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 […]
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Winning Combinations – Teamwork and PBS
We are delighted to say that Redstone PBS won an award recently at the Restraint Reduction Network Conference run by the British Institute for Learning Disability (BILD). We won the award in partnership with MacIntyre, a leading national charity which provides learning, support, education and care to over 1,500 children, young people and adults with […]
Emily’s Story – Positive Behaviour Support, Reducing Restrictive Practices
Emily is a young woman with a good sense of humour, infectious smile and laugh. She has a significant learning disability and limited verbal communication. There were some real issues for Emily when we first met her. She hadn’t left her home for several months and sadly spent a lot of time under a […]
Robert’s story- reducing restrictions and increasing quality of life through Positive Behaviour Support
Those who know Robert well describe him as someone with a good sense of humour, who likes to have a joke and a laugh; and that he loves having a regular cup of tea. Robert also has a significant learning disability and is autistic and the work that we did with him and his support […]
New NHS Guidance for EHCP’s – What is a Functional Behaviour Assessment?
Functional behaviour assessment and provision of positive behaviour support is recommended in guidance out in November 2017, from NHS England. The guidance is clear that for a young person with a learning disability and/or autism, whose behaviour presents a challenge, their EHCP should refer to a completed functional behaviour assessment and there should be provision […]
