Positive Behavior Support (PBS) refers to research-based strategies and tools that are used to increase quality of life and decrease challenging behavior by changing social interactions and settings that tend to be associated with challenging behavior. Four key elements of positive behavior include: Valued Outcomes – Interventions considered must be person-centered in spirit and culturally […]
Positive Behavior Support (PBS; also called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is one type of positive support. Positive Behavior Support is used to improve the quality of a person’s life at any age. Positive Behavior Support is also helpful because it can be used to prevent or decrease challenging behavior. The tools and strategies used in […]
The stories on this page describe how positive behavior support can be used to improve quality of life and decrease challenging behavior over time for children and adults.
Thanks for visiting the Standards of Practice page. This site is being created with positive behavior support champions across the state of Minnesota who support children and adults across the lifespan. Each of the boxes below are meant to provide information to different community partners who are interested in positive behavior support. You can still […]
Over the years the practices associated with positive behavior support have evolved as our field improves on how to best serve and improve the quality of life for individuals as evidenced by the APBS Mission, Vision, and Equity Statement. To address diverse needs a set of guidelines has been developed that are designed to be applied across a wide range of settings (school, home, community) and with diverse populations.
The goal of the MNPBS Standards is to improve services for people of all ages and to share a common positive behavior support language across settings.
The term Positive Support refers to strategies and practices that are: Person-centered in nature, sensitive to the unique cultures and backgrounds of each individual, and respectful towards people receiving these supports; Evidence-based or promising practices; Adapted and improved over time using assessment processes to guide use; and Often implemented with more than one evidence-based or […]
