How the Brain’s Amygdala Can Play a Role in Teen Anxiety
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,
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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
“People do not engage in self-injury [or] aggression…solely because they have…developmental disabilities. There is logic to their behaviour, and functional assessment is an attempt to
“Positive approaches is an ongoing process of learning about the best in people and supporting them through the worst“
“We ask people who by definition have the fewest adaptive abilities to make the most adaptations all the time”
“You should not propose to reduce a problem behavior without also identifying alternative, desired behaviors that the person should perform instead of the problem behavior”
