The individuals we support and care for often thrive when there is familiarity and predictability in their world. However, due to the recent pandemic, anxiety levels may have begun to increase due to changes in routines. Conversely for some young people the reduction in requests to do activities that they may find more challenging has…
It can be confusing to understand what Active Support is and how it fits with PBS. The name doesn’t give a lot away, and when described, I’ve often heard managers within organisations say, “well we’ve always done that, support people to be busy and active!”; but this essentially misses the point about what Active Support…
The following short blog post is a summary of Hastings et al (2013). The full reference is at the end of the post To be able to define Positive Behavioural Support (PBS), explain PBS interventions and clarify the competencies needed to support PBS, a clear conceptual framework is needed to identify why challenging behaviours are…
More people are becoming aware of and are interested in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). It is now included in a significant amount of national guidance both for adults and children. This is because of the growing evidence base of the effectiveness of PBS in increasing quality of life and reducing behaviours that are harmful for…
Training for staff is an essential part of getting the right PBS practices in place and there are a range of options for this. However, too often knowledge based training alone is seen as THE solution. Training is simply commissioned and then it’s ‘hoped’ that it will deliver ‘PBS’. But without supervised practice this is…