Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is a collaboration between the US Department of Education and several technical assistance units across the country. The aim is to facilitate and encourage large-scale implementation of behavioral interventions in schools. During its ten-year history it has been responsible for implementing and evaluating work in more the 9,000 schools across 40 states.

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