Use of positive behaviour support plan for challenging behaviour in autism

Interventions for Challenging Behaviour

Knowledge An ability to draw on knowledge that behaviour is defined as 'challenging' when it involves significant risks to the child/young person's physical well-being and/or has a significant impact on their quality of life and their access to ordinary facilities An ability to draw on knowledge that challenging behaviours are more common in children with learning disabilities and in children w...

Reliability and utility of the Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation tool (BSPâ•’QEII) for auditing and quality development in services for adults with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour

Background Having an objective means of evaluating the quality of behaviour support plans (BSPs) could assist service providers and statutory authorities to monitor and improve the quality of support provided to people with intellectual disability (ID) who exhibit challenging behaviour. The Behaviour Support Plan Quality Evaluation Guide II (BSPQEII) was developed to monitor and assess BSPs pre...

Grip on Challenging Behaviour

Training care teams of children with autism spectrum disorders in positive behaviour support: an innovative approach.

As part of a team, the authors developed a workshop to help parents and teams address the behavioural needs of children with autism using a positive behaviour support (PBS) approach. Teams received comprehensive training in PBS and completed weekly homework assignments. Measures of participant satisfaction, parent satisfaction and efficacy and child behaviour suggested this training as an effec...

Interventions for challenging behaviour in intellectual disability

Challenging behaviour in individuals with intel lectual disabil ity is a complex but common problem that can present diagnostic and management challenges for healthcare professionals. All behaviour serves a purpose, has an origin and meaning, and is therefore produced by an interaction between an individual and their environment. Challenging behaviour is a socially constructed, dynamic concept ...