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Looking for Behavior Support?
Although behaviours in the school system have changed a great deal in the past few decades, our strategies for supporting those behaviours have not. When we move beyond punitive practices for dealing with misbehaviour, we find strategies that work.
The information in this book is not a program, nor is it a one-size-fits-all set of strategies. It is a framework based on brain research for helping educators analyse their behavioural philosophy and practices.
Positive Behavior Principles outlines nine core principles that can be used to design prevention, intervention and crisis strategies for supporting student behaviours in schools. This information complements both PBIS, as well as behavioural RTI efforts.˙
"Dan has worked with teachers in my former and current districts over the course of the past five years implementing the Positive Behavior Principles, and our students have derived a great deal of benefit from learning from teachers who build strong relationships with them and who understand the value of teaching skills that help our students make better behavioral choices each day."
- Dr. Daniel Loughran, Assistant Superintendent
"Adopting these principles shifted my approach to classroom management, and as my perspective changed, so did my outcomes. Rather than expecting compliance with my policies and systems, I began connecting with individual students and strengthening relationships. In the most challenging situations, I no longer expect too much at once. I start with one or two small, concrete target behaviours and build on successes. These principles have given me strategies that have worked and have resulted in transformation in my classroom."
- Elizabeth McLeod, Teacher
