Oxford Preparatory Academy, South Orange County (OPA-SOC) recently received recognition for the successful implementation of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support at the GOLD level. This recognition reflects OPA-SOC's excellence in the implementation of the core features of PBIS.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS), is a multitiered framework designed to teach children appropriate behavior and provide support to sustain that behavior. It helps create safer and more effective schools while helping students feel valued and supported.
Benefits of PBIS:
- Students learn and are reinforced for the behaviors that are desired and expected, rather than only learning what they should not do.
- Positive behavior supports have been found to promote positive learning environments, create trusting and respectful student-teacher relationships, and result in more frequent and long-lasting demonstration of positive, desired behavior by students.
- In schools where PBIS is being implemented with fidelity, improvements were found in office discipline referrals, suspensions, school safety and climate, academic achievement, and bullying.