Positive Behaviour Support - Department of Human Services - Vic ...
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What is positive behaviour support?<br />
<strong>Positive</strong> behaviour support: Getting it right from the start - Facilitators reference manual 7<br />
<strong>Positive</strong> behaviour support (PBS) is not a simple answer to the complex reasons why people<br />
show behaviours <strong>of</strong> concern. The PBS approach includes the systematic gathering <strong>of</strong> relevant<br />
information, conducting a functional behaviour assessment, designing support plans,<br />
implementation and ongoing evaluation. Immediate response strategies for the management<br />
<strong>of</strong> serious episodes <strong>of</strong> the behaviour are also addressed, but there is a belief that the best<br />
behaviour support happens when the behaviour is not happening; hence the strong emphasis on<br />
proactive strategies.<br />
PBS is based on decreasing behaviours <strong>of</strong> concern and improving the person’s quality <strong>of</strong> life.<br />
<strong>Positive</strong> behaviour support planning tells us the best way to work with an individual who shows<br />
behaviours <strong>of</strong> concern and gives us ways to improve the quality <strong>of</strong> life for the person and does<br />
not just deal with behaviour.<br />
This approach places an emphasis on the need for responsiveness to a person’s feelings and<br />
needs and has the following defining features:<br />
• valuing the person, deliberately building a sense <strong>of</strong> self-worth, and acknowledging all attempts<br />
at positive interaction<br />
• creating situations where the person is placed at their best advantage<br />
• acknowledging and trying to interpret what the person is communicating via the behaviour<br />
• analysing the functions <strong>of</strong> the behaviour<br />
• teaching the person other ways to meet their need or communicate their feelings<br />
• gently supporting and leading the person to a calmer state<br />
• providing encouragement and feedback about personal successes along with aspects <strong>of</strong><br />
difficult situations the person may have handled well.<br />
In groups develop a definition <strong>of</strong> what positive behaviour support means to you.<br />
What does positive behaviour support mean to the people you support?<br />
Group definitions should include:<br />
• PBS is not a simple answer or a quick fix.<br />
• The PBS approach includes the systematic gathering <strong>of</strong> relevant information, conducting<br />
a functional behaviour assessment, designing support plans, implementation and ongoing<br />
evaluation.<br />
• PBS is based on decreasing behaviours <strong>of</strong> concern and improving the person’s quality <strong>of</strong> life.<br />
• PBS has a strong emphasis on proactive strategies.