Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support

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  • Bensalem Township High School

  • Mahanoy City Center

  • Penn Hills Elementary School

  • Shaler Area Middle School

  • Shenandoah Valley Elementary School

 
  • School - Wide PBIS

     

    PBIS in Elementary, Middle, and Elementary schools in Pennsylvania

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  • Program - Wide PBIS

     

    PBIS in Early Childhood and Pre-school settings in Pennsylvania

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  • PA Resources

     

    Information on PBIS in Pennsylvania such as yearly evaluations, newsletters, and community resources that assist schools in the implementation of PBIS

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  • PAPBS Network Video

     

    The PAPBS Network developed an Introduction video about Positive Behavior Interventions and Support

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Meet the State Coordinating Team

The State Coordinating Team functions as the management team who work consistently to enhance PAPBS Network.

Western Region

Intermediate Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 27, and 28

Western Region Contacts

Central Region

Intermediate Units 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 29

Central Region Contacts

Eastern Region

Intermediate Units 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26

Eastern Region Contacts
Click on each region's city landscapes (West, Central, and East) for a current list of State Coordination Team Membership.
 

Our Mission

The Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Network (PAPBS Network), through training and technical assistance, supports schools and their family and community partners to create and sustain comprehensive, school-based behavioral health support systems in order to promote the academic, social and emotional well-being of all Pennsylvania’s students.

What is Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)?

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports is an evidence-based, cost-effective, systems approach for establishing the social culture needed for schools to be effective learning environments for all students. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports eliminates barriers to learning, creates and maintains a safe and effective learning environment in schools, and ensures that all students have the social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school and beyond. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports helps schools teach students expected behaviors and social skills, creates student behavioral health and academic support systems, and applies data-based decision-making to discipline, academics, and social/emotional learning. Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports uses the three-tiered approach of universal interventions (for all students and settings), secondary interventions (for students who are at-risk), and tertiary interventions (for individual students needing specialized assistance).

Our Partners

The following agencies are involved in the Community of Practice on School-Based Behavioral Health.