Positive Behaviour Support.
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Positive Behaviour Support. *
Contemporary Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evidence based framework that is funded by the NDIS through the Improved Relationships funding category.
The goal of PBS is to improve quality of life outcomes for people with disability and to reduce and eliminate the use of restrictive practices.
PBS provides a human rights-based framework for understanding the underlying reasons that lead to a person’s distress and responding to their unmet needs.
Based on person-centred practice and collaborative goal setting, we seek to adapt environments to better suit the person, rather than trying to change or ‘fix’ the person that has been referred for behaviour support.
What are capable environments and why do we need them?
Capable environments refers to better meeting people’s needs by adjusting their surroundings, including physical, relational, social and structural. When people’s lives are filled with activities, routines and relationships that are richly enjoyable and meaningful, they are less likely to feel distressed and can enjoy a better quality of life.
Capable environments emphasises proactive, person centred strategies, choice and control and collaboration. Supporting people to navigate their environments with dignity and success promotes emotional safety and therefore distressed behaviours are less likely to occur.
Capable environments affirm neurodivergence by seeking to respond to the person’s needs, rather than trying to make the person fit into societal norms.
This often includes in depth assessment to understand a person’s unique sensory profile, relational needs, goals and aspirations and communication preferences which may differ to neurotypical expectations.
The Good Place operates on the lands of the Wurundjeri- Woi Wurrung People. We pay our respect to their Elders and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We recognise Aboriginal Sovereignty and support calls for Land Back.
We strive to use liberation-oriented approaches when working with people and communities that have lived experiences of oppression, exclusion and marginalisation.
