School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS)

The Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a federally funded technical assistance center that supports schools and districts in implementing the PBIS framework. School-wide PBIS is a multi-tiered framework built around four core features — outcomes, practices, systems, and data — to improve social, emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes for all students. Supports are organized across three tiers: universal (Tier 1) for all students, targeted (Tier 2) for students needing additional support, and intensive/individualized (Tier 3) for students with the highest needs. Research links school-wide PBIS implementation to reduced discipline referrals and suspensions, improved academic performance, reduced bullying, and improved school climate. The pbis.org website provides tools, publications, training resources, and state coordinator contacts to support implementation.

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