This project highlights that it is possible to significantly reduce the use of restrictive practices through: gaining senior level organisational support for the introduction of Positive Behaviour Support providing appropriate trial training supporting emerging leadership at all levels within disability sector organisation, but particularly at the operational trial through the introduction of leadership/mentor roles specific to the area of behavioural support implementing robust and consistently applied organisational systems and processes that support and embed good behaviour support practices fostering cross-sector and inter jurisdictional collaboration recognising and responding to the critical importance of timely, accessible support to organisations from professionals with experience in Positive Behaviour Support. This report finds that the many of the restrictive practices in place are often not recognised as restrictive and have emerged over time in response to Occupational Health and Safety and issues of staff injury and welfare. There has been a need for a clear and evidence based decision making process that provides the justification supporting the use or non-use of a restrictive practice. The Voluntary Code of Practice for the Elimination of Restrictive Practices has arisen in response to this need and future training will be needed to reinforce defensible and transparent decision making process that recognises the rights of people with a disability and the welfare needs of all concerned The outcomes set for the project reflect what the literature suggests would, ideally, be in place for a service system to reflect best practice in Positive Behaviour Support (See footnote 2) (see footnote 3 on next page). Footnote 2 Allen D, Behavior Support as a Service System for People with Challenging “Positive Behavior”, Psychiatry Volume 8.1, pp 408–412 Rotholz D and Ford M system change in Positive Behaviour Support”, “Statewide Mental Retardation, Volume 41, 5 pp354–364 Reid D, Rotholz D, Parsons M, Morris L, Braswell B, Green C and Schell R, 2003, Human Service Supervisors in aspects of PBS: Evaluation of a Statewide, “Training Performance Based Program”, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Volume 5,35, pp 35–45
This project highlights that it is possible to significantly reduce the use of restrictive practices through: gaining senior level organisational support for the introduction of Positive Behaviour Support providing appropriate training supporting emerging leadership at all levels within disability sector organisation, but particularly at the operational through the introduction of leadership/mentor roles specific to the area of behavioural support implementing robust and consistently applied organisational systems and processes that support and embed good behaviour support practices fostering cross-sector and inter jurisdictional collaboration recognising and responding to the critical importance of timely, accessible support to organisations from professionals with experience in Positive Behaviour Support. This report finds that the many of the restrictive practices in place are often not recognised as restrictive and have emerged over time in response to Occupational Health and Safety and issues of staff injury and welfare. There has been a need for a clear and evidence based decision making process that provides the justification supporting the use or non-use of a restrictive practice. The Voluntary Code of Practice for the Elimination of Restrictive Practices has arisen in response to this need and future training will be needed to reinforce defensible and transparent decision making process that recognises the rights of people with a disability and the welfare needs of all concerned The outcomes set for the project reflect what the literature suggests would, ideally, be in place for a service system to reflect best practice in Positive Behaviour Support (See footnote 2) (see footnote 3 on next page). Footnote 2 Allen D, “Positive Behavior Support as a Service System for People with Challenging Behavior”, Psychiatry Volume 8.1, pp 408–412 Rotholz D and Ford M “Statewide system change in Positive Behaviour Support”, Mental Retardation, Volume 41, 5 pp354–364 Reid D, Rotholz D, Parsons M, Morris L, Braswell B, Green C and Schell R, 2003, “Training Human Service Supervisors in aspects of PBS: Evaluation of a Statewide, Performance Based Program”, Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, Volume 5,35, pp 35–45 trial trial
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