The Definition of Positive Behavior Support

Below is the proposed definition of positive behavior support and a few questions for gathering your feedback:

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is an approach to behavioral support that includes a process of assessment, intervention, and data-based decision making focused on building social and other functional competencies and preventing the occurrence of problem behaviors. PBS relies on strategies that are respectful of a person’s dignity and overall well-being and that are drawn primarily from behavioral, educational and social sciences, although other evidence-based procedures may be incorporated. PBS may be applied within a multi-tiered framework at the individual level and at the level of larger systems (e.g., families, classrooms, schools, social service programs and facilities).

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* 1. Face Validity: Does it look like it covers the field?

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* 2. Distinguishes PBS from Not-PBS: Can it be used to identify approaches that are or are not PBS?

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* 3. Pertinent for all levels of PBS applications: Does it apply to all settings and populations?

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* 4. Useful for consumers: Can a wide range of consumers use it?

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* 5. Parsimonious: Is it clear and succinct?

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* 6. Does the definition miss any critical variable that is foundational to Positive Behavior Support?