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This article demonstrated long term positive outcomes in this article with treating chronic behaviour disorders after childhood Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) using Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). This contributes to increased quality of life and positive relationships with self, supporters, family and the community. The individuals in this article previously experienced receiving aversive treatments, including mechanical and physical restraints, exclusion for extended periods and physical punishment. This study demonstrates that even those with extreme challenging behaviour can be supported humanely through a PBS lens to reduce challenging behaviour.
There is a strong focus in this article on person-centred values and collaboration. A fundamental cornerstone of PBS is its emphasis on functional assessment and person-centred planning. The researchers demonstrated involving stakeholders in assessment and training for implementing the PBS plan. This article demonstrates that even those with the most challenging behaviour can learn new behaviours, decrease challenging behaviour to 0, and embrace community living. This study showed a reduction in staff turnover and staff injury within psychiatric and rehabilitation facilities. Both focus people in this article were formally ‘written off’ by supporters at a young age (12 and 13); they had professionals across fields perplexed on what treatment would give the next step for them the severity of their challenging behaviour. Both individuals, their families, and supports had their lives change positively following the long-term implementation of PBS. This is the ‘Thinking outside of the box’ I aspire to conduct in my future as a behaviour analyst within British Columbia.