Foundation in Functional Behaviour Assessment

Target Audience 

Service managers, PBS practitioners, PBS leads. Delegates must have attended PBS Coaching in Practice Programme or similar level of training.

 Programme Contents 

• Understanding function and needs
• Tools to use for assessment
• Use of data for baseline and follow-up
• Using observational skills
• Synthesising all information into a formulation of contingencies
• Intervention planning based on function
• Assessing intervention implementation and troubleshooting

 Learning Outcomes 

Through completion of the course, delegates will be able: 

• To apply their knowledge complete a basic functional behaviour assessment 

• To use and analyse a range of assessment tools and checklists as well as a functional behaviour assessment interview

• To describe interventions based on the results of the functional behaviour assessment.

• To create a clear action plan for implementing key function based interventions. 

•To develop and write clear PBS plans based on the functional behaviour assessment

• To be able to evaluate intervention implementation and the effectiveness of interventions