Behavioral Supports

PBS allows individuals to support their quality of life and advance their wellness through promoting positive changes in their behavior(s)

• By understanding what individuals are communicating through their behavior and helping them achieve their goals in a more effective ways PBS operates via​:

-Individualization​

-Lifestyle changes that aim for meaningful, long-term outcomes​

-Empirical and scientific research backed approaches​

-Proactive nature: preventing issues before they arise​

• PBS contributes to quality of life by encompassing physical well-being, emotional stability, social relationships and personal development by​:

-promoting autonomy so that individuals can be empowered to make their own choices​

-enhancing communication to teach effective ways to express needs and desires​

-building competence to develop skills that enable participation in meaningful activities​

-fostering relationships that encourage interactions that lead to supportive social networks

PBS is an approach to behavior support that includes an ongoing process of research-based assessment, intervention, and data-based decision making​. Focused on:

-Building social and other functional competencies

-Creating supportive contexts

-Preventing the occurrence of problem behaviors

The Association for Positive Behavior Supports defines PBS as, research-based strategies used to:

-Increase the quality of life

-Decrease problem behavior.

• Definition:​

-Functional Behavior Assessment is a systematic process that involves gathering information to understand the function or purpose of a behavior.​

• Importance in behavior analysis​

-FBA helps identify the underlying reasons for problem behavior and guides the development of effective behavior intervention strategies.

• Definition:​

-a systematic and individualized plan that outlines the strategies and supports to address problem behavior and promote appropriate behavior.​

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• Purpose: ​

-The primary goals of a BIP are to reduce problem behavior and increase appropriate behavior by targeting the function(s) of the behavior.