KEEPING IT POSITIVE BY DESIGN

PBIS received strong support from the U.S. Department of Education in its 2014 publication Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for Improving School Climate and Discipline, which cited the potential of this framework to improve "academic, social, emotional, and behavioral outcomes for students." During his presentation at the 12th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, Robert Horner, co-director of the National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC) on PBIS, noted that 20,384 schools in the United States had implemented PBIS. Additionally, members of our staff develop their capacity through participation in #pbischat, a weekly Twitter chat on Tuesday evenings.\n Through the implementation of PBIS and our faculty's commitment to continuous improvement, this number dropped to an annual average of 435 office referrals over the last four years.