Handbook of Positive Behavior Support

This Second Edition of the handbook reflects the expanding growth and sophistication in research on positive behavior support (PBS). It synthesizes a large body of related research and is organized around school, district, and statewide multitiered systems of support logic that is widely prevalent in the field. The handbook organizes chapters into a powerful, dynamic knowledge base that covers theory, research, and applications. In addition, it offers a set of foundational chapters as well as addresses future directions in research and practice.

Key areas of coverage include:

Foundations and essential features of PBS.
Implementation of PBS across K-12 educational settings.
Program implementation (e.g., early childhood and alternative settings).
Capacity building using PBS.


The Handbook of Positive Behavior Support, Second Edition, a must-have resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as wellas clinicians, therapists, and other professionals and practitioners in developmental, clinical child, and school psychology, social work, public health, child and adolescent psychiatry, family studies, pediatrics, and all related disciplines.