This webinar lasts around 45 minutes and shares the latest good practice regarding physical intervention (PI) and restraint reduction (RR) during COVID 19. Clare Taylor, Head of Nursing for Specialist Services at Swansea Bay Health Board and winner of the 2019 Bild practice leadership award discusses practical problems and solutions with members of her physical … Read more
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne has spent the past two decades researching the needs of people with learning disabilities who reach the end of life, and those who are bereaved. What are the challenges and difficulties for families, support staff, professionals and service providers? Crucially, what do people with learning disabilities themselves think about all this? One of … Read more
Susan Fowler (Occupational Therapist, PBS Practitioner and PBS Associate Consultant for Bild), speaks in this webinar about sensory considerations to maintain and create capable environments. Everyday we are surrounded by sensory input. For some of us that can be overwhelming but for others we need lots and intense sensory input to notice things. In this … Read more
Mae’r webinau yma ar gefnogaeth weithgar yn parhau am 30 eiliad ac yn trafod rhai problemau ac atebion sydd yn cael ei phrofi ystod covid-19. Mae Andrew Guy hyfforddwr PBS yn wasanaethau anableddau dysgu cyngor Gwynedd, sydd wedi lleoli yng Nghaernarfon, Gwynedd, ac Edwin Jones o fwrdd iechyd Abertawe, yn atgoffa ni am dan rhai … Read more
The following webinar by Jane Johnson (Bild Consultant and Speech and Language Therapist) explores the role of communication in ‘enabling environments’. It covers how good communication can help those we work alongside cope with uncertainty, social isolation, and prevent and de-escalate anxious behaviours. The webinar contains simple explanations followed by simple, practical ideas about the … Read more
This webinar on Active Support lasts around 30 minutes and discusses some of the problems and solutions that are currently being experienced due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Andrew Guy, PBS social care consultant based in Gwynedd North Wales, and Edwin Jones from Swansea Bay Health Board, remind us about some key features of Active Support … Read more
This UK PBS Alliance webinar with Dr Anne MacDonald from the University of Glasgow outlines how PBS has been defined and described over the last 30 years, and how that contributes to our understanding of PBS today. A new accessible description of PBS will be discussed, both in terms of how this description has been … Read more
Tom Tutton joined us to speak about making Positive Behaviour Support more inclusive. Watch the webinar here.
Rachel Freeman joined us to speak about scaling up PBS. Watch the webinar here.
We’re asking what is more important – the data about or the stories of people receiving Positive Behaviour Support. It’s a little like asking whether the chicken or the egg came first, or whether it’s nature or nurture that is most influential. The answer is both. In this webinar Tony Osgood looks at how PBS … Read more