School wide positive behavior supports is a “value-based intervention approach that
integrates research based practices in behavioral, social, educational, and biomedical sciences,
with systems change strategies to enhance individuals’ quality of life and to reduce or prevent
their problem behaviors”. (Bambara, Nonnemacher, & Kern, 2009, p. 161) School-wide positive
behavior support programs use a framework that allows staff to have access to “data driven,
tiered levels of evidence based support determined by student need”. (Jolivette, McDaniel,
Sprague, Swain-Bradway, & Parks Ennis, 2012, p. 17) In addition, the three tiered framework
provides a “continuum of support with three tiers of prevention support all students and primarily
integrates research based practices in behavioral, social, educational, and biomedical sciences,
with systems change strategies to enhance individuals’ quality of life and to reduce or prevent
their problem behaviors”. (Bambara, Nonnemacher, & Kern, 2009, p. 161) School-wide positive
behavior support programs use a framework that allows staff to have access to “data driven,
tiered levels of evidence based support determined by student need”. (Jolivette, McDaniel,
Sprague, Swain-Bradway, & Parks Ennis, 2012, p. 17) In addition, the three tiered framework
provides a “continuum of support with three tiers of prevention support all students and primarily