Minnesota Positive Behavior Support (MNPBS)
Standards of Practice: Positive Behavior Support Across the Lifespan
The MNPBS Network has finished the Minnesota Standards of Practice!
Minnesota Standards of Practice Monograph
This is considered version 1.0. We welcome your guidance and feedback for future updates. Email mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com to provide your review.
Minnesota Positive Behavior Support (MNPBS) Memorial Page
Welcome to the MNPBS Memorial. This section of the website is dedicated to PBS champions we have lost. Each person listed here will have a dedicated page that will include reflections, stories and pictures. MNPBS is committed to recognizing anyone who is actively involved in MNPBS or in the larger Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) Networks. If you would like to contribute to one of the pages or suggest a person who we can memorialize, please email Email mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com.
Memorials for APBS ChampionsÂ
Mary Piggott from the Minnesota Positive Behavior Support Network
Matt Enyart from the Home and Community Positive Behavior Support APBS Network.
Share MNPBS Slides in Your Presentations
The slides can be used to share information about the MNPBS Network as you collaborate and present with different groups across Minnesota. MNPBS members, join us in documenting the use of this modules by adding your data to our MNPBS evaluation spreadsheet. Ask Tanya Misgen for more information by emailing mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com for more details.
Share These MNPBS Promotional Slides in Your Presentations
Other MNPBS News….
- We now have a Resource Page created that includes important documents, presentations from Minnesota leaders, and other information about positive behavior support. Visit the Resource Page!
- Email mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com for more information.
- A new PATH for the MNPBS is in the works, join us in creating our new three year vision for moving forward. Email mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com for more information.
Purpose of MNPBS
The Minnesota Positive Behavior Support (MNPBS) Network brings together people who are using positive behavior support from across the state to collaborate and to encourage interagency collaboration. The MNPBS Network is setting up time to complete its third three-year PATH.
MNPBS Network Purpose
The MNPBS Network includes people interested in implementing positive behavior support, self-advocates, and family members. Our Network is used to:
- Build on current and ongoing positive behavior support efforts,
- Share resources and tools,
- Create a way to share news across agencies, programs, and groups,
- Provide information to our Minnesota communities about positive behavior support.
Please join us at one of our upcoming meetings! Email mnpbsnetwork@gmail.com for more information about the MNPBS Network meetings.
Follow us on social media:
Facebook: @mnpbsnetwork
Twitter: @mnpbs
The Association of Positive Behavior Support (APBS)
The MNPBS Network is an informal group established in 2015. The MNPBS Network supports the work of the Association of Positive Behavior Support. Find more information about the Association for Positive Behavior Support at www.apbs.org.
The 2026 APBS Conference is in Minneapolis! Mark your calendars for March 11-14, 2026.
Learn more about all the upcoming conferences here.
Key MNPBS Network Activities
- Scheduling regular MNPBS Network meetings,
- Gathering information about PBS programs, trainings, website information, and other resources that are available across the state of Minnesota,
- Posting information about positive behavior support online at www.mnpsp.org and via Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus,
- Identifying examples of positive behavior support in regions across the state,
- Encouraging interagency communication at local, regional, and state levels,
- Reaching out to local organizations and associations that are interested in positive behavior support,
- Coordinating the Collaborators Forum annually,
- Helping prepare for the APBS Conference, and
- Sharing information with the state about policy and training needs.