The Catskill Chronicle

White Sulphur Springs, NY — On Friday, April 23, elementary students at the Sullivan County BOCES White Sulphur Springs School held a Can-Can Dance to create pet awareness.

A total of 346 pounds of dog and cat food, 10 bags of blankets, and stacks of newspapers were collected as a result of the event. All of the items were delivered to the Sullivan County ASPCA last Friday.

The event tied into the community awareness and responsibility concepts of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Program being used by BOCES.

The PBIS Program is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools to design effective environments that improve the fit or link between research-validated practices and the environments in which teaching and learning occurs.

The outcome is to improve, school learning and the social and emotional environment for all children and youth by making problem behavior less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.