How are families involved in individual PBIS planning?
Many families of students with disabilities have participated in individual positive behavior support planning. Parents’ participation as committee members and educational decision-makers in creating individualized education programs (IEPs) was established in 1975 by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now known as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IEPs of children with behavioral disabilities must include behavior goals, objectives, and intervention plans. Families of students without disabilities are now participating in individual PBIS planning as well. In some schools, family members are asked to serve on the school planning team to provide input and assist in evaluating systems for supporting individual students. In the following resource box below, the article entitled “Getting Behavior in Shape at Home” assists parents in employing PBIS into daily routines. “Getting Behavior in Shape at Home” is also available in Spanish.
