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Early bird booking now open for International PBS Conference 2025

Bild is delighted to announce that registration is now open for this year’s International Positive Behaviour Support Conference, Foundations for Change: Building capacity and putting it into practice, taking place at Newcastle Crowne Plaza and online on 13-14 May.  

Find out more and register to attend

About the conference 

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) helps those providing support to better understand the person they support and meet their individual needs. It involves making systems work for the person, often changing the way in which a person is supported.  

By building the foundations for change, we can move PBS forward together. This year’s conference will explore how we can identify opportunities to drive systems change, increase capacity and improve support to enhance people’s quality of life.  

This two-day event will feature a varied programme of keynote presentations from international speakers including Practice Leaders, experts by experience, professionals and academics, exploring how we build capacity within services, put good PBS into practice and lay the foundations for change.  

The conference will explore: 

• Practice leaders as catalysts for systems change.  

• Working in trauma informed ways and representing neurodiverse perspectives in our work. 

• What true co production and inclusion looks like. 

• Active Support, what it is and how it changes how we support people within a PBS framework.  

• Updated PBS competence framework and what it means for best practice.  

There will also be a range of workshops available to attend, giving delegates tools and ideas to put into practice. The workshops will also provide opportunities for debate, conversation and networking.  

The conference will be of interest to practitioners in health, social care and education settings looking to improve their own practice and drive change within their organisation. People with lived experience are warmly welcomed. 

You can book your place on the conference website here. Full conference programme to be announced soon.

Bild members can take advantage of an exclusive, early bird discount until 3 March.  

The exclusive members-only early bird discount offers Bild members an additional 15% discount on the members’ ticket price. To access the early bird discount, members should book before 3 March at bit.ly/IPBS25  

We are pleased to offer a hybrid event, giving delegates the option to join us either in-person at the Crowne Plaza in Newcastle or online through our conference platform Cvent. 

Find out more about the conference and book your place here.