Why are PBS and SSI preferable to other behavior management approaches?
PBS attempts to build skills that individuals need to successfully meet their goals. PBS attempts to build an environment that allows individuals with disabilities to demonstrate desirable and ecologically valid behaviors. Families and professionals are required to work together to develop positive change plans by adapting environmental contexts and by making adaptations to their own behavior. These adaptations can result in lasting and important changes in children’s behavioral and social outcomes. Unlike other approaches, positive behavior support does not attempt to suppress or eliminate undesirable behavior through punitive or aversive techniques but instead, builds positive behavior through supportive, reinforcing environments. This is important in maintaining the human dignity of individuals with disabilities. With SSI, the entire school environment is targeted for positive behavioral support. SSI provides a mix of activities on a schoolwide level, for classrooms within the schoo
