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Positive Behavior Support - -an approach used to support behavior change.
The method is not designed to "fix" the person & never uses punishment.
Main idea: teaching someone a more effective/ acceptable bx will decrease
problem bx.
-Who is a bx support plan for? - -indv who display challenging bx to the
extent that it severely impacts their life.
-can be developed and used at any age.
-PBS in a School Setting - -Proact, Safety Care, Be aware of antecedant
strategies, ensure safety of kiddo and others around.
-What is a good bx support plan look like? - -- more proactive strategies
than reactive ones
- helps to ensure that the focus of the plan is on providing ways to support
the person to have a good life, enabling the person to learn better and more
effective ways of getting what they need.
-Proactive Strategies - -Intended to make sure the person gets what they
need & includes ways to teach the person appropriate communication & life
skills.
-Reactive Strategies - -Designed to keep the person & those around them
safe from harm. They provide a way to react quickly when person is
distressed & more likely to display challenging behavior.
-PBS & DRA - -For new skills to be learned & used, they must be more
effective than the old skills.
-Bx Support Plan - -Document created to help understand & manage bx in
children & adults w learning disabilities & who display challenging bx.
Provides step by step guide to make sure carers know when to intervene &
maximize quality of life.
-Good Bx Support plans contain: - -based on results of fx assessment, uses
PBS approaches, Contains a range of strategies that include ways to ensure
the person has access to effective reinforcers.
-Functions of Behaviors & Alternatives - -Sensory:teach them to ask for
desired object/ activity, use preferred sensory items to create new activities,
have sensory time & structured activity so stimming doesn't take over
, Escape:Teach them to say yes/ no, ask for break/ all done, introduce them to
a less preferred activity gradually, change the way you ask them to do
something
Attention: Teach them to tap/ vocalize sign for desired item; give frequent
positive social attn
Tangibles:teach them to ask for object/ activity, Give what they asked for as
soon as appropriate, teach them to get something themselves, Make sure
they are not left too long w/o food/drink/ something meaningful to do.
-Green Amber Red Blue Proactive Strategies - -Green: supporting person to
stay calm (environments, communication & body language, predictable
routine.)
Amber: Responding to early warning signs (take away trigger, ignoring bx
when safe, humor, give in, redirecting/ distracting, ask what is wrong).
Red: responding to challenging bx as quickly & safely as possible. (reduce
escalation/ putting people at risk. Steps informed by Fx assessment. Physical
interventions & meds should be last resort. [Appear calm, talk in calm/low
voice, don't make prolonged EC, no demands, minimize talking, distraction &
redirection])
Blue: After incident (give person more space, engage in activity, physical
checks/ counseling for physical & emotional safety[make no demands, help
person recover, move to different environment])
-What is Discrete Trial Training? - -a Method of teaching in simplified &
structured steps. A skill is broken down into steps & built up one step at a
time. Each attempt is a "trial".
-5 steps of DTT - -1.Antecedent-sets up the response (SD, environment)
2.Prompt
3.Response
4. Consequence for Correct Response/ Incorrect response
5. Inter-trial interval
-Pros of DTT - -Scripted to ensure all trials are consistent, can increase
motivation & learning, numerous learning opportunities, can be easily
individualized, clear beginning & end to each trial, can minimize failures
-Cons of DTT - -Difficult to generalize, boring, lacks naturalistic
reinforcement, difficulty fading reinforcement