Positive Behavior Supports Foundation and Beliefs

Foundation

All behavior is a form of communication. It is the job of the team to examine what the individual is communicating by his or her own behavior through a variety of authentic and personalized assessments. The process goal is to design a respectful, person-centered plan to engender support, progress and success.

Beliefs

• When an individual exhibits any adventuresome behavior, there is not something wrong internally with the individual. Instead, impacting factors must be examined including:
  • Communication factors
  • Control and choice-making factors
  • Environmental factors
  • Physiological factors
  • Relationship factors
  • Teaching factors
• Building positive relationships with professionals and others are essential.
• Team-building, active listening and problem-solving are essential skills in creating positive behavior supports.

Source: Dr. Patrick Schwarz, www.patrickschwarz.com