Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework for improving and integrating all the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. It is a way to support everyone to create the kinds of schools where all students are successful. 

Three Tiers of Support

PBIS is a multi-tiered framework – three tiers, to be exact. Each tier aligns to the type of support students need.  When schools implement PBIS, they:

• Regularly check the effectiveness of their practices
• Pull from a continuum of evidence-based interventions to support student needs
• Develop content expertise through coaching and on-going professional development
• Rely on teams to guide implementation
• Use data to monitor student progress
• Implement universal screening practices
• Include community members and families to create culturally relevant practices.

Learn more about PBIS
Center on Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports