Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an approach to helping people improve their difficult behavior that is based on four things:

1. An Understanding that people (even caregivers) do not control others, but seek to support others in their own behavior change process;
2. A Belief that there is a reason behind most difficult behavior, that people with difficult behavior should be treated with compassion and respect, and that they are entitled to lives of quality as well as effective services;
3. The Application of a large and growing body of knowledge about how to better understand people and make humane changes in their lives that can reduce the occurrence of difficult behavior; and
4. A Conviction to continually move away from coercion - the use of unpleasant events to manage behavior.

Below are a list of links to PBS resources:

• Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behaviors
• Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
• Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports
• School Wide Information System (SWIS)