A collaborative, assessment-based approach for developing effective individualized interventions for people with problem behavior. Positive behavior support as a process involves collaboration, functional assessment, person-centered values, and a systems perspective.
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Addressing Challenging Student Behavior: Designing Positive Behavior Support Plans — The development of effective behavior support plans that are positive in nature (i.e., proactive and educative) relies upon data collected during the functional behavioral assessment process. Behavior support plans should result in (a) an increase in the acquisition and use of new replacement skills, (b) decreases in problem behavior, and (c) general improvements in the quality of life of the individual, his/her family, and members of the support team
Aligning and Integrating Family Engagement in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) 2017 — This e-book, supported by the Technical Assistance Center for PBIS funded by the Office of Special Education Programs comprehensively reviews reasons for and ways to significantly enhance family engagement in schools, toward improved tiered systems involving promotion/prevention, early intervention, and intervention for students, contributing to removed and reduced academic and non-academic barriers to learning, and improved academic, social, emotional, behavioral, and occupational outcomes for them.
Annotated Bibliography of Research on the Implementation of Positive Behaviour Support 2014 — 75 pages of references to resources.
An overview on GT - gentle teaching — In this article, we want to explain in simple words what gentle teaching is, what are the underlying thoughts of gentle teaching, for whom gentle teaching is good and what it means for caregivers to work with gentle teaching.
Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS) — Positive behavior support is now being implemented in a variety of places including schools, early childhood, mental health, and child welfare settings, and in organizations that provide services to adults with developmental disabilities. Individuals of all ages can benefit from positive behavior support from the very young to old age. To learn more about positive behavior support, select the button below that best fits the community that you represent.
Biopsychosocial Case Formulation for People with Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems: A Pilot Study of a Training Workshop for Direct Care Staff -2008 — Biopsychosocial approaches encourage the use of multi-disciplinary case formulation to integrate different strands of clinical information, explain the development and maintenance of mental health problems; and select appropriate interventions to address those problems
Book Review: Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts — Addresses the use of Positive Behavior Support (PBS), a family-centred practice to analyzing problem behaviour through functional assessment and creating realistic solutions that complement the family's values and lifestyle.
Common Misinterpretations of Normal Responses In Children/Adolescents/Adults with FAS and FAE 2002
Evidence-based practices in intellectual disability and behaviour disorders 2005 — Purpose of review To critically review the most recently published studies on the treatment of challenging behaviours/behaviour disorders for individuals with intellectual disability.
Families and Positive Behavioral Support: Addressing Problem Behavior in Family Contexts – July 3 2002 by Lucyshyn (Author)
Families and Positive Behavior Support: Addressing Problem Behaviors in Family Contexts. Joseph M. Lucyshyn, Glen Dunlap, and Richard W. Albin. Baltimore: Brookes, 2002 (2004 Book Review)
Introduction to Positive Ways of Intervening with Challenging Behavior 1995 — A compilation of tip sheets introducingresearched behavior modification methods,information, and suggestions on specific behaviorproblems, along with an accompanyingglossary and bibliography1995Published by The Institute on Community Integration,College of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Map Behaviour — Map Behaviour - free resources to assess, map, understand and manage a behaviour of concern
People with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities: Understanding and realising their needs and those of their carers (1999) — Paper prepared for the Scottish Executive Review of Services for People with Learning Disabilities
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports - Family — The link between families and positive behavioral interventions and supports is an important one.
Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports - OSEP Technical Assistance Center — The broad purpose of PBIS is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of schools and other agencies. PBIS improves social, emotional and academic outcomes for all students, including students with disabilities and students from underrepresented groups.
Positive Behavior Support — Positive Behavior Support (PBS) is a process for understanding and resolving the problem behavior of children that is based on values and empirical research. It offers an approach for developing an understanding of why the child engages in problem behavior and strategies for preventing the occurrence of problem behavior while teaching the child new skills. Positive behavior support offers a holistic approach that considers all factors that impact on a child and the child’s behavior. It can be used to address problem behaviors that range from aggression, tantrums, and property destruction to social withdrawal.
Positive Behavior Support: An Individualized Approach for Addressing Challenging Behavior — This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers, parents, and other caregivers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments.
Positive Behavior Support: Evolution of an Applied Science — Positive behavior support (PBS) is an applied science that uses educational and systems change methods (environmental redesign) to enhance quality of life and minimize problem behavior. PBS initially evolved within the field of developmental disabilities and emerged from three major sources: applied behavior analysis, the normalization/ inclusion movement, and person-centered values.
Positive Behavior Support and Applied Behavior Analysis (Behav Anal. 2006 Spring) — This article reviews the origins and characteristics of the positive behavior support (PBS) movement and examines those features in the context of the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA).
Positive Behavioural Support: a learning resource 2012 — The learning resource aims to equip participants with knowledge in positive behaviour support (PBS) and to help participants begin to identify how they could use PBS in their practice
Positive People: A Self Esteem Program for Women with Intellectual Disability 2003
Positive practice framework A guide for behaviour support services practitioners 2011 — The Positive practice framework (PPF) is an online resource for behaviour support services (BSS) practitioners. It presents a practice model that brings together current research, knowledge and practice strategies and reflects the legislative requirements of the Disability Act 2006. Australia
Program-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Supporting Young Children’s Social-Emotional Development and Addressing Challenging Behavior (2005) — Positive Behavior Support (PBS) describes a process for addressing children’s challenging behavior that is based on an understanding of the purpose of the behavior and a focus on teaching new skills to replace challenging behavior.
Review of positive behaviour support programs for families -2005 — The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care requested the Centre for Developmental Disability Studies, University of Sydney, to undertake a literature review of positive behaviour support programs for families with a child with a disability, with a view to identifying a preferred approach that may be implemented across NSW. To comprehensively analyze available programs a set of evaluation benchmarks was developed, based on both national and international literature. The evaluation benchmarks were grouped into three broad categories: 1) best practices in designing positive behaviour support programs for families; 2) implementation processes, and 3) outcomes for child and family.
The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children.- Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) — The Center has developed training and technical assistance (T/TA) materials that reflect evidence-based practices for promoting children's social and emotional development and preventing challenging behaviors. [An Excellent source of resources]
The Teaching Pyramid A Model for Supporting Social Competence and Preventing Challenging Behavior in Young Children — Increasing evidence suggests that an effective approach to addressing problem behavior is theadoption of a model that focuses on promoting social-emotional development, providing support for children’s appropriate behavior, and preventing challenging behavior. See http://www.challengingbehavior.org