For more information about PBS:
•NC Department of Public Instruction:
www.ncpublicschools.org/positivebehavior/
•NC State Improvement Project:
www.ncsip.org/instruction/ebi_behavior.html
•Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports:
www.pbis.org
•School-Wide Information System:
www.swis.org
or contact: Diann Irwin
Behavioral Support Services Section Chief, Exceptional
Children Division, NC Department of Public Instruction
919-807-3298 or dirwin@dpi.state.nc.us
The North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction is promoting the use of
School-Wide Positive Behavior Support
to improve behavioral and academic
success in all North Carolina schools.
The North Carolina
Positive Behavior
Support Initiative
...a part of the North Carolina
State Improvement Project
What families and educators are
saying about PBS...
My daughter “has become a more positive person
since our school has started PBS. . . The overall
climate at the school is friendlier and more positive.”
Tamara Presnell – Parent, Yancey County
“It is amazing how much the high expectations
of PBS affect everyone—teachers as well as
students. I can now help students with behavior
the same way I could if they were struggling
academically.”
Lee Deskins – Teacher, Durham County
“Children really want to please you but they
cannot unless they really know what to expect.
PBS provides a framework on which we can build
our plan for success.”
Melissa Dunlap – Principal, Mecklenburg County
Developed by ecac
with funds from
North Carolina Department
of Public Instruction.
ecac Parent Information Line 800-962-6817
“Students learn appropriate behavior in the
same way a child who doesn’t know how to
read learns to read — through instruction,
practice, feedback and encouragement.”
–– Tim Lewis, Ph.D., University of Missouri
What is Positive
Behavior Support
(PBS)?
PBS is systematic and indi-
vidualized strategies for
achieving important social
and learning outcomes
while preventing problem
behavior with al