FACULTY FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
27 - 28 APRIL 2021, VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Julian is a past Chair of the Faculty with long standing interests in working with people who engage in behaviours that challenge and autism. He is an advocate of clinical psychologists adopting a positive behaviour support framework and has been involved in number of initiatives in this area. After many years working in the London Borough of Croydon, Julian has recently started working with adults with learning disabilities and / or autism in Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He highly recommends a visit.
The Importance of Positive Behaviour Support at the Organisational Level: Understanding Me Prevents Losses & Hurt
Over the last decade there have been a succession of examples where compassion within organisations supporting people with learning disabilities with behaviour that challenges has broken down leading to abusive practice e.g. Winterbourne View, Mucklemore Abbey and Whorlton Hall. Whilst Positive Behaviour Support informed approaches have been endorsed as the approach of choice in supporting individuals with behaviour that challenges a number of studies have indicated that just training staff to deliver this approach can be insufficient in effecting significant organisational and behavioural change. Similarly, there is increasing focus on how we develop compassionate organisations rather than just teaching individuals to provide compassionate care. We review the theoretical understanding and the learning from research evidence that accounts for the challenges of effecting significant organisational and behavioural change in services. The role of psychologists in supporting a culture of compassion within organisations supporting people with learning disabilities with behaviour that challenges is considered in the context of implementing effective positivebehaviour support and preventing abusive practice.
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