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Positive Behaviour Support Series Workshop 4: Writing a Positive Behaviour Support Plan

Positive Behaviour Support plans need to be person centred, comprehensive and useful to stakeholders across a variety of contexts. Often, a written plan is also needed to meet the obligations of a funding body. Therefore, it is important to have skills in translating your functional behaviour data and strategies into a written plan that focuses on improving the quality of life of the individual with disability. This workshop will focus on writing PBS plans in a way that captures the referral question, functional analysis and intervention/s. There will be information on writing plans that are accessible across different contexts.  A combination of case study examples, various templates and practical activities around writing a PBS plan will be used to develop learning in this important area. 

Positive Behaviour Support Series workshop 3: Positive Behaviour Support interventions

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is the gold standard approach to supporting people with disability who exhibit behaviours of concern. A successful and ethical PBS program matches goal setting and interventions to the functional behaviour assessment and analysis.

This workshop will include drawing on a functional analysis to plan a multicomponent and evidence-based intervention. A combination of presentation, case-examples and practical activities will be used to support the development of a tool-kit of intervention skills that can be applied in the field. 

Webinar on working with disability for psychological therapists (e.g., psychologists, provisional psychologists, counsellors).

Psychological strategies have demonstrated efficacy for treating mood disorders, anxiety, symptoms of psychosis and improving quality of life in individuals across the lifespan. The Medicare and National Disability Insurance Schemes have improved access to psychological therapies for people with disability at an unprecedented rate. There is good evidence that adapting psychological therapies for people with disability (e.g., ASD, Acquired Brain Injury, Developmental Disability) is effective at alleviating psychological symptoms and supporting people to build better lives.

For psychological interventions to be successful and ethical, those delivering them need to have a good understanding of disability, how it impacts on therapeutic outcomes and adapting therapy interventions for people with disability.

This webinar provides an overview of working with people with disability as a psychological therapist. Topics covered include:

• Features of high frequency disability (e.g., ASD, ABI, intellectual disability)
• How cognitive profile impacts on psychological treatment
• Adapting mainstream therapies (i.e., CBT, ACT and IPT) for people with disability (a brief overview)
• Stakeholder engagement
• Record keeping and working in the context of NDIS