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8 Positive behaviour support: Getting it right from the start - Facilitators reference manual
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The following model is a brief guide to staff to remind staff of key things to think about when
planning positive behaviour support for a person showing behaviours of concern.
Proactive strategies
What to do to prevent the behaviour
Change the
environment
Gathering relevant
personal background
information that leads to:
• increased opportunities
for access to a variety
of activities
• ‘balanced lifestyle’
• predictable
environment
• consistent routines
• improved interactions
and realistic
expectations
Teaching skills
Positive Intervention Framework 1
General skills
development
(e.g. teaching person to
do more things for self)
Useful communication
strategies that promote
effective communication
(e.g. teaching the person
to sign when seeking
social interaction)
Coping skills
(e.g. teach the person
what to do when
feeling angry)
Short-term change
strategies for rapid
change to behaviour
To support the learning
of new skills such as:
• reinforcing specific
behaviour
• avoiding things you
know upsets the
person
• strategies to increase
engagement
Immediate response
strategies
What might help when
the behaviours occur;
beginning with least
restrictive strategies?
Redirection
(e.g. ‘distract’ the
person by offering
another activity)
Talk to the person
and find out what the
problem is
Work out what the
person’s behaviour is
trying to communicate
Responding to early
signs of the behaviour
Responding to serious
episodes of the
behaviour
In groups develop a brief snap shot of a person you work with. This snap shot should
identify major strengths and interests of the person as well as clear examples of any of the
behaviours of concerns that are displayed.
This snap shot will be further developed and expanded over the course of the next few
sessions.
This snap shot should cover all key quality of life areas and be written focussing on the
strengths and interests of the person concerned.
1. The Multi element model, La Vigna, Willis and Donnellan (Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis) 1996.