Our Positive Behaviour Support Service (PBSS) provides the following services to support individuals:

• Completing a comprehensive Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA), where the function of the targeted behaviour/s of concern can be identified with confidence.
• Identifying positive behaviour support (PBS) strategies (both environmental strategies and skill teaching opportunities) to reduce the frequency and severity of the targeted behaviour of concern. Where restrictive practices are also being used, success with PBS strategies can reduce or eliminate the need for regulated restrictive practices in the future.
• Providing various forms of training to primary carers in relation to implementing and maintaining positive behaviour support strategies e.g. supporting the individual to learn and solidify a functionally equivalent replacement behaviour (FERB).
• Monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of PBS strategies to ensure that outcomes can be achieved for the individual.
• Creating Behaviour Support Plans (both interim and comprehensive plans) where restrictive practices have been identified and need to be regulated. It’s important to note that whenever restrictive practices are being used, the behaviour support practitioner’s emphasis will be on introducing and implementing person-centred and evidence-based PBS interventions to reduce/eliminate the need for restrictive practices in the future