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Participants will be able to describe two goals of positive behavior supports.  \n2. Participants will be able to list at least one example of a restrictive control.  \nIntroduction  \nHistorically, challenging behaviors in people with intellectual disabilities have been subjected to punishment and aversive techniques.  \nPunishment and aversive techniques will suppress undesirable behavior-but only temporarily-because they don’t teach new skills or provide proactive strategies to prevent the behaviors from occurring in the first place.  \nPositive behavior supports is an approach that is more respectful and more effective for producing lasting behavior change.  \nPositive Behavior Supports  \n• The objective of Positive Behavior Supports is not just to define and eliminate undesirable behaviors but to understand the function of the behaviors so we can teach more effective alterative behaviors, modify the environment, and promote patterns of support that make problem behavior less likely to occur.  \nTaken From: O’Neill, , RE. , Horner, RH. , Albin, RW . , Sprague, JR, Storey, K. , & Newton, JS. (1997)  \nFunctional assessment and program development for problem behavior: A practical handbook. Pacific Grove: Brooks/Cole.  \nPositive Behavior Supports • The goals of Positive Behavior Supports are to:  \n1. Understand the purpose, or function, of problem behaviors  \nFUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT  \n2. Strengthen existing skills and teach new skills that serve the same functional purpose as the problem behavior  \nSKILL BUILDING  \n3. Modify the environment and staff-person interactions to  \nmake problem behaviors less likely to occur and make  \neffective behaviors more likely to occur.  \nPROACTIVE STRATEGIES  \nYou can’t change problem behavior in a problem environment.  \nTaken From: Reid, DH. &Parsons, MB (2007) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum: Washington, DC: AAIDD  \nWhen is a behavior support plan needed?  \nA behavior support plan shall be developed in response to any of the following occurrences:  \n• Behaviors pose a threat to the health and/or safety of the individual or others;  \n• Behaviors interfere with the attainment of learning goals, community integration, or other personal outcomes identified through the ISP process;  \n• Whenever an individual is prescribed more than one psychotropic medication for behavioral support  \n• Whenever use is made of any restrictive controls to manage a behavioral crisis.  \nBehavior Support Plan Template  \nKey elements of PBS  \nFunctional Assessment  \n3. 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Staff redirected him to positive conversation until he was calm and willing to return to the room. |\n\nFunction: John shows aggression in order to terminate frustrating or anxiety provoking situations  \nPositive Behavior Supports  \nMaintain plan… or  \nAnalyze data  \nAssess behavior  \nFunctional hypothesis  \nCollect data  \nDevelop BSP  \n Train staff &  implement  \nBSP  \nKey elements of PBS  \nProactive strategies  \n• Behavior support plans clearly identify proactive positive strategies that will be used to minimize or ameliorate the need ","cbCaioCHV2qitM99","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioCHV2qitM99","pdf",805192,19,"English","# Learning Objectives\n# Introduction\n# Positive Behavior Supports\n## Key goals\n# When is a behavior support plan needed?\n# Behavior Support Plan Template\n## Key elements of PBS\n## Functional assessment\n## ABC observation data sheet\n## BSP development workflow\n# Proactive strategies","[{\"question\":\"Why does PBS move away from punishment and aversive techniques?\",\"answer\":\"Punishment and aversive techniques suppress undesirable behavior only temporarily. 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