Student Services
Positive Behaviour Support
Manitoba Education Student Services consultants work closely with divisional Student Services Administrators to provide a continuum of supports and services to school divisions and schools related to learning and behaviour.
Across Manitoba, many schools have been striving to find the best approach for working with students who exhibit challenging behaviours. In many locations, these efforts have led to successful approaches for preventing and changing challenging behaviour. The themes that are common to a successful approach include the development of a positive school climate, a positive school-wide approach, team planning, community involvement, and professional support.
One framework that some school divisions employ is the three tiers of the Positive Behaviour Support model. This model represents a continuum of increasingly intense interventions that correspond to the responsiveness of students. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Continuum of School-Wide
Instructional & Positive Behaviour Support
This pyramid model illustrates the continuum of behavioural issues in a typical student population.
- Tertiary Prevention:
- Specialized
- Individualized
- Systems for Students with High-Risk
- Secondary Prevention:
- Specialized Group
- Systems for Students with At-Risk
Behaviour
- Primary Prevention:
- School-Classroom-Wide Systems
for All Students, Staff, & Settings
- School-Classroom-Wide Systems
All students will benefit from a universal system of interventions and supports.
Primary Prevention: Studies show that 80 to 85 percent of students generally meet the school’s behavioural expectations and that for this group of students the universal supports and interventions are sufficient to maintain positive behaviour.
Secondary Prevention: More targeted interventions, such as social skills instruction and behavioural intervention strategies, will benefit the 5 to 15 percent of students who are at risk of developing serious behaviour problems.
Tertiary Prevention: One to 7 percent do not respond to universal and/or targeted interventions. These students have behaviour challenges severe enough that they cannot meet behavioural expectations without intensive, individualized interventions.
Visit these websites for related information:
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- Safe and Civil Schools
- Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
- Positive Parenting Program
- Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children
Information for Schools, Students, and Families
The consultant for Positive Behaviour Support and Planning provides consultation and support to schools and school divisions in the area of positive behaviour planning for both classroom based and student specific needs. The consultant will also work with school division and school staff to develop a school wide plan that addresses the continuum of needs of the student population.
Links
Classroom-Based Links- Towards Inclusion: Supporting Positive Behaviour in Manitoba Classrooms
This classroom based support document describes both proactive and reactive procedures and practices associated with positive behaviour support for use in the Manitoba classroom context. - Success for All Learners: A Handbook on Differentiating Instruction: A Resource for Kindergarten to Senior 4 Schools (1996) Stock #MT 80320 (price $15.25). Not available online. Available from Manitoba Learning Resource Centre
Core Competency Workshop: A Classroom Approach to Support Positive Behaviour is designed for school teams and other interested educators supporting students in positive learning environments, and provides an overview of nine key elements that improve behavioural and learning outcomes in the classroom.
Visit the Workshop Registration System for Summer Institute sessions.
Superintendents or Student Services Administrators can also request this workshop for schools, regions or divisions to better meet the school divisions and individual educators’ needs during the school year.
Student-Specific Links
- Towards Inclusion: From Challenges to Possibilities: Planning for Behaviour
This planning resource is intended to provide support for school teams and other community professionals when dealing with students with a broad range of needs, from those who have discipline problems to those with severe emotional problems. - Student-Specific Planning: A Handbook for Developing and Implementing Individual Education Plans (IEPs) (
684 KB) - Supporting Inclusive Schools: A Handbook for Developing and Implementing Programming for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Tapping Hidden Strengths: Planning for Students who are Alcohol-Affected
Core Competency Workshop: Planning for Behaviour will consider appropriate educational programming regulations and standards relating to behaviour programming and will focus on developing behaviour intervention plans and understanding student needs to guide intervention strategies.
Visit the Workshop Registration System for Summer Institute sessions
Superintendents or Student Services Administrators can also request this workshop for schools, regions or divisions to better meet the school divisions and individual educators’ needs during the school year.
Legislation, Standards, Policies
- Appropriate Educational Programming Regulation 155/2005 ( 122 KB)
- Education Administration Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations, amendment ( 52 KB)
- Appropriate Educational Programming in Manitoba: Standards for Student Services ( 130 KB)
- Appropriate Educational Programming: A Handbook for Student Services
Other related legislation or support documents:
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
- The Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada)
- The Human Rights Code (Manitoba)
- The Public Schools Act (Manitoba)
Contact
General Enquiries
Inclusion Support Branch
Manitoba Education
Telephone: 204-945-7907
Toll Free in Manitoba: 1-800-282-8069, ext. 7907
Email: pssbinfo@gov.mb.ca
