SWARTZ CREEK, Michigan — A new approach to discipline could reduce the number of students sent to the principal's office. Principals and teachers in the Swartz Creek School District are creating a ...

With the encouragement of the Pennsylvania Department of Education (“PDE”), most Pennsylvania school districts issue Individualized Education Programs(“IEP”) in which parents are advised that if a ...

Positive behavior support models can help improve the learning environment and safety at schools, but need to be monitored to make sure all members of the school community are buying into their ...

The Positive Behavior Support-Nevada program, located in the University of Nevada, Reno's College of Education's Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, offers a way to positively impact the ...

Disciplining students is never an easy thing to do. When you hear of a student being disciplined in school or on the bus, what picture comes to your mind? The Encarta Dictionary defines discipline as ...

THIBODAUX -- Often, it’s the bad kids who get all the attention in the classroom. That’s why the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education started the Positive Behavior Support Plan as a way ...

Operationally define challenging behaviors. Challenging behaviors should be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measureable (i.e., one can see and count the behaviors). Be specific ...