Positive Behaviour Support Training Australia

(PBS) – Positive Behaviour Support TRAINING

Training can be tailored to the individual or as a standard package. This training package is a pre requisite before doing the Ethical Response Safety Training. PBS is aimed at staff who work with a child / adult with an intellectual disability.  In this workshop the following will be covered: introduction to what is person centred practice, information collecting around getting to know the person – (incl impact of trauma & attachment, human relations) proactive approach – (incl what are behaviours of concern, warnings sign and triggers, behaviour recording, reasons behind the behaviour), functional behaviour assessment process- incl positive replacement behaviours, de escalation strategies, self control & self care, crisis communication, & communication continuum, and stress cycle).  Some of our PBS content is drawn from the DHHS Nationally Accredited 3 day version of Positive Behaviour Support Training Package.

PBS- Training Programs Available

  • IPBS – Individualised Positive Behaviour Support Training for NDIS Participants
  • SWPBS – Schools Wide– Positive Behaviour Support Training for Schools
  • PBS – Standard Positive Behaviour Support Training for Disability

Course Content

  • Better understanding of what impacts on behaviours
  • Understanding of how to complete a basic FBA Functional Behaviour Assessment report.
  • Importance of behaviour tracking & recording
  • Who/ how is the STAR chart form to be filled out correctly for incident analysis .
  • How to apply the information from the STAR charts into the FBA report for assessment.
  • Development of a Positive Intervention Framework Plan as part of the FBA report
  • What to do if you don’t get it right the first time in your assessment of the behaviour.

Course Overview

  • Duration: 1 to 2 days Available
  • Delivered: Face to Face or Online
  • Location: Any where in Australia, New Zealand, your workplace or at a convenient location of your choice.
  • Capacity: Up to 20 people for 1 day per facilitator or additional trainer can be organised
  • What to Wear: Clothes you would normally wear to work.

The Learning Outcomes for Participants:

  • the interrelationship that exists between personal background factors and behaviours of concern
  • the interrelationship of bio-psychosocial factors and behaviours of concern
  • why people communicate and/or show behaviours of concern
  • the value of a functional behaviour assessment
  • how to provide positive behaviour support
  • the importance of self control strategies.

Other Training Available

  • Behaviour Coaching & Mentoring
  • Critical Incident Debriefing
  • DCAT – Disability Cultural Awareness Training
  • ERST – Ethical Response Safety Training
  • MHI – Mental Health Literacy Training
  • PCAS- Person Centred Active Support Training
  • Restrictive Practices Training
  • Recognising & Responding to Deterioration
  • TIC – Trauma Informed Care Training
  • WHS Training 

NDIS – Behaviour Support Practitioner TRAINING 

Please Note ; Working as a Behaviour Support Practitioner under the NDIS, I would strongly suggest checking out the NDIS website for more information about the role and requirements.

There is no formal qualification for this role.  It is based on a capability assessment that occurs over the first 12months after you are employed by a registered provider of Specialist Behaviour Support services.  To pass the capability assessment you require training, supervision and coaching in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), short courses are available from various providers in PBS such as Rod Catterall & Associates