Behavior & Guidance
Skinner → Positive Behavior Support
Positive Behavior Support
Focus
Noticing the behavior you want teaches more than punishing the behavior you don't.
Key concepts
- Catch them being good
- Behavior communicates a need
- Teach the replacement skill
- Pyramid Model tiers
In the classroom
A teacher catches a child being gentle and names it — “you shared so kindly” — instead of only reacting to grabbing.
See it in practice
Every Edfable simulation connected to this theory — and why it applies.
Chapter 2 · PractitionerClassroom Management SimulatorOpen simulation
Attention feeds behavior — narrating what's going right grows more of it than policing what's going wrong.
The composite: a crying child, a block argument, and a drifting group — all at once. Triage with intention.
Chapter 2 · PractitionerBehavior SupportOpen simulation
Challenging behavior communicates a need — find the function, teach the replacement skill.
A recurring biting incident. Move from reaction to a function-based, teaching plan.