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PBS has made an incredibly positive impact on our school's culture and climate. The reduction of office referrals and behavioral problems has paved the way for us to dedicate more time towards academics. - Wendy Herrera Principal, Orange-Ridge Bullock

What is Positive Behavior Support?

Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is a collaborative, assessment-based approach to developing effective interventions for problem behavior. PBS emphasizes the use of proactive, educative, and reinforcement-based strategies to achieve meaningful and durable behavior and lifestyle changes for all students.
The aim is to build effective environments in which positive behavior is more effective than problem behavior so that academic success can be achieved.

Beginning in the 2005-2006 academic year, The School District of Manatee County began to partner with the Florida PBS project through the Department of Child and Family Studies of the Louis de la Parte Institute at the University of South Florida. In the past two years our district has added eight new PBS schools with plans to bring an additional three schools on-board beginning in the 2008-'09 year.

Do You Know StudentsWhose Behaviors...
Pose a significant risk to self or others?
Create an extensive loss of academic time?
Lead to exclusion from typical educational opportunities?
PBS Can...
Restore communication between home and school.
Reduce disruptive behaviors.
Maintain a least restrictive environment for all students.
Do You Have a School With...
Teachers who are having diffi culty meeting academic goals because of a significant number of classroom behavior problems?
A significant number of students who are late, absent, or engaged in problem behavior?
A large number of disciplinary exclusions (suspension, expulsion or change of placement) resulting from problem behavior?
PBS Can...
Increase the capacity of teachers to address classroom behavior problems.
Reduce the number of offi ce referrals for problem behavior.
Reduce the need for disciplinary exclusions.

PBS Schools in Manatee County

Manatee County Safe Schools

PO Box 9069  

Bradenton, Florida 34206

Phone (941) 708-8770 ext.2191