Behavior Resources

Positive Behavior Support

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based three-tiered framework for improving and integrating all of the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day. It is a way to support everyone – especially students with disabilities – to create the kinds of schools where all students are successful.

PBIS isn’t a curriculum you purchase or something you learn during a one-day professional development training. It is a commitment to addressing student behavior through systems change. When it’s implemented well, students achieve improved social and academic outcomes, schools experience reduced exclusionary discipline practices, and school personnel feel more effective.

Understanding Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is an evidence-based approach that uses the science of learning and behavior to help build helpful skills and reduce behaviors that get in the way of learning. It's considered a best-practice treatment by the U.S. Surgeon General and the American Psychological Association, and it's the foundation of many school-based behavior programs, including Del Sol's own.

Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) & Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP)

If your child's IEP team has mentioned an FBA or a BIP, these are two of the most common tools used to understand and support behavior at school. A Functional Behavior Assessment looks at what's driving a behavior — behavior is often a form of communication — and a Behavior Intervention Plan uses those findings to build a plan that teaches and rewards more helpful behaviors.

Del Sol School's Behavior Program

Curious what behavior support actually looks like day-to-day at Del Sol? Our own behavior program is built around individualized, BCBA-supervised support for every student. 

Triple P - Positive Parenting

Triple P – Positive Parenting Program is one of the most effective evidence-based parenting programs in the world, backed up by more than 35 years of ongoing research. Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them build strong, healthy relationships, confidently manage their children’s behavior and prevent problems developing. Triple P is used in more 30 countries and has been shown to work across cultures, socio-economic groups and in many different kinds of family structures.

Positive Parenting Tips (CDC)

A free, age-by-age set of tips from the CDC on supporting healthy behavior and development at home, from infancy through the teen years. A helpful, lighter-weight companion to a full program like Triple P. 

Regional Center - Behavior Support

Behavior services through your Regional Center follow the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), and can be accessed when a behavior is affecting safety, learning, or an individual's ability to function at home, school, or in the community. Services are coordinated through your Regional Center service coordinator as part of your family member's Individual Program Plan (IPP). For more on what a Regional Center is and how to get connected with one, see our Regional Centers page.