Positive Behaviour Support: Understanding Before Reacting
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Explain what positive behaviour support is and why it matters, identify the function behind behaviour and use proactive strategies from a support plan.
- Assign to
- Support workers
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Explain what positive behaviour support is and why it matters.
- Identify the function behind behaviour.
- Use proactive strategies from a support plan.
- Record incidents clearly and keep restriction to a last resort.
The course
- 01What PBS is
- 02Why behaviour happens
- 03Proactive support
- 04When things escalate
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Cerys’s incident record”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “Dion’s Monday, step by step”; and “Two months for Dion”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Human Rights Act 1998
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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