Positive Behavior Support

In the past, school-wide discipline has focused mainly on reacting to specific student misbehavior by implementing punishment-based strategies including reprimands, loss of privileges, office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions. Research has shown that the implementation of punishment, especially when it is used inconsistently and in the absence of other positive strategies, is ineffective. Introducing, 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 PBS is to establish a climate in which appropriate behavior is the norm.  Please follow the link below to learn more about the state-wide plan to promote positive behavior in Louisiana schools.  

http://www.lapositivebehavior.com/default.cfm

This page will aim to highlight many of the celebrations that Maplewood will be having throughout the year for PBS.