EBS/EBIS

WHAT IS EFFECTIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS

(EBS)?

In the past, school discipline has focused mainly on reacting to specific student misbehavior by implementing punishment-based strategies including reprimands, loss of privileges, office referrals, detentions, suspensions, and expulsions. Research has shown that using punishment exclusively, especially when it is used inconsistently and in the absence of other positive strategies, is ineffective. Teaching, modeling, and reinforcing positive social behavior is an important of a student’s educational experience. Teaching behavioral expectations and rewarding students for following them is a much more positive approach than waiting for misbehavior to occur before responding. The purpose of school-wide EBS is to establish a climate in which appropriate behavior is the norm.
A major advance in school discipline is the emphasis on school-wide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. Instead of using a patchwork of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior supports for all students within a school is implemented in all areas including classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, cafeterias, restrooms). EBS is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective environments that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth by making problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional. . . More

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EBIS/EBS Project Proposal

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