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Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day.

Tier 1: Tier 1 systems, data, and practices impact everyone across all settings, delivering regular, proactive support and preventing unwanted behaviors.
Tier 2: Tier 2 practices and systems provide targeted support for students at risk for developing more serious problem behavior who are not successful with Tier 1 supports.
Tier 3: At Tier 3, students receive more intensive, individualized support to improve their behavioral and academic outcomes. At most schools, there are 1-5% of students who require Tier 3 supports.

Learn more about positive behavior support from Dr. Randy Sprick.

Source: PBIS.org

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ADHD in the Classroom: Teacher's Quick Reference

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A two-page quick reference covering the 10 most common ADHD behaviors teachers encounter in the classroom. For each behavior, the guide explains what's happening in the student's brain (task initiation failure, working memory overload, emotional dysregulation, etc.) and provides specific, actionable strategies teachers can implement immediately. Includes four guiding principles for supporting students with ADHD: behavior is communication not defiance, structure the environment not the child, connection before correction, and consistency matters more than intensity.

Submitted by:

Lei Jin

Practical Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices: Check-in Check-out for Students With and at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

This paper describes the implementation of Check In Check Out (CICO) as an evidence-based practice to support students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) within educational settings. CICO...

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

04/02/2025

Factors Predicting Sustained Implementation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Sustained implementation of effective behavior support systems and practices is critical for improving academic and behavior outcomes for students with and without disabilities. Although...

Journal Name:

Exceptional Children

Publish date:

11/22/2024

Allocating Resources for Tier 2 and 3 Implementation Within Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Schools have a finite number of resources each year to allocate towards the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). Therefore, school leadership teams must carefully consider how resources...

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

10/11/2022

Kentucky Behavioral Institute

DEBH

Sun, 06/14/2026 - 20:00 - Mon, 06/15/2026 - 20:00

Louisville, Kentucky

Conference Dates & Times: June 15, 2026: Monday Sessions begin 8:00 AM – end 4:30 PM June 16, 2026: Tuesday Sessions begin 8:00 AM – end 4:30 PM See Conference at a Glance Tab for more details...

ILCCBD Winter Conference

DEBH

Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:00 - Sun, 02/08/2026 - 11:30

Online Event

Designing Learning Where Students with EBD Belong and Thrive is a professional development opportunity you won't want to miss. The program is presented virtually via zoom so you may attend from...

Minnesota DEBH: "Decoding Student Behavior: What Every Teacher Should Know"

Council for Exceptional Children and Division for Emotional Behavioral Health presents "Decoding Student Behavior: What Every Teacher Should Know" on Thursday, September 25th at Behavior Institute for Children and Adolescents (BICA). Their address is Suite 200 at 203 Little Canada Rd. E, Little Canada, MN. A presentation by Dr. Dana Page on "Positive Behavior Intervention Supports" will be at 5:00pm to 6:00pm. An Open House will take place at the same time from 4pm to 7pm. Snacks are provided.

Thu, 09/25/2025 - 12:00 - Thu, 09/25/2025 - 15:00

Little Canada, Minnesota

Contact [email protected] for questions or more information.

CEC & Center on PBIS PD Series Kick-off | Supportive, Culturally Responsive, and Inclusive Practices to Enhance Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Growth

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Tue, 08/19/2025 - 10:00 - Tue, 08/19/2025 - 11:15

Online Event

During this webinar, we kick off our professional development series and introduce an anchor resource that will guide our work throughout the year: Supporting and Responding to Students’ Social...

Track then Graph An Individualized Checklist with Rewards and a Graphing Template

The "Individualized Checklist with Rewards" is a customizable, self-monitoring checklist for students to use independently or with support from a family member or teacher. The student works with their family member or teacher to identify tasks to complete on the checklist, as well as small and large rewards to work for. To track their progress over time, students can graph their data using the "Example of Monitoring for Effectiveness Using Graphing."

Submitted by:

Blair Payne

Promoting Safe and Nurturing Environments: CEC’s New Position Statement on Preventing and Responding to Maltreatment of Individuals with Disabilities 

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has recently adopted a new position statement focused on preventing and responding to maltreatment of children with disabilities. This significant initiative...

Publish Date:

April 16, 2025

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Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day.

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