Positive Behaviour Support series Workshop 2: Functional Behaviour 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 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.