1. Positive Behaviour Support
An Action Plan For those who Support the Individual

2. Values
Has to be person centred (involvement of service user, possible service agreement)
Needs a Multi-Disciplinary Approach (agreements for sharing information)
Has to be holistic
Covering a range of proactive supports
Will likely have Reactive Strategies (person specific) ethical
Easy to Use (plain format) (pictures, symbols, preferred language)

3. Key Components Assessments Risk Analysis Environmental Awareness
Teaching Strategies
Clinical intervention
Active and Reactive Strategies
Recording and Evaluation processes

4. Environmental Awareness
How does the person best interact (staff awareness as to how best to engage with the individual)
Activities and length of engagement (routines or schedules, what does the person have to get up for, to what degree is the person engaged?
Physical Environment. (noise levels, conducive to learning, living arrangements, compatibility peers! Suitability of, access/restrictions)
Tweaking the Environment (marmite)

5. Assessment Direct Observations by assessor and collations from others
Review of Historical information
Records of Behaviour (past and current)
To include…
Communication
Skills
Function of Behaviour
Health (mental health and physical, medication)

6. Risk Analysis Process to involve others Identifying Risks
Weighing up consequences
Ways at reducing risk
Ways of managing
Review

7. Teaching Strategies Valued, meaningful & Realistic, Communication
To Promote Independence
Coping and Tolerance (to manage feelings/emotions)

8. Clinical Interventions
Medication
Behaviourist intervention (psychology, CBT)
Health (link to health action plan)

9. Active & Reactive Strategies
Early intervention (redirection, calming, low arousal, clear boundaries and capitulation, active listening)
Situation Management (guidelines incorporate Proactive stuff)
Physical Interventions (approved and appropriate protocols, DOLS)

10. Recording and Evaluation
Post incident support (debriefing and reflection both those who support and the service user)
Use of Physical Interventions (use of prn, PI’s)
Recording of information (data collection)
Analysis of information collected
Use of Analysis to review what’s working or not
Agreements for Sharing Information (aspects include confidentiality, who needs to know, why)
Link to Resources needs/available

11. Useful Resources Bild website Helen Sanderson Valuing people Tizard
Mental Capacity DOLS
K&MPT
KCBN Website
DoH Website
NICE