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CPD-accredited course
Positive Behaviour Support
Understand what behaviour is communicating, support people with calm, person-centred strategies, and keep restrictive practice to a last resort.
- About 60 minutes
- 7 modules, 29 lessons
- Any device
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What you'll learn
- Explain what Positive Behaviour Support is and the values behind it
- Understand behaviour as a form of communication
- Identify common reasons and triggers behind behaviours that challenge
- Observe and record behaviour, and use a PBS plan
- Use proactive strategies to prevent distress, and calming strategies when it happens
- Explain why restrictive practice must only ever be a last resort
- Support the person, and yourself, after an incident
Who this course is for
Staff who support people whose behaviour can challenge, especially people with learning disabilities or autism.
- Support workers in supported living, care homes and day services
- Staff who follow or contribute to a PBS plan
- Team leaders who want a consistent, positive approach
Course outline
7 modules and 29 lessons, taken in order.
Module 1Introduction2 lessons
- Welcome to Positive Behaviour Support
- Learning points
Module 2Understanding Positive Behaviour Support5 lessons
- What is PBS?
- The values of PBS
- Who PBS can help
- The language we use
- Module 1 summary
- Module quiz
Module 3Behaviour as communication5 lessons
- What are behaviours that challenge?
- Why behaviour happens
- Triggers and setting events
- Getting to know the person
- Module 2 summary
- Module quiz
Module 4Assessment and the PBS plan5 lessons
- Functional assessment
- ABC recording
- Inside a PBS plan
- Your role in the plan
- Module 3 summary
- Module quiz
Module 5Strategies that work5 lessons
- Primary (proactive) strategies
- Recognising early signs
- Secondary strategies and de-escalation
- Reactive strategies and keeping safe
- Module 4 summary
- Module quiz
Module 6Rights, restrictive practice and reflection5 lessons
- What is restrictive practice?
- The law and guidance
- Reducing restriction
- After an incident
- Module 5 summary
- Module quiz
Module 7Conclusion2 lessons
- Summary of key learning
- Next steps
A certificate the moment you pass
- CPD-accreditedAccredited by The CPD Certification Service, so it counts towards your CPD.
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Ways to take this course
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- Cheaper than five single courses
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- Manager reports and reminders
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