Understanding Seclusion, Withdrawal and Time Out
Seclusion Forced to spend time alone against their will Requires Statutory powers other than in emergency Time Out Is a very specific clinical/behavioural intervention involving
Seclusion Forced to spend time alone against their will Requires Statutory powers other than in emergency Time Out Is a very specific clinical/behavioural intervention involving
How can you tell if what we are doing is actually Positive Behaviour Support? Ask yourself the following questions and find out; Does each person
By using the ‘Restraint Reduction Toolkit’ (which is based on the ideas suggested by Scanlan, 2010, D’Orio et al, 2007, Huckshorn et al, 2014, and
A recent study done at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that the amygdala, a part of the brain associated with emotions including fear,
Successive reports indicate that training in skills-based behaviour management – such as de-escalation, restraint, breakaway – remains the most common agency response to service-user aggression. However,
“Our job is not to fix people, but to design effective environments”
‘Function based’, instead of ‘behaviour based’, interventions. This cognitive shift is central to the success of PBS.
What is PBS? Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a system that uses methods and strategies to reduce an individual’s levels of challenging behaviour whilst simultaneously
Definition A Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA) is a highly effective and invaluable method of determining factors that reliably predict and maintain problem behaviour. Antecedents are