Service Description

Positive Behaviour Support Series 2: Functional Behaviour Assessment and Analysis Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is the gold standard approach to supporting people with disability who exhibit behaviours of concern. PBS practitioners need to be competent in conducting functional behaviour assessment and develop data-based PBS plans with a central focus on improved relationships and quality of life for individuals presenting with behaviours of concern. The series covers the core elements of PBS that are transferrable across all settings, including home, schools, disability support services, residential support settings, aged care, hospitals and mental health services. The process of gathering data, developing a functional hypothesis and testing hypotheses is crucial to a Positive Behaviour Support interventions. This workshop will provide practical information about direct and indirect behaviour assessment as well as how to use your data to generate and test hypotheses. This includes learning about setting events, antecedents, discriminative stimuli and reinforcement, all of which are key in a PBS plan. Workshop 2 includes case studies and small group activities that will give you experience in collecting data and applying it to a PBS plan. Who is this workshop for? Allied health professionals Psychologists Nurses and Nurse Practitioners (including Mental Health Nurses and Mental Health Nurse Practitioners) Support coordinators Case managers Disability service managers Senior support staff Therapy assistants Learning outcomes Workshop 2 will cover the following topics: Prioritising and defining challenging behaviours Functional behaviour assessment Direct and indirect assessment Formulation Functional analysis Identifying functionally equivalent replacement behaviour (if applicable)