Positive Supports for Behavior and Discipline Resource Database

The SISEP website helps state and local leaders to support implementation of evidence-based practices and spread of those practices to schools and districts that can use them.

Bullying, agression, non-compliance and other concerning behaviors present educators with significant, immediate challenges in supporting students. Rather than waiting for these behaviors to occur and reacting, educators are encouraged to adopt positive and proactive practices to support students and prevent these behaviors from occurring.

Use this website to find restorative justice resources, including an implementation guide and relevant research.

This fact sheet describes approaches to create effective, evidence-based school discipline policies that focus on responsive rather than punishment-based discipline practices. It includes steps and resources to help school administrators and leaders examine why certain discipline policies exist. It also includes steps to engaging studens and community members in revising the district's approach to discipline.

These high-leverage practices help special educators and teacher candidates use effective practices for collaboration, assessment, social/emotional/behavioral supports, and instruction.

The IRIS Center develops and disseminates free, engaging online resources that help educators, leaders, and families use evidence-based instructional and behavioral practices to support the education of struggling learners and those with disabilities. These resources can be used in professional development activities for practicing professionals, as well as in college teacher preparation programs. Training modules include: Addressing Challenging Behaviors for early childhood, elementary and secondary aged students.

This fact sheet illustrates ways to improve communication and collaboration between schools and families to support students’ needs. Strategies include engaging families in decision-making processes around student supports, discipline, and school climate. A key strategy is providing family engagement training to all district and school leaders and educators and establishing family engagement councils.

This website helps families to understand and navigate IDEA's discipline policies.

TIPS is a research-validated framework to use during any team meeting focused on data-driven decision making. In the TIPS model, every team needs a minute taker , a facilitator, a data analyst, and at least one additional person available to be a backup to these roles if anyone is absent.

This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the practices guide: Supporting and Responding to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs: Evidence-Based Practices for Educators (Center on PBIS, 2022). It provides updated guidance on how to (a) develop systems to support educators’ implementation of evidence-based classroom practices and (b) use data to guide the development of implementation supports.

Positive social and emotional development and learning in the early years provides an important foundation for lifelong learning and development, including mental health. This page aims to provide equal access to resources and supports that can lead to positive social and emotional outcomes for all children and families.

This webinar addresses race and implicit bias in in early childhood programs. Participants will discuss the impact of racial bias on teaching, learning, perceptions of behaviors, and decision making in early childhood environments.