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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
 

What is PBIS?

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a systems approach to preventing and responding to school and classroom discipline problems. PBIS develops school-wide systems that support staff to teach and promote positive behavior in all students. By reducing behavioral problems, PBIS creates and maintains safe learning environments where teachers can teach and students can learn.

PBIS Resource List

Regional PBIS Specialists

Relevant Links

Families Together in NYS, Inc.

The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Families Together in NYS, Inc. is a non-profit, parent-run organization that strives to establish a unified voice for children with emotional, behavioral, and social challenges. Our mission is to ensure that every family has access to needed information, support, and services.

The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.

The School-Wide Information System (SWIS) is a web-based information system designed to help school personnel to use office referral data to design school-wide and individual student interventions.

Statewide Partners

New York State Education Department:

Office of Mental Health

Families Together in New York State

National Partners