize academic achievement and behavioral competence of all learners in Colorado.

Colorado's 8 Practices of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

• Establish Administrative Leadership: state, district and school leaders' active support
• Develop Team-Based Implementation:  special and general education staff plan and implement
• Define Behavioral Expectations:  concrete, positive behaviors that every student can remember
• Teach Behavioral Expectations:  explain, model, practice and process
• Acknowledge and Reward Appropriate Behavior:  for students and adults
• Monitor and Correct Behavioral Errors:  consistent consequences for a continuum of behaviors
• Use Information for Decision Making:  who, what, when, where and how often
• Build Parent Collaboration:  with schools and community