Key Components of Positive Behaviour Support

Values

• Prevention and reduction of challenging behaviour occurs within the context of increased quality of life, inclusion, participation, and the defense and support of valued social roles
• Constructional approaches to intervention design build stakeholder skills and opportunities and eschew aversive and restrictive practices
• Stakeholder participation informs, implements and validates assessment and intervention practices

Theory and Evidence-Based

• An understanding that challenging behaviour develops to serve important functions for people
• The primary use of applied behaviour analysis to assess and support behaviour change
• The secondary use of other complementary, evidence-based approaches to support behaviour change at multi-levels of a system

Process

• A data driven approach to decision making at every stage
• Functional assessment to inform function based intervention
• Multicomponent interventions to change behaviour (proactively) and manage behaviour (reactively)
• Implementation support, monitoring and evaluation of interventions over the long term

Gore, N. J., McGill, P., Toogood, S., Allen, D., Hughes, J. C., Baker, P., … & Denne, L. D. (2013). Definition and scope for positive behavioural support. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 3(2), 14-23.