Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Presented by Barbara T. Doyle, MS Clinical Consultant

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1 Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support 2013 Presented by Barbara T. Doyle, MS Clinical Consultant

2 Unsafe people have: Limited lives Less access to environments Need for more expensive and intrusive supports Less participation and satisfaction Limited belonging and relationships Can end up in jail, institutionalized, depressed, isolated or dead Barbara T. Doyle, MS

4 Dangerous to self or others now Potentially dangerous behaviors (do not cause harm now, but could in the future) Dangerous situations that we now control that present risk if the controls are not present Barbara T. Doyle, MS

5 Eliminate behaviors that can become or be misinterpreted as threatening or criminal Eliminate behaviors that could cause the person to be victimized

6 Prioritize! Identify functions (always multiple, not just about attention and avoidance, usually related to communication issues, and physical or emotional needs) Teach several alternate skills instead of one replacement behavior Teach more communication skills Give more control to the person Cash and prizes! Motivation changes brain functioning in all humans. Barbara T. Doyle, MS

7 For a safe lifetime, it is more important what you DO than what you KNOW. Be careful what you teach, because someone might learn it! Barbara T. Doyle, MS

8 Dangerous Stigmatizing Unconventional Conventional Take a look at the Behavioral Prioritization Grid Barbara T. Doyle, MS

9 Individualized prioritizing of goals vs. following a predetermined curriculum of academic focus only To select these ten skills: we looked at lifetime outcomes for people with special needs who did not have these skills. Teaching Essential Skills for a Safe and Independent Life Could there be more than ten essential skills and goals?

10 Don t give away your money Don t buy something from someone who wants to take your money first Don t go into someone s house uninvited Know who to let into your house Don t give advice to people who have not asked for it Medical: Take a deep breath and expel it through the mouth at least four times on demand, open mouth and stick out tongue on demand, allow abdomen to be palpated

11 Use objective description of behavioral issues: follows, not stalks; takes, not steals See your handout: Objective vs. Subjective Teach the names of every body part Teach the names of every person the child or adult comes in contact with Teach the answers to the questions in your handout: Safety in Society Teach First Responders and legal advocates. Use And Justice for All Barbara T. Doyle, MS

12 Cannot learn new skills if preoccupied, hypervigilant, on patrol and avoiding For people with developmental disorders, Fight or Flight might be based only on experience, due to difficulty imagining or remembering a different outcome Identify what people need to stay out of Fight or Flight. Help them learn to access or avoid. Barbara T. Doyle, MS

13 Don t try to teach or consequence an already upset person. Open up, back up and shut up. If there is no imminent danger to humans, don t touch upset people Create Calming Strategies to do when the child or adult is already upset: practice when calm The goals: identify level of arousal and bring SELF under control Barbara T. Doyle, MS

14 Engage the person in something calming and liked Introduce the smallest increment of what the person cannot now tolerate Inform that s/he has coped and reward Gradually increase the amount, duration, or intensity of the intolerable Barbara T. Doyle, MS

15 A resource for teaching selfcare: an essential safety skill ISBN #

16 The Movie on DVD 7 Episodes The Movie PLUS a 300-page Curriculum CD Visit

17 Explosive/Noncompliant Children and Adults Implementing collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) and The Explosive Child, ISBN Both by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D. Very good ideas about prioritizing behaviors to be changed and effective ways to deal with explosive, problematic behavior. More information at the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving

18 Progress without Punishment, by Donnellan, LaVigna, Negri-Shoultz and Fassbender, 1988, ISBN# , a must have manual for everyone, teaches how to use behavioral interventions, analysis of behavior, how to use reinforcement, and many other useful topics Institute for Applied Behavior Analysis

19 Visual Strategies for Improving Communication by Linda Hodgdon, M.ED. CCC-SLP. Solving Behavior Problems in Autism: Improving Communication with Visual Strategies by Linda Hodgdon, M.ED. CCC- SLP. (Applies to people with special needs who learn visually.) QuirkRoberts Publishing, PO Box 71, Troy, Michigan Phone , FAX

20 Perfect Targets Asperger Syndrome and Bullying, Practical Solutions for Surviving the Social World by Rebekah Heinrichs, 2003 ISBN# An excellent book for parents and professionals working with any person who is at risk of victimization (not just Asperger Syndrome)

21 The Law Enforcement Awareness Network Safety Identification Cards for Children and Adults I.C.E Fact Sheet ~ Cell Phone Emergency Contact Sharing Example of Emergency Contact Information Database Sheets "A Child is Missing" Reverse 911 Alert System

22 ISBN ISBN ASA Book Award 2006!

23 To Contact me: Barbara T. Doyle, M.S. Phone For our book information:

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