Positive behaviour support Getting it right from the start

66 Positive behaviour support: Getting it right from the start - Facilitators reference manual
Bob
Setting
(background factor)
Trigger
(setting event)
Action
(actual behaviour)
Result
(outcome achieved)
Very few stimulating
activities and interactions
with others
Function of behaviour:
Message communicated
via behaviour:
Someone walks in Bob throws a chair Staff tell Bob to pick up
the chair and physically
assist him to do so when
he refuses
Bob gets access to interaction with others in an otherwise boring environment.
‘I am bored – spend some time with me’
Mary
Setting
(background factor)
Trigger
(setting event)
Action
(actual behaviour)
Result
(outcome achieved)
Feeling sick Being asked to clear table Mary swipes plates off
the table with her forearm
Mary is told to leave the
table and return only
when she can behave
properly
Function of behaviour:
Message communicated
via behaviour:
Mary avoids doing something she finds mundane when she’s already not feeling
well. The behaviour expresses her emotion.
’I feel sick and don’t want to do it’
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Step 4: What skills can we support the person to learn to use instead
of the behaviour?
The Positive Intervention Framework can assist in planning positive behaviour support.
The framework contains a range of components that require attention under four major
headings and includes:
• Changes to the environment:
• Teaching skills
• Short term change strategies.
• Immediate response strategies