A metaanalysis of positive behavior support

The field of positive behavior supports has grown rapidly in the last decade as a prac-tice to address the very real and difficult challenges posed by problem behaviors. The present article defines the current status of positive behavior support and provides a vision for where this technology will lead. The article identifies four central messages that will shape the vision for the future and discusses where we are now in relation to those central themes and where we need to go as we head into the 21st century. ositive behavior support involves the assessment and reengineering-~~- of environments so that people with problem behaviors experience re-ductions in problem behaviors and an in-crease in the social, personal, and pro-fessional quality of their lives. Positive behavior support is not a new approach; it builds directly from a long experimen-tal history (Bijou & Baer, 1961; Bijou