Student Knowledge of Positive Behavior Supports: What Now and What Next?

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  In Roundtable Session: Enhancing Accessibility in Education: UDL (Universal Design for Learning) and Behavioral Supports (Table 10)

Abstract

This paper presents findings from an in-progress systematic literature review examining student perspectives of positive behavioral supports (PBS). The research questions are 1) what knowledge did students share?, 2) what students shared knowledge?, and 3) how did researchers utilize student knowledge?
Results from in-depth analysis of 21 articles published between 2014 and 2024 show that students provided both positives and negatives about PBS. While many students shared positives about PBS, the negatives that students shared are less emphasized by researchers. Young students and students with disabilities were also less represented in PBS research. The author advocates for intentional tool, method, and sample selection to highlight and act on made-marginalized knowledge.

Authors

• Anna Mei Piro, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Zhe Gigi An, University of Wisconsin - Madison