PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE PREVENTION: DESIGNING SCALE-UP OF SCHOOL-WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TO PROMOTE DURABLE SYSTEMS

摘要

In this article, we provide an overview of School-wide Positive Behavior Support (SWPBS),an approach to building protective school cultures and preventing the development of problembehavior through instruction, environmental redesign, and attention to systems-level variables. Wedefine thecritical features of SWPBS within a prevention science lens, including identification ofits conceptual foundations, proximal mediators of student outcomes, and current research base andgoals. Given its evidence of effectiveness, we describe efforts and a research agenda in the area ofsustainability of SWPBS, including a description of a proposed model of sustainability and a casestudy of statewide implementation with steps taken to promote sustained implementation.