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Another wonderful speaker from our very own team, Huw Price, will be talking about "The Importance of Perceived Organisational Support in Services Supporting Individuals with Developmental Disabilities - Don't Forget the Staff!!!". Do you want to increase Perceived Organisational Support for your staff? Huw will be focusing on the results of an unpublished research project regarding the relationship between Perceived Organisational Support and staff mindfulness with emotional exhaustion and considering the impact of failure to value and support staff. Book your place now: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb #pbs #pbsuk #pbsgp #pbsgp2025 #pbsgoodpractice #positivebehavioursupport #learningfromourmistakes #perceivedorganisationalsupport

What an incredible line up! I can’t wait to see everyone there. It you haven’t booked your ticket yet you can do that here: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb Everyone who has booked a ticket will receive an invite to choose their talks next week! If you book a ticket for CEUs you will also be able to use this to claim them asynchronously where possibly for up to 30 days after the event! (12 CEUs in total!) #PBSGP2025 #dobetter #positivebehavioursupport

From our very own Senior Associate Director Hannah Newcombe, we can't wait to hear about "Implementing Skills-Based Treatment - In Imperfect Contexts". Giving examples from working with three young people, Hannah will describe the application of the Practical Functional Assessment and Skills-Based Treatment approach and the challenges faced by the team in implementing this procedure in various contexts. Outcomes will be reviewed as well as the key factors to their success. Book your place today: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb #pbs #pbsuk #pbsgp #pbsgp2025 #pbsgoodpractice #positivebehavioursupport #learningfromourmistakes #socialcaresuperwoman

Want to find out more about the UKSBA? Another of our wonderful speakers for the PBSUk 2025 conference is Dr Maggie Hoerger, UKBA(cert), President of THE UK SOCIETY FOR BEHAVIOUR ANALYSIS with "Professional Certification in Positive Behaviour Support". She will introduce the work of the UKSBA and how the practice values align with PBS. She will also discuss opportunities for certification of PBS practitioners. Book your place today: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb #pbs #pbsuk #pbsgp #pbsgp2025 #learningfromourmistakes #pbsgoodpractice #positivebehavioursupport #uksba

With less than two months to go until the PBSUk Good Practice Conference: Learning From Our Mistakes, it's time to get your tickets booked if you haven't already. Another of our wonderful speakers is Amy Butler, Therapy Team Lead from Catalyst Care Group. "From institution to community living: Key lessons from a PBS Journey" Follow the journey of an individual who transitioned to living in her own home after 23 years in a secure mental hospital. Amy will provide insights into strategies used to aid smooth transitions and reflect on a challenging intervention. Book tickets here: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb #pbs #pbsuk #pbsgp #pbsgoodpractice #positivebehavioursupport #learningfromourmistakes #pbsgp2025

As a thank you to everyone who completed and shared Tia's recent survey she is sharing some VERY preliminary findings. It seems we have a lot of work to do. #languagematters #pbs #postivebehavioursupport #dobetter

Please consider supporting Tia with this research if you work in social care, or have staff teams that do. It will only take 5 minutes and might really help us understand the importance of language in incident forms. https://lnkd.in/eu75Nex5 #languagematters #dobetter #pbs #pbsuk

"How to Lose Clients and Confuse People" - what a great way to actually learn from our mistakes. "Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's) have often had extended exposure to many incidents of inappropriate adult modelling of relationships. This can cause a child to distrust adults, develop inappropriate methods for conflict resolution, and display low levels of distress tolerance skills." Krista Rowe, Ethan Buchan and Barney Huxtable from The Behaviour Clinic will discuss how their own experiences have allowed them to learn to overcome many mistakes made in therapy settings whilst acting in the best interests of each individual child. Book your place at the PBS Good Practice conference 2025 today: https://lnkd.in/ezNhP9Wb #pbsuk #pbsgp #positivebehavioursupport #pbsgoodpractice #learningfromourmistakes

We cannot express how proud we are of both of these ladies for even being nominated. They were already winners to us. But Hannah Newcombe only went and WON IT!! Winner of the 2024 Woman Achieving Greatness in Social Care GIRL POWER (Individual) Award. Hannah was the first hire we ever made and we’ve congratulated ourselves ever since. We boast about her all the time. It was wonderful watching you get the recognition you deserve. #socialcarewomen #girlpower #proudemployer

Token systems can be great - but can also be just awful! I spent an hour or so this weekend designing a sticker system for my kids (the over-excitement pre-Christmas is real!). I found these fantastic online resources which are perfect. Token systems are not just for kids. Adults can love them too (anyone else think that free Costa Coffee when you’ve already bought 10 just tastes better??) Tesco Clubcard anyone? However, this weekend got me thinking about some of the dangers of these systems after my husband endured a ‘code red’ tantrum with my two year old and, in a moment of justifiable exasperation, threatened to take a sticker away again. Don’t panic - I intervened! If you - like my poor husband - don’t have much experience using these, here are a few tips to avoid them going wrong. - Once a token/sticker is won - it’s won! You cannot take it back again… ever. (Like really ever). Yes there are complicated systems where people do this, but if you’re not experienced - no. Step away from the token. - Tokens don’t have to be stickers - it can be checkmarks, signatures, or physical things - whatever works for that person. Bluey is cute but not mandatory. - It has to be achievable - asking me to run a 5k every day just is not doable (asking me to hit 5000 steps might be!) - It has to be clear! Token systems for things like ‘good behaviour’ are rubbish, and they are subjective. If I swear, have I still been good? I’d say so… my mum probably wouldn’t! Make the target something everyone understands. - Finally, if you’re not sure if your system is well-designed - stop and figure it out before going any further. Too many people have really crappy experiences with reward systems to take the risk. #pbsgp #positivebehavioursupport #pbsgoodpractice #tokensystems #dobetter