Supporting Student Achievement through Sound Behavior Management Practices in Schools and Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Spotlight on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), NDTAC

This issue brief describes “an overview of the link between student behavior and traditional discipline responses by schools, and how both affect academic achievement.” Supportive behavior management practices are essential to promoting academic success and preventing unnecessary justice system involvement resulting from punitive school discipline practices. This brief highlights Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports as an alternative behavior management practice that has demonstrated promise in public schools and juvenile justice facilities.