Individual positive behavior supports: a standards-based guide to practices in school and community settings

Aligned with the Association for Positive Behavior Supports Standards of Practice, this graduatelevel text is an authoritative PBS primer for professionals preparing for work in educational and communitybased settings.

More than 60 leading scholars present the critical skills and knowledge professionals need to translate the principles and science of PBS into personcentered interventions that improve lives.

Covering a broad range of ages, disabilities, and settings, this comprehensive textbook fully prepares professionals to support all people with challenging behavior, effectively and respectfully.

PREPARE PROFESSIONALS TO Use the foundations of PBS and applied behavior analysis (ABA) in everyday practice Conduct personcentered functional behavior assessments Select and design effective behavior interventions and curricular modifications Develop comprehensive, multielement PBS plans tailored to individual needs and goals Ensure fidelity of behaviorplan implementation Facilitate generalization and maintenance of behavior changes PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Vignettes that illustrate effective approaches; online companion materials for instructors, including PowerPoints that enhance teaching and learning and study questions for discussion and reflection.

TOPICS COVERED: antecedent strategies consequence strategies functional behavior assessments personcentered planning teams databased decision making singlesubject research methodology systematic instruction selfdetermination quality of life visual supports partnering with families curricular modifications selfmanagement strategies behavior assessment and data analysis systemic change culturally responsive PBS future directions for PBS and more!