Hatching Hope Workshop: Behavior Intervention and Positive Behavior Support

The term Positive Behavior Support (PBS) to describe the approach used to provide intensive individualized interventions to individuals or children with challenging behavior.

PBS provides a process to understand and resolve the problem behavior of individuals or children that is based on values and empirical research. It offers an approach to develop an understanding of why the child engages in problem behavior and strategies to prevent the occurrence of problem behavior while teaching the child new skills. Positive behavior support offers a holistic approach that considers all factors that have an impact on a child and the child’s behavior. It can be used to address problem behaviors that range from aggression, tantrums, and property destruction to social withdrawal.