Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports for Trainers 

About the presenters:

Dr. Dennis Reid has over 40 years of experience as a clinician and supervisor in educational, residential, and community support settings for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and has consulted with human service agencies in the majority of states of the United States as well as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. He has published over 140 refereed journal articles and book chapters focusing on applied behavior analysis and positive behavior support, and authored or co-authored nine books. Dennis is also the senior author of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum, 2^nd Edition. In 2007 he was awarded Fellowship status in the Association for Behavior Analysis International and in 2006 received the AAIDD International Research Award. Dennis is the founder and current director of the Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center in Morganton, North Carolina. His company has employed people with autism and other severe disabilities in a supported work capacity for 19 years. 

 

Dr. Carolyn Green has over 30 years experience as human service supervisor, clinician, and administrator. She directed a program for adults with severe disabilities for over 20 years and has consulted with programs across the United States as well as Canada and New Zealand. Dr. Green is a contributor to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum, 2^nd Edition, and has trained human service personnel in six states with the Curriculum. She has published over 30 refereed journal articles in developmental disabilities and co-authored three books. Her work has resulted in numerous awards including from AAIDD (North Carolina Chapter), the North Carolina Association for Behavior Analysis, and the Governor’s Office of the State of North Carolina (Old North State Award). Dr. Green is currently a Senior Consultant for the Carolina Behavior Analysis and Support Center. 

Daily Outline (Summary) 

The Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum

Dennis H. Reid, Ph.D., BCBA

Training Dates: Monday, April 27, 2015, through Friday, May 1, 2015 (total 5 days of training).

Training Summary:

            Days 1 and 2 (Monday and Tuesday): Presentation of selected modules of the Positive Behavior Support Training Curriculum (PBSTC) by instructors to familiarize trainees with the content of the PBSTC (i.e., what they will eventually train to staff). The training modules to be presented include the values and goals of Positive Behavior Support (PBS), how PBS is person-centered, defining valued and challenging behavior among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, how behavior is supported or maintained by positive and negative reinforcement, understanding why behavior occurs using an antecedent-behavior-consequence model, identifying functional and meaningful skills to promote in lieu of challenging behavior, understanding the function of challenging behavior from an individual consumer perspective, different ways to provide choices based on individual verbal skills, dignified and age-appropriate means of interacting with individuals, practical yet evidence-based teaching strategies for developing consumer skills and behaviors that replace the need for challenging behavior, and key components to expect within behavior support plans.

            Day 3 (Wednesday): Continuation of Days 1 and 2 focusing on using objective data in identifying and evaluating means of promoting desired skill development as well as preventing and reducing challenging behavior, and specific supervisor skills for promoting PBS practices among support staff (first half of day); Training how to use the PBSTC; assignment of PBSTC training modules that trainees will practice training on Day 4 or 5; assistance provided to trainees for preparing for their subsequent training on Day 4 or 5 (second half of day).

            Day 4 (Thursday): Approximately one-half of trainees practice training a PBSTC training module to the instructors and other trainees with instructor coaching and feedback.

            Day 5 (Friday): Repeat of Day 4 with remaining trainees.

 

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