Positive behavior support is a system that aims to understand and improve challenging behaviors by analyzing and documenting their causes, devising a plan to eliminate them, and using positive behavior modifications to change undesirable habits. The group uses positive reinforcement and change to transform bad behaviors into more appropriate ones.
Positive behavior support is a system set up to understand behavior that can be challenging, such as consistent misbehavior among students. Most of the time inappropriate behaviors serve a purpose for the person doing it, so it’s hard for others to understand and deal with it. Positive behavior support is an attempt to understand and help improve bad behaviors by studying and documenting their causes in an attempt to isolate and resolve problems.
The process of changing negative habits begins with analyzing specific details of the behaviors and looking for triggers. The positive behavior support group begins by observing and documenting when misbehavior occurs, then compares the incidents to previous notes that have been made. This allows the assessment to show which factors or activities contribute to bad behaviors. To resolve a problem behavior, the triggers must first be identified so they can be reversed or, if possible, eliminated. From this point the group can understand what the consequences are for the person and for those around them.
After the analysis and documentation phase, the positive behavior support group devises a plan to eliminate the behaviors. The first step is to set a goal for the person and then design a plan that will work for the specific case. Along with these tasks, the group is also responsible for finding a way to implement the plan. While the plan is in effect and after it is completed, the group will continue to analyze and document the person’s behaviors so they can personally visualize any changes, for better or for worse.
The plan itself is what the positive behavior support group is named after. The group will use positive behavior modifications within the person’s environment to effectively change undesirable habits. As with most parenting plans around the world, positive reinforcement and change are used to reverse bad habits. This group, along with supportive family and friends, can effectively transform bad behaviors into more appropriate behaviors. The good behaviors that are learned in this way are almost always retained by the person, allowing them to continue the good habits and remove the bad ones.
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