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Positive Behavior Support for Deedee’s class. Sarah Jeff Petzak Elizabeth Whaley Kayla Wiener. What is PBS?. PBS stands for Positive Behavior Supports It is a method used school wide, in the classroom, and on an individual basis
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Positive Behavior Support for Deedee’s class Sarah Jeff Petzak Elizabeth Whaley Kayla Wiener
What is PBS? • PBS stands for Positive Behavior Supports • It is a method used school wide, in the classroom, and on an individual basis • It focuses on the positive behaviors instead of pointing out negative behavior
Our System for Deedee’s Class • Create tickets for individuals and groups • A ticket is earned for each positive behavior • The ticket is given to the person/group, they put their name on the ticket, and then insert it in the paint bucket
The tickets…. • There will be “kids at work” tickets for individuals and for groups • The tickets will be handed out throughout the day and placed in the bucket at the end of each period • Students cannot “hoard” tickets • Several tickets will be drawn weekly with a large prize at the end of the month • The teacher will earn tickets when the class does not follow direction
The Rewards • We will periodically give a Motivation Inventory to assess possible rewards • Weekly rewards could include • Lunch with teacher • Ice Cream Passes • Homework Passes • Gift cards to Ritas, iTunes, Game Stop • Monthly rewards could include • Phillies Tickets • Larger amounts of gift cards
School- wide achievement • When each class earns a specified number of tickets, a brick is added to the wall • When the city is built, the students will vote on a school-wide reward • Possible rewards include: • School-wide pizza party • School-wide ice cream party • School/grade wide field trip
Possible hang ups???? • child having a melt down because they do not receive a ticket • PBS becomes ineffective due to saturation • extinguished burst may occur - problematical behaviors increase • system may be familiar and stale to some students • reinforcer may not be desired by all students • tickets might not be tangible to students because they do not hold onto them • stealing or forging tickets • hording tickets • confusion about ticketing system • fighting over tickets • ticket trading
How we resolved the hang ups • reminders to students that they will have numerous opportunities to earn tickets • modifications to make PBS new and fresh, such different style of tickets for different desired behaviors. • ignore inappropriate behavior and apply specific praise to positive behavior • use a twist with 'teacher tickets' to create a competition. Have students vote on which problematic behaviors are most disruptive to them. create more motivating tickets, colors, themes, etc...Make super tickets for better prizes so students can trade up • reinforcer inventory periodically • have students sign tickets and keep half of the ticket • specific hole punch that teacher stamps • change color of tickets weekly so tickets expire • posters and visual prompts • student looses all of their tickets. tickets will need to deposit immediately. • allow for ticket trading