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Winterbourne View: what are the lessons for other services Avon & Wiltshire Positive Behaviour Support Network
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Background Panorama documentary on TV Showed the abuse of people with a Learning Disability in a private hospital Police investigation Staff arrested Hospital closed Other hospitals checked by CQC Some other problems in other places
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Reflection Spend 5 minutes acknowledging your emotional response to the documentary.
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What went wrong? Staff attitudes and behaviour Insularity & lack of networking Inspections didn’t show problems People who new about the problems weren’t listened to
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What went wrong? Poor leadership at different levels Multi-agency relationships People placed too far from home Monitoring arrangements didn’t show problems
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What does this mean for other services? Could any of these problems happen in other services?
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What went wrong? Staff attitudes and behaviour Insularity & lack of networking Inspections didn’t show problems People who new about the problems weren’t listened to
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What went wrong? Poor leadership at different levels Multi-agency relationships People placed too far from home Monitoring arrangements didn’t show problems
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Question? Can the positive behavioural support model help us to overcome what went wrong?
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What is PBS? Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) is an approach that blends values about the rights of people with disabilities with a practical science about how learning and behaviour change occur. The overriding goal of positive behavioural support is to enhance quality of life for individuals and their support providers (Horner, 1999)
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The Values of Positive Behavioural Support People are individuals with gifts & hopes People are individuals with gifts & hopes People are members of families, peer groups & society People are members of families, peer groups & society People influence their circumstances in personally meaningful ways People influence their circumstances in personally meaningful ways People have the right to be treated with dignity & understanding People have the right to be treated with dignity & understanding Relationships and contexts impact the quality of a person’s life Relationships and contexts impact the quality of a person’s life
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The characteristics of PBS Comprehensive lifestyle change Comprehensive lifestyle change A lifespan perspective A lifespan perspective Ecological validity Ecological validity Stakeholder participation Stakeholder participation Social validity Social validity Systems change and multi-component intervention Systems change and multi-component intervention Emphasis on prevention Emphasis on prevention Multiple theoretical perspectives Multiple theoretical perspectives Reduction in CB occurs as a consequence of effective support Reduction in CB occurs as a consequence of effective support
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Activity What went wrong?How might the PBS model overcome this? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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What needs to be different? Listening to service-users Listening to worries Checking out worries Better training for staff Better leadership in services Better local services Better inspection Better monitoring of placements
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Question? What one thing will I do differently?
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