Trauma occurs when there is an event or experience that causes an actual or perceived threat to a person’s physical or mental well-being. Trauma can result in the person not being able to cope even when the situation is no longer present. This can be through psychological events such as ‘flashbacks’, intrusive thoughts, and nightmares…
Being a service manager or team leader is a challenging job, but we know that if you’re able to establish PBS in your services, it will make things a little easier for you, as well as achieve better outcomes for the people your service supports. So, we’ve pulled together some PBS Top Tips and resources…
An increasing number of organisations are implementing Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) as standard into their services. Regulatory bodies and those who commission services recognise that PBS is key to both providing high quality services, and an effective way to reduce behaviours of concern and the use of restrictive practices. However, it is important to understand…
Whether it’s a supported living service or a school, teams working together constructively are essential to the success of that provision, to the successful outcomes of those supported or educated and to the implementation of PBS. In this blog we look at a model for understanding what can go wrong in teams and why.…
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…