A. In schools today, there are a number of challenges in educating our students. Teachers not only are responsible for effectively teaching all the academic subjects to the students, but they also have to deal with others factors that affects their daily instruction. Some of those factors are the emotional and behavior disorder of some of their students. The discipline of the students continues to be a challenging issue for teachers and principals. It interferes with the learning process and makes it harder for the students to master the academic concept that the teacher is teaching. Test accountability holds so much weight on student achievement that school administrators looking for ways to help reduce the discipline problems …show more content…
Thesis: The implementation of Positive Behavior Supports plays and influential role in education and influences how many schools manage unwarranted behaviors. It holds all stakeholders accountable for their own behavior, it creates a culture where appropriate behavior is normal, and in some instances, it can possibly eliminate problematic behavior.
II. Background:
A. Because of the advancements in innovation and shifts in cultural values, there was a demand in the early 80’s to design an application for challenging behavior.
B. The non-aversive technology that emerged in the late 80’s and early 90’s for addressing challenging behaviors of individuals with severe disabilities was referred to as positive behavioral supports.
1. Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) can be applied with individuals, schools, school districts, and within early childhood programs.
C. The purpose of Positive Behavior Supports is to implement researched-based interventions and strategies that prevent not punish while focusing on giving students rewards for exhibiting warranted behaviors and for academic performance.
D. IDEA requires the use of Positive Behavior Supports not only for students who receive special services but for all students who exhibit problematic behavior in which that behavior adversely effects the student’s performance.
1. Address the classroom behavior
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There are advocates who believe that the implementation of Positive Behavior Support helps to eliminate problematic behaviors; it holds everyone involved accountable for their own behavior, and in some instances, it can also eliminate problematic behavior. Then there are others who believe that implementing Positive Behavior Support limits the teacher’s personal management choices, teachers and students rely too heavily on incentives, and it has no significant impact on problematic behavior. Nonetheless, whatever practices or approaches schools decide to implement it is important to remember that if you’re teaching in a classroom that is chaotic and not well managed and maintained then all of your teaching is done in vain and it is not beneficial to