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Why use Positive Behaviour Support?

There are four main reasons to recommend PBS as an approach to support individuals whose behaviour challenges: 

  • PBS has been developing within a variety of settings in the UK over the past three decades, and there is now a strong practice base for its use.
  • The values underpinning PBS are entirely congruent with those within national policy and frameworks for people with intellectual disability.
  • There is a strong scientific evidence base for the technology that underpins PBS.
  • PBS is recommended as best practice within professional practice documents (Royal College of Psychiatrists, British Psychological Society & Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, 2007) and in national policy statements.