Unsnarling PBIS and Trauma-Informed Education

• Published in: Urban education (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 700 - 728
• Main Authors: Kim, Rhiannon M., Venet, Alex Shevrin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2025; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Education; Racism; School discipline; Social justice; Student behavior; Students; Teachers; Teaching; Trauma; trauma; racism; social; best practices; subjects; urban education; discipline policies

We posit that Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) serves as a way to label, punish, and surveil students, which is antithetical to trauma-informed education. We put existing critiques of PBIS in conversation with literature on trauma-informed education, critical analyses rooted in...