Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support for Students with Emotional-behavioral Problems

Emotional-behavioral problems of students associated with high rates of social problems and create many problems for teachers, parents and children. So requires special attention of authorities and stakeholders in education and training. In this regard, a positive behavioral intervention and support approach can be useful for reducing and eliminating emotional-behavioral problems of students. Positive behavioral intervention and support is an approach to increase social behavior, improving the long-term consequences of living in the future and reduce challenging behaviors that could be alternative to punitive traditional approaches.
In general, it can be said that the positive behavioral intervention and support approach have increased a sense of motivation in students with emotional-behavioral problems and have a positive impact in reducing problematic behaviors, emotional adjustment and academic achievement of the students with emotional-behavioral problems. In fact positive behavioral intervention and support approach can change dysfunctional ways in schools and provide positive and predictable environment for students with emotional-behavioral problems. In this review paper, after a brief introduction, definition of positive behavioral intervention and support approach is given. Then the history of positive behavioral intervention and support approach has been defined. Following the importance and necessities of positive behavioral intervention and support approach, levels of positive behavioral intervention and support approach, implementation and application of positive behavioral intervention and support approach for students with emotional-behavioral problems in Iran is provided and finally conclusion is expressed.