Positive Behaviour Support Plan

A Positive Behaviour Support Plan  is a CARE PLAN.

A Positive Behaviour Support Plan  is created to help understand and support children, young people and adults who have a Learning Disability and display behaviour that others find challenging.

A Positive Behaviour Support Plan is an individualised CARE PLAN which is available to those who provide care and support.

A Positive Behaviour Support Plan should be informed by functional assessments. People and their families should be as fully involved as possible in developing and reviewing the plan.

A Positive Behaviour Support Plan should include the following elements:

• proactive strategies designed to improve quality of life and remove conditions that promote behaviour that challenges

• identification of environmental adaptations and strategies to support the development of new skills

• preventative (calming) strategies in response to early signs of distress

• reactive strategies to manage behaviours that are not preventable.

For further information on Positive Behaviour Support Plans  and the wider positive behaviour framework, see the PBS Academy website.