To begin a Positive Behavior Interventions and Support program, schools start with five goals: maximizing the classroom’s physical space, teacher engagement with students, and explanations and use of ...

Q: Can rewarding my child for good behavior be helpful, and how can I implement rewards effectively? A: Absolutely, incorporating rewards into your parenting strategy can be a valuable tool, ...

The 2021-2022 school year began full of promise. Students, families, and educators were ready to get back to pre-pandemic learning routines. Almost no one was prepared for how the landscape had ...

A new mobile tool from Panorama Education allows teachers to track student behavior and feedback, potentially informing how they respond to misbehavior. The COVID-19 pandemic has flipped the education ...

For 25 years, the Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, or PBIS, has worked with schools around the country to make learning environments more supportive and productive. The PBIS ...

Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral therapy technique that encourages beneficial behaviors by giving rewards or positive reinforcement. CM incentivizes certain behaviors and discourages ...

In the first post in this series, we looked at why willpower-based parenting resolutions fail by February. In the second post, we explored what needs-based parenting goals look like in practice, with ...

Positive behavior change is so hard to maintain because most behavior is habituated, running on autopilot, while we think about other things. Under stress, all animals, including humans, are likely to ...