Sector Training Activities

Planning Beyond Behaviour Training (Albany)

An evidence based approach to supporting people who sometimes experience challenging behaviour.

This 3-day training workshop provided by the Disability Services Commission for Behaviour Support Consultants/Leaders, together with their behaviour support champions, is delivered within an emerging community of practice and is designed to:

• develop knowledge and skills in writing quality person centred behaviour support plans using a comprehensive positive behaviour support approach, and
• develop knowledge and skills to assess the quality of behaviour support plans using the Behaviour Support Plan—Quality Evaluation Guide II (BSP-QEII)
• assist organisations to embed Positive Behaviour Support.

During the training staff will have opportunity to develop and assess the quality of a behaviour support plan for a person supported by their organisation.

What are the pre-requisites for the training?

• Organisations need to register 3-4 staff members who attend together to support the development of a community of practice and assist with the process of implementing Positive Behaviour Support within their organisaiton.
• Each organisation needs to nominate a lead representative from the group attending the training to act as a contact person.
• Each representative should have prior Positive Behaviour Support training and/or good experience in Positive Behaviour Support.
• At least one representative at each table needs to be working directly with a person who may benefit from a Behaviour Support Plan.

Training Dates:

Group 9 - 17 & 18 February and 1 April 2015; Group 10 - 29 & 30 April and 10 June 2015; Group 11 - 16 & 17 June and 29 July 2015; Group 12 - 25 & 26 August and 14 October 2015; Group 13 - 20 & 21 October and 2 December 2015. Albany 2&3 September and 7 October 2015.