Positive Behaviour Support
Positive Behaviour Support
Rainbow Behavioural Therapies provides PBS consultancy, supervision and training services to supported living organisations, schools and families supporting individuals with ASD and other additional support needs including communication, emotional, social and behavioural needs.
What is PBS?
Positive Behaviour Support, or PBS, is an evidence-based behavioural science approach used in schools and residential/supported living setting. This is a system-wide approach meaning support is provided to a whole school or organisational system, to specific teaching groups/classroom or support service as well as to identified individuals, based on their level of need.
The aim of PBS is to teach new strategies and skills to increase the quality of life of the individual, of those supporting the individual and the quality of the education/service systems in general too.
This approach involves:
The aim of PBS is to teach new strategies and skills to increase the quality of life of the individual, of those supporting the individual and the quality of the education/service systems in general too.
This approach involves:
- Assessing ‘functional contextual fit’ (what is working to get needs met),
- Increasing proactive strategies to increase quality of life and
- Measure reduction in behaviours that challenge and restrictive practices as a by-product.
Our Packages
- 1 day Introduction to PBS
- 2 day Intermediate training in PBS (need to have completed 1 day intro)
- Active support training
- Person-Centred Planning training
- Practice leadership training
- Train the trainer for active support, practice leadership and more
- Bespoke Trainings
(support services and schools)
- Assessment of organisation/school-wide needs
- Assessment of individual support services/class-wide need
- Assessment of individual client/student need
- Functional assessments of behaviours that challenge
- Periodic Service Review design and support
- Support with strategic planning
- Support with Person-Centred Planning
- Bespoke Consultancy
This is offered for:
- Senior Management Teams (SMTs)
- Teaching Teams
- Practice Leadership Teams
- Service Managers
- PBS Practitioners/Leads (including those seeking PBS BTEC, BCBA, or UKBA [cert])