Alignment of school discipline with positive behavioural interventions and supports: The case of one disadvantaged urban South African Primary School

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2021Author
Gagnon, Joseph Calvin
Sylvester, Frederick J.
Marsh, Kathryn
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Positive behavioural interventions and supports (PBIS) is a framework that
aligns with the South African Department of Education’s Alternatives to Corporal Punishment.The aim of this study is to provide a snapshot of the extent to which policies and practices
in a disadvantaged South African primary school align with PBIS.The study was conducted at a South African primary school with grades kindergarten
to Grade 7 in an urban disadvantaged community.