The whole workforce
Designed to be accessible and applicable across care, education and health staff, regardless of role or department.
1 day
Introduction to PBS Foundations
Entry-level foundations for values-led, person-centred and least-restrictive Positive Behaviour Support practice.
Course overview
Foundations for consistent, human-rights-based support.
This 1 day course introduces the values, principles and practical foundations needed to support people displaying, or at risk of displaying, behaviours of concern.
Quality Assured Care Learning Service (QACLS)Government recommended.
Skills for CarePeer Reviewed Gold.
Who is this course for?
People with no prior training
An entry-level course for people with no previous experience or formal background in Positive Behaviour Support.
Primary care circles and key mediators
Suitable for direct support workers, healthcare assistants, residential care staff, teachers, teaching assistants, family carers and voluntary supporters who interact directly with people displaying, or at risk of displaying, behaviours of concern.
Multidisciplinary stakeholders
Suitable for service providers, commissioners and practitioners seeking to establish a consistent, values-led and human-rights-based foundation across their organisation.
Learning outcomes
- Deliver values-led, person-centred supportApply modern support values, including dignity, respect, empathy and active support, to encourage independence, community inclusion and meaningful choice within daily routines.
- Understand the principles and functions of behaviourUnderstand the core mechanics of behaviour, including the four-term contingency, and identify the four main functions of behaviour: attention, escape or avoidance, access to tangible items and sensory stimulation.
- Contribute to functional and contextual assessmentsCollect and record objective, measurable information about environmental triggers, antecedents and individual motivators to support multidisciplinary assessment processes.
- Implement Behaviour Support Plans consistentlyFollow individualised Behaviour Support Plans accurately in daily practice to reduce behaviours of concern, promote skill development and support procedural fidelity.
- Apply ethical, least-restrictive crisis de-escalationRecognise and use least-restrictive, non-aversive reactive strategies during high-stress situations while working safely within relevant legal and safeguarding frameworks, including the Mental Capacity Act, DoLS and the Human Rights Act.