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The Association for Positive Behavior Support is an international organization dedicated to the advancement of positive behavior support. APBS strives to expand application of this approach with children, adolescents, and adults with problem behavior.

Bridges4kids website includes a wealth of information on Positive Behavioral Support on a variety of topics. Fact Sheets and Research Briefs include: Discipline and Punishment, Functional Assessment of Behavior, How To Encourage Desirable Behavior in People with Developmental Disabilities, How To Find a Behavior Specialist, How To Put the Good in Good Night, How To Reduce Challenging Behavior in Children with Developmental, Disabilities, School-Wide Positive Behavioral Support Systems, Teachers and Positive Behavioral Support, Ten Ways To Support A Person with a Challenging Behavior, Teachers and Positive Behavioral Support, Ten Ways to Support a Person With Challenging Behaviors, Views on Challenging Behavior of Persons with Mental Retardation or Autism.

Center for Effective Collaboration & Practice (CECP),University of Oregon, has published a series of short information briefs on research based intervention practices and programs for children with behavioral problems. Topics include but are not limited to: 1) Promoting Resilience in Children, 2) Self-monitoring, 3) Making Choices, 4) Alternative Schools, and 5) Behavioral Planning Meetings. Written for use by families, these briefs translate research on effective intervention practices into a format that is easy to understand and useful for family members and practitioners. The briefs describe an intervention of interest, explaining its parts and explaining what research says about what does and what doesn't work. In addition, they provide contact information for help on using the technique.

The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices. The Center focuses on broad dissemination to schools, families, and communities about a technology of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and support; and demonstrations at the level of individual students, schools, districts, and states that school-wide positive behavioral interventions and support are feasible and effective.

NIDRR Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Positive Behavior Support The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Positive Behavior Support (RRTC-PBS) is a national research and training effort to develop and disseminate effective, practical, and empirically validated procedures for improving support for individuals with disabilities and problem behavior.