Positive Behavioral Supports
Positive Behavioral Supports (PBS) involves assessing and environment and restructuring that environment so that problematic behaviors decrease and appropriate behaviors increase. This involves the application of positive behavioral interventions and systems to achieve socially important behavior change. This section contains background and information regarding Positive Behavioral Supports.

5 Ideas That Work!
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1. Quick Teach
2. Effective Acknowledgement
3. Preventive Prompts
4. Precision Commands
5. 1 Minute Skill Builder

Parents Teaching Social Skills

5 things we know about children and youth that do use these skills successfully:

1. They do significantly better in school, academically, behaviorally, and socially.
2. They show care and concern for others, get along with peers and have more friends.
3. They communicate and relate better with siblings and parents.
4. They develop healthy relationships with peer groups.
5. They stay out of "big" trouble and demonstrate respectful behaviors toward teachers and other adults.

5 things we know about children and youth who do not use these skills successfully:

1. They engage in discourteous and disrespectful behaviors like put downs, insults, threats, trash talk, bullying, pushing, fighting, etc.
2. They engage in far more serious and violent acts when the above behaviors persist over time and more appropriate alternative behaviors are not taught.
3. They are often socially unaccepted and avoided.
4. They are more likely to lose their job as an adult.
5. They are more likely to get poor grades in school.

When To Teach a Social Skill…
It is important that the teaching of a skill occurs at a calm, neutral, and relaxed time when you and your child are getting along and not having difficulties. This will make the interaction more fun and pleasant so that learning can occur. It is unlikely that your child will be willing to listen and respond in a positive manner if the teaching occurs during an upsetting time or when either parent or child is experiencing a stressful situation. Some times that the teaching could occur might be:

• While riding in the car
• On a walk
• At the park
• After playing a game
• After a meal
• While on a vacation
• After reading a story