Positive Behavior Support (PBS)

Positive Behaviour Support is a framework for supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who exhibit challenging behaviours.
It is based on a set of guidelines, processes, and procedures that ensure services are delivered effectively, ethically, and efficiently.
Challenging behaviours can limit or deny access to ordinary freedoms and opportunities.
PBS combines behaviour analysis, social role valorisation, and the person-centred approach.
It is a human-rights based approach that puts the needs, aspirations, and preferences of the supported person at the centre of support.
PBS aims to enable independence, happiness, and autonomy by teaching important skills.
Key people, such as family, friends, and support staff, may be involved in providing support.
PBS practitioners avoid the use of restrictive and aversive practices and have a plan for their removal.
PBS uses a biopsychosocial model to address behaviours that challenge.
PBS involves the primary use of behavioural approaches but also incorporates other evidence-based approaches.
PBS (Positive Behavior Support) focuses on evidence-based and data-based interventions for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
PBS aims to create high-quality support environments that promote good lives and reduce behaviors that challenge.
Functional Assessment is a core practice in PBS to identify the reasons for behaviors that challenge and modify the environment accordingly.
PBS plans are multicomponent, including both proactive and reactive strategies.
Strategies should be selected through co-production and partnership-based working and be compatible with human rights and the non-aversive ethos of PBS.
Regular monitoring and evaluation of PBS plans is essential to ensure effectiveness and progress towards goals.
Collaboration and communication between all relevant parties are crucial for successful implementation of PBS plans.
PBS plans aim to create alternative developmental pathways for individuals with disabilities.
PBS plans are personalized and tailored to the individual's needs, goals, and function of the behavior that challenges.
PBS plans require a commitment to providing necessary resources and support to all involved parties.