Positive behaviour support standards audit in an assessment and treatment unit for people with an intellectual disability.

Positive behaviour support (PBS) is a well-accepted, evidenced-based framework for personcentred care and support of people with an intellectual disability. In response to scandals such as Winterbourne View, which saw care home staff jailed for abusing residents, the Transforming Care agenda and the...

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Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 15 - 20
Main Authors: Davies, Bronwen, Garvin, Lisa, Lazarou, Despina
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) 5/30/2019
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:Positive behaviour support (PBS) is a well-accepted, evidenced-based framework for personcentred care and support of people with an intellectual disability. In response to scandals such as Winterbourne View, which saw care home staff jailed for abusing residents, the Transforming Care agenda and the PBS Academy have encouraged the development of standardised practice. This article describes how the PBS standards developed by the academy were audited in an assessment and treatment unit (ATU). The audit highlighted six areas of priority for service improvement and the results were summarised in a set of recommendations that can be monitored.