At last, a comprehensive, down-to-earth handbook for PBIS coaches and team members implementing schoolwide positive behavior interventions and supports. Positive school climates are not achieved through suspensions, detentions, calls to parents, or visits to the principal's office. Rather, lasting change is achieved through collective analysis and data-driven decision making. PBIS is a unique set of guidelines that help schools interpret and act on behavior data and deal with problems proactively. Over 14,000 schools in the United States have implemented schoolwide PBIS. Along with solid, detailed implementation guidelines, this helpful guide offers engaging anecdotes, tips for encouraging staff buy-in, and suggestions for sustaining a successful program at your school. "This book is a very accessible summary of the process of implementing and sustaining schoolwide PBIS. It addresses the best practices in PBIS from the perspective of people who have been involved with it on the ground level and who are willing to offer advice on issues that implementers often face.

Teachers and others involved in implementation will find the insights of the authors helpful as they undertake their own journey to support meaningful behavioral outcomes for students. A must-have for PBIS team members in schools". - Kevin J. Filter, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, Minnesota State University, Mankato.