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Design of PBS Plans
  1. Positive behavioral support (PBS) plan
    1. Written guide for supporting a student
    2. Description of how to redesign the environment and teach new skills
    3. Consistency of implementation efforts
    4. Outline of how individuals supporting the student will make changes

  2. Important issues related to PBS plan development
    1. Technical soundness of positive behavioral support plans
      1. Functional assessment
      2. Basic principles of applied behavior analysis

    2. Contextual fit of positive behavioral support plans
      1. Individuals implementing the interventions
      2. Support and training needed
      3. Time and resources
      4. Values and beliefs of the team

    3. Characteristics of effective positive behavioral support plans
      1. Full set of problem behaviors
      2. Escalating sequence of problem behaviors
      3. Behaviors maintained by the same function
      4. Relevant settings and throughout the day
      5. Multiple intervention strategies
      6. Specific contexts in which problem behavior occurs
      7. Variability in size and complexity


  3. How a PBS plan is developed from functional assessment information
    1. Hypothesis statement including four major components
      1. Setting events
      2. Antecedent events
      3. Problem behaviors
      4. Consequences

    2. Desirable behaviors and competing behaviors
    3. Interventions addressing each component
      1. Setting event interventions
      2. Antecedent interventions
      3. Teach new skills
      4. Consequence interventions

    4. Brainstorming process
      1. No judgment
      2. Contextual fit
      3. Select interventions


  4. Features of a PBS Plan
    1. Identifying information, reason for support, positive characteristics
    2. Description of problem behavior
    3. Hypothesis statement(s)
    4. General and specific interventions
    5. Crisis prevention plan
      1. Description of "crises"
      2. Specific intervention procedures
      3. Guidelines for intrusive procedures
      4. Data collection and reporting procedure
      5. Training and staff support systems

    6. Evaluation plan and data collection summary
      1. Expected outcomes
        1. Problem behavior
        2. Appropriate behavior
        3. Positive lifestyle changes
      2. Describe measurement procedures
      3. Data driven decision making
      4. Dates for follow-up meetings




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