Trialing School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) Practices at Home

Teaching behaviours that we expect to see works best when there is a consistency, including consistency across home and school settings.  A strong partnership between school and family is important because when families are involved, outcomes for students are better. Families can use and reinforce SWPBS strategies at home. One way is to create your own HOME Expected Behaviour Matrix.

Purpose: 

To create a grid of specific positive (desired) behaviours for each behavioural expectation within the context of your home environment, similar to our APS Whole School Expected Behaviour Matrix.

Tips and Guidelines: 

Create a grid, or use this grid template, with expectations down the left side and different contexts or locations within your home across the top (e.g. kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, family room, yard, community)

• Expectations (down the left side) should be broad, positive and applicable in all settings (for e.g. Be Respectful)
• In each box on the grid, put 1-4 short examples of what the expectation ‘looks like’ in that context (e.g. KITCHEN- dishes are rinsed and placed in the dishwasher). Try to state the expectations positively and avoid the words ‘don’t and ‘not’.
• Involve all family members. This creates discussion, collaboration, ownership from everyone involved.
• Display the matrix in each of these locations.

For more information on SWPBS at APS- see SMILE Handbook

Rachel Roberts

Assistant Principal